- Traverse of Kukryniksy Severaya - Yuzhnaya
The route is rocky, Category 1B complexity (Fig. 5, 87, 93, 94). Length - 2600 m, elevation gain - 630 m, time - 6-7 hours. The path from the Kirgizat alplager (group size not limited) to the Kukryniksy Severaya summit - see route 87.
From the Severaya summit:
- descend 50-80 meters down the partly snow-covered talus on the right side of the South ridge to the col;
- then traverse 450-500 m along the talus with some easy broken rock on the right side of the long ridge to reach the Kukryniksy Glavnaya summit (30-40 minutes from Severaya).
From the Glavnaya summit:
- descend down the partly snow-covered talus on the right side of the 100-120-meter South ridge to the col;
- traverse along the easy broken rock and talus of the 700-800-meter col to approach the North ridge of Kukryniksy Yuzhnaya;
- from the col, ascend the simple, possibly snow-covered, 150-200-meter rock of the North ridge to reach the Kukryniksy Yuzhnaya summit (1-1.5 hours from Glavnaya).
Descend along the talus slope via Kievyanka pass.
The traverse takes 6-7 hours from bivouac to bivouac.
Map of Kukryniksy Traverse
Yuzhnaya
