С гребню
Route Description: С гребню
Ascent to the summit of Shartau via the North ridge, combined route 1B category of complexity, passing through the Eastern col and North ridge.
23. Sharitau via North Ridge (combined route, category 1B difficulty, fig. 5).
From the East saddle of Sharivcek Pass (point 18) descend 100–120 m down to the
right along a gentle glacier (closed crevasses), then traverse 500–700 m to the right
along a snowy slope below the steep East branch of Fytnargin glacier cirque. Further,
ascend 250–300 m up a wide snowy gully — a couloir of the glacier between the cirque on
the left and the slope of Sharitau North Ridge on the right, and ascend 15–30 m via
easy ruined rocks to the saddle of Sharitau North Ridge — a false Sharivcek Pass. 30–40
min from the pass.
Here, turn right and follow a gentle ice-and-snow North Ridge to reach the Lower