Peak: Agepsta Route: via S slope Difficulty category: 2A Group leader: Sidushkin V.M. Ridge: Acetuka Mountain region: W Caucasus Classification section: 2.1

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On the first ascent of the route to the peak Agepsta via S slope

Geographic Overview of the Area

The AGEPSTA massif is a standalone ridge with the dominant peak GLAVNAYA AGEPSTA (3261 m), dropping off to the north with walls up to 80 ° steep and a height difference of 1000 m. It is located on the border between Krasnodar Krai and the Georgian SSR. It is bounded to the west by the Aibga ridge and the Turii mountains, to the east by the Atskentsi ridge, to the north by the Mzymta River, and to the south by the Gegra River. From a geographical point of view, the AGEPSTA massif is part of the Southern Front Ridge. It stretches parallel to the Main Caucasian Ridge between the upper reaches of the Tikhaia and Agepsta rivers. It is 10 km long, with heights ranging from 2800 to 3200 m, and is composed of marl, conglomerates, limestones, diorites, tuffs, and other rocks from the marine and Cretaceous periods. Glacial landforms are well-developed:

• cirques;
• karst formations;
• glaciers (the largest being Khyms-Aneke) cover about 5 sq. km. The lower slopes feature mountain meadow vegetation, beech and beech-deciduous forests, rhododendron, and plenty of berries such as currants, blueberries, and bilberries. High precipitation (up to 6 m of snow in some years) and a sharp temperature scale contribute to the breakdown of rocks.

2. Time of ascent. Krasnodar cranes to Marukh pass.
3. Peak, its height and ascent route: Agepsta Main, 3261 m, along the north-eastern ridge.
4. Proposed category of difficulty: 3B.
5. Characteristics of the route: height difference — 700 m, average steepness — 45°, length of sections: I — 80 m; II — 520 m; III — 340 m; IV — 55 m; V — none; VI — none.
6. Number of pitons: for belaying, for descent, etc. rock 21, ice, bolt
7. Number of walking hours — 9 hours.

Agepsta Main 3. ridge — cat. diff. Samoylenko V.V. Western Caucasus 2.1.

Passport

I. Rock class 2. Western Caucasus, Agetuka ridge 3. Agepsta Main peak, via the western ridge 4. Proposed — 3A cat. diff., first ascent 5. Height difference: 450 m, length — 1900 m Length of sections 4A–4B cat. diff. — 30 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route 42°

2.1.

Peak Albova, 3rd ridge Fleer L.A. Western Caucasus 2.1.

PASSPORT

1. Rock climbing category
2. Western Caucasus, Atsyuk Ridge
3. Peak Albova via the western ridge
4. Proposed category 3B, first ascent
5. Elevation gain 700 m, length 1200 m, average slope of the main part of the route 40°
6. Pitons driven 2

PASSPORT

1. Class: combined
2. Western Caucasus
3. Peak Сочи (Sochi) by couloir and D.gr.
4. Proposed 2A category, first ascent
5. Height difference: 483 m, length: 680 m average steepness of the route: 45°
6. Pitons hammered: 0, used protection elements: 3
7. Team's moving hours: 9 hours and 1 day
8. Leader: Ivanchenko Vladimir Alexandrovich, 1st sports category

Peak: Pik Sochi Route: E ridge from Sochi Pass Cat. complexity: 4A Group leader: Solod S. D. Mountain region: Western Caucasus Classification section: 2.1

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on the first ascent of the route to Pik Sochi via the eastern ridge from Sochi Pass

Description of the route to the summit of Unnamed "Peak 2330 m", "Peak SOCHI 2014".

Ascent Passport

1. Krasnodar Krai, Mzymta River gorge, Aibga ridge, section number in KMGV — 2.1
2. Peak 2330 m (Peak Sochi 2014), from the Southeast.
3. Proposed — 1B cat. diff., first ascent.
4. Character of the route: rock.
5. Height difference of the route: 300 m (by GPS) Length of the route: about 500 m. Length of sections: 3 cat. diff.: 30 m. Average steepness of the route: 25°.
6. Pitons left on the route: none.