CLIMBING CLASS	— rock climbing
CLIMBING AREA	— Western Caucasus, Arkhyz, northern spur of the Sofiyskiy ridge between the Psyish and Sofiya river valleys
PEAK, ROUTE	2970 m
	— «60 лет КЧАО» (proposed by first ascensionists) along the North-Eastern ridge
EXPECTED DIFFICULTY CATEGORY — 2B (winter)
ROUTE CHARACTERISTICS	— rock, ridge, absolute height difference 380 m
NUMBER OF PITONS DRIVEN	— 9
NUMBER OF CLIMBING HOURS	— 6 hours (from the start of the route to the summit)

REPORT

on the first ascent of the mountaineering route to the summit 2970 m (60 years of KChAO) "via the North Edge", carried out within the framework of the qualifying competitions "Stavropol Regional Mass Alpinada "Vakhta Pamyati - 2013", dedicated to the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)"

ASCENT PASSPORT

1. Region, gorge, section number according to the 2010 classification table:
   1. Caucasus. 2.1. Krasnodar and Stavropol territories up to Marukh pass.
2. Name of the summit, its height, name of the route: Summit 2970, height 2970, route name — via the North Edge.
3. Proposed — 4B category of complexity, first ascent.
4. Nature of the route: combined.

Characteristic	Value
CLIMB CLASS	traverse
CLIMB AREA	Western Caucasus, Arkhyz, northern spur of the Sofiyskiy ridge between the valleys of the Psyysh and Sofiya rivers
PEAK ROUTE	60 let KChAO, Peshtera, Septemvri (proposed by the first ascenders), Kelbashi
ASSUMED DIFFICULTY CATEGORY	3A (winter)
ROUTE DESCRIPTION	– Rock and snow, mostly ridge, absolute altitude difference 643 m
NUMBER OF PITOONS	12
NUMBER OF TRAVERSE HOURS	12 hours (from the start of the route to the summit of Kelbashi)