Ascent Passport

I. Ascent class - rock climbing. 2. Ascent area, ridge - Lesser Caucasus, Zangезur ridge. 3. Peak, its height, ascent route - U. Avetisyan peak, 3685 m, via the eastern shoulder. 4. Proposed category of difficulty - 1B. 5. Route characteristics: height difference - 200 m, average steepness - 40°. 6. Pitons hammered in: for belaying - 2/0; rock pitons - 2/0. 7. Number of climbing hours - 7 hours. 8. There were no overnight stays on the route. 9. Group leader - Tamamyan Nelson G., 1st sports category Participants: Arutyunyan S.G., 2nd sports category, Karagulyan A.K., 2nd sports category, Mantashyan G.G., 2nd sports category 10. Team coach - Tamamyan N.G. 11. Date of departure and return - October 2, 1984. 12. Organization - Republican Alpine Club "Aragats" Armenian SSR, Yerevan, Paronyan St., 13. Photo of the peak. Avetisyan peak via the Eastern shoulder. Rock climbing route by N. Tamamyan on October 11, 1984.

Description of the approach to the route

From the overnight stay, upstream along the Kajaranс river to Gogilich lake. Bypassing it on the left in the direction of travel, come under the northern wall of Br. Alikhanyan peak. From here, along a steep grassy scree slope to the left, exit under the eastern shoulder of U. Avetisyan peak. The route begins from the left wide scree-filled couloir leading to the eastern shoulder.