Гандакуш
Route Description: В кф.
SSummitMate### Ascent Route to Tandalakush Peak via the Eastern Counterfort: 3E-4A Category of Difficulty Description of the ascent route to Tandalakush peak via the eastern counterfort, including recommendations and path characteristics for a challenging climb categorized as 3E-4A.
Ascent Passport
- Climbing category — technical.
- Pamir-Alay, mountain range.
- Gandakush peak, 4300 m, via the eastern spur.
- Complexity category 3B–4A.
- Height difference 8500 m, average steepness 45°–49°.
- 8 rock pitons hammered in for belaying.
- Total climbing time — 8 hours.
- Overnight stay (earthen platform) under the route in the Ular-Sai gorge, on the bank of the Ular-Sai river.
- Team leader — Osminin Vladimir Alekseevich — 1st sports category. Team members: Andrienko Valery Pavlovich — 1st sports category, Moiseev Yuri Mikhailovich — 1st sports category, Sokolovsky Evgeny Alekseevich — 1st sports category, Fedotov Viktor Aleksandrovich — 1st sports category.
Route Description: СЗ ребру
SSummitMate**Ascent route to Gandakush peak (3850 m) with 3B category of difficulty via rocky ridge, with detailed path description and recommendations.**
Climbing type — rock Climbing area — Alai ridge, Dugoба resort area Peak, its height — Gandakush 3850 m Ascent route — NW edge Proposed category of difficulty — 3B Route characteristics — rock Height difference — 3100–3850 m = 750 m Length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty — none Steepness — 40–44° Number of driven hooks for belay: