Kara-Chad via 3rd ice slope Altai Bratkov Yu.N.

PASSPORT

1. Ice class.
2. South and Mongolian Altai.
3. Assumed 3B category of difficulty, first ascent.
4. Height 3500.
5. Elevation gain 700 m, l=750 m.
6. Travel time: ascent — half a day, total 1.5 days.
7. Bratkov Yu.N., 6th CU, 5-6 GR, leader Belov A.A., 5-6 CU, Kondratyev V.L., 5-6 CU, Shchepanyuk T.S., 4 CU.
8. 8-9 August 1996.
9. Ascent made as part of a sports mountaineering trip.

KARA-CHAD (3500) VIA 3RD ICE SLOPE

1 rope across bergschrund with a bridge, 13 ropes on ice slope. Steepness up to 55°. Ice is clean, smooth, without microrelief, without crevasses. Descent ridge to the east — fragile ice, requires thick ice screws. In the middle of the ridge there is a crevasse, a convenient place for overnight stay. Ascent takes half a day, total time 1.5 days.

si, ice asc. ? -26 ? right. m-thick on participants 0-1 1-2 Fig.1, Fig.2. 3rd slope of Mt. Kara-Chad (3500), also known as Zerkalo Kara-Chada pass (3B, 3500).

Fig.3, Fig.4. Ascent to Mt. Kara-Chad via 3rd slope.

Fig.5. Descent ridge of Mt. Kara-Chad and panorama of South Altai ridge at the junction with Mongolian Altai ridge.

Fig.6. Chinese part of Mongolian Altai.

Fig.7, Fig.8. Mt. Kara-Chad and its descent ridge, also known as Zerkalo Kara-Chada pass (3B, 3500). View from the top.