В кф. Ю гребня
Route Description: В кф. Ю гребня
Description of a combined route of 3B category of complexity to the summit of Shkhara South via the Eastern slope of the South ridge.
116. Shkhara South via the Eastern slope of the Southern ridge (a combined route,
G. Klimova, cat. 3B, fig. 20, 21). From the initial bivouac on the platform of
the Eastern counterfort of Shkhara South’s Southern ridge (point 117), traverse
right towards the Southern branch of the Shkhara glacier — between glacial
drop-offs — and approach the rocks of the Eastern slope of Shkhara South’s
Southern ridge.
200–250 m ascent up the heavily deteriorated rocks of medium difficulty with
numerous talus shelves and short walls of above-medium difficulty, mainly bypassed
(“live” stones, protection). Then 60–80 m up-left. Further, 500–600 m ascent