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Route Description: Перья
SSummitMateA description of the "Feathers" route to the summit of Ai-Petri, with a complexity category of 4B-5A, featuring a detailed breakdown of the five pitches and recommendations for climbers.
"Feathers" — a non-technical description of the route to the top of Ai-Petri
Tourist Encyclopedia
Feathers (Ai-Petri)
The entire Ai-Petri massif is clearly visible from the highway if you stop a little before the point where the cable car cables pass over the road (when driving from Simeiz). It's even more convenient to drive to the middle station of the cable car, which is located above the highway. The cable car itself goes over the right part of the massif. In the left part of the wall:
- a huge cornice;
- a depression about a hundred meters high, which we conditionally called the "TV". The two parts of the wall are separated by a counterfort, which is a series of rock feathers stacked on top of each other. The height of each of them is 30–40 m. The route passes through them. From the middle station of the cable car, walk up the road, and after about 300 m, turn left onto the road leading to the barrier. From the barrier, go through the forest, veering left, towards the left part of the massif — approach the rocky ridge blocking the path to the wall. Bypass the ridge from the left. After it — up and to the right. All approaches to the wall are within range of stones falling from the couloir located above the wall. Pass under the wall as quickly as possible. Get dressed and rope up directly under the route.
Route Description: Перья
SSummitMateThe ascent to Ai-Petri via "Feathers" is 5A cat. diff., 600 m long, takes 7 hrs, and requires piton belay and traversing of challenging rock sections.
Ai-Petri (Main Peak) via "Feathers" 5A cat.
The wall faces southeast with a 500-meter cliff and is located in the center of the Ai-Petri massif. The route requires:
- vertical pitons
- horizontal pitons
- U-shaped pitons
- ice pitons R0–R1: From the Khosta-Bash clearing, approach the base of Ai-Petri and move along the talus to a large inclined rock shelf 40 m wide and 40–45 m long. The route begins from this shelf. 1–2. Ascend easy rocks to the base of a chimney. For the first 40 meters, the chimney is very narrow, so it is recommended to ascend without a backpack. Organize belays in the widening part of the chimney. The rocks are difficult. The next 40 meters are ascended:
- on tensioned limbs
Route Description: Перья
SSummitMateRoute 5B category of complexity via the south-west wall of Al-Petri mountain in Crimea, description and details of the ascent.
Al-Petri Wall
перя — 5Б