Asker

Description of the "Avalon" route (6a+, 100 m, 70°) on Asker Peak, climbed by K. Belotserkovsky in 2010.

Peak Asker, "Avalon" (100 m, 70′, 6a+), K. Belotserkovsky, 2010 R0–R1. Twenty meters up easy rocks to a large rock spall. Station on a juniper bush. R1–R2. Up and right to a large slab with two parallel cracks. Climb the first one. The crack gets narrower in the upper part, but the slope is gentle, so in dry weather it won't be a problem. Then, using the internal dihedral and belaying on its left wall, get over a small ledge (the crux of the route). Station on three pitons, two of which are half-driven, three meters higher. R2–R4. Up and right along the edge. The first two protection points are juniper bushes. Then up along the edge to a ledge. A logical option was to go slightly left to a ledge that

Description of the 2A category complexity route to Peak Asker (3350 m) via the western slope spur with recommendations for passage and belay.

Peak Asker (3350 m), via the spur on the right side of the Western slope, category 2A The approach to the mountain is described in the section on route category 1B. Immediately upon entering the rocky narrowing of the couloir before the summit, turn right onto a grassy ledge. Reach the ridge and proceed along it with simultaneous belay. A bastion on the rib 90 m along the route is bypassed as follows: Via a ledge on the left Through simple rock walls Further: Scree Exit onto route category 1B via a short rock wall Ascend the couloir to the ridge