В гребню
Description of the ascent route to the summit of the mountain with a detailed analysis of technical features and ascent tactics.
Fig. 39.
Route Description: В гребню
SSummitMateDescription of route 276 via the South-Eastern ridge of Gulba peak (3A cat.), a rock climbing route with traversing of gendarmes and challenging rock sections.
276. Ascent via the Southeast Ridge (rocky route, V. Logvinova, category III,
fig. 32, 39). From the Gulskie Ploshchadki (point 249), follow the glacier to the
snow patch descending from the deepest saddle of the Southeast Ridge of
Gульба peak. Here, turn right and along the left side of the snowy slope,
alongside the rocks of the Southwest counterfort, approach the
saddle. Before reaching the saddle, turn left and ascend the snowy slope, then a
simple rocky couloir for 150–200 m to a connecting ridge left and above the
first gendarme of the Southeast Ridge of Gульба peak.
From the connecting ridge, turn left and ascend steep, heavily fragmented rocks