ASCENT DOCUMENT

1. Route — Manaraga peak ascent from the southwest to the eastern ridge.
2. Region — Subpolar Urals
3. Complexity category — Verified 4A category.
4. Route length, elevation gain — 4 km, 1500 m.
5. Pitons driven — 20; закладок – 40.
6. Climbing hours — 12 hours.
7. Leader — Mikhail Alekseyevich Yeremin, 3rd sports category. Team members: Oleg Vasilyevich Beev, 1st sports category; Sergey Viktorovich Belozyorov, 1st sports category; Igor Alexandrovich Novichkov, 1st sports category.
8. Coach — Mikhail Alekseyevich Yeremin, 1st sports category, Candidate for Master of Sports.
9. Route start — 18:40 July 6, 1991.
10. Summit — 2:30 July 7, 1991.
11. Return — 6:00 July 7, 1991.
12. Federation of Alpinism of the Komi Republic. 1995.

Route Description

Under the I steeple for 10 m (grassy gray-exit into the boiler large-block scree). I steeple is bypassed on the left along the scree ledges with variable insurance under the VI tower. V tower is taken head-on with pitons – 3, cams 2, 40 m rock 2–3 category. Descent is rappel. V tower is traversed on the left. Inner corner 30 m, piton insurance, good ledges for passage (2 pitons, cams – 2 pcs.). Rappelling descent. IV tower on the left. 30 m, rocks 2–3 category and further key section 30 m – inner corner 4–5 category with a small cornice at the exit (pitons, cams). Rappelling descent along the ascent path (2 loops). Further, a large gap before the II tower. II tower (the largest) is traversed on the left. Initially, an inner corner 3 m and then along inclined ledges with small up to 3 m rock-sawn walls (rocks 2–3 category). Exit to the top and along the top along numerous steeples (10 m). To the end of the III tower (rocks 2–3 category) with variable insurance. Rappelling descent 40 m. II tower is beaten on the left, initially along scree ledges under the key section. Key section — inner corner with a small overhang (5 m). Sport descent along the ascent path between I and II towers. From the saddle (rock wall 3 m) exit along scree inclined ledges to the I tower (rocks 1–2 category). From the I tower, descent along simple rocks and ledges along the NE ridge (with large-block scree) to grassy slopes. www.alpfederation.ru↗

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Scheme of the Manaraga peak massif

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Description of the region

Manaraga peak is located in the center of the Subpolar Urals. The peak is a tiger-shaped massif (the count of towers goes from the northeast). Approaches to the base camp on the Kosyu River.

1. From the mouth of the Limbe-Yu through the Oleniy pass — 50 km (dirt road).
2. From the Zhilannaya base through the Kar-Kar pass — 30 km.
3. From the Rudnik station (1952) through the Dolgiy, Sorvyonok, and Studencheskiy passes — 80 km. www.alpfederation.ru↗

Fragment of the I tower wall

(View from the northwest)

Fragments of III and IV towers

View from the west IV steeple IV tower Exit to III tower (view from the west)