Report

On the Traverse of Brigantina and Albatros Peaks, Carried Out by the Chelyabinsk Region Team from August 3 to 7 for the CS SDSO "Burevestnik" Championship

The peaks of Brigantina (4850 m) and Albatros (Eastern – 4800 m, Western – 4740 m) are located in the axial part of the Terskey-Alatoo ridge (see orographic scheme) and close the Kokbor valley (55 km south of the city of Przhevalsk). The Kokbor River is a right tributary of the Karakol River (the peaks are located in the upper reaches of the right tributary of the Kokbor River). A truck can reach 19 km up the Karakol valley, and then a good horse trail continues for another 21 km, followed by 15 km of shepherd trails to the tongue of the Brigantina glacier. Loads are transported up from the end of the motor road by shuttling. The peaks of Brigantina and Albatros, like all the surrounding peaks, are composed of granites, which are enriched with feldspars in many places. The northern slopes of Brigantina peak are an ice wall cut by two steep ridges-counterforts: the northern and northwestern ones, leading to the eastern ridge. The slopes of Albatros drop steeply to the north with ice walls having sheer cliffs in the upper part. From the Brigantina peak to the saddle, there is a snowy corniche ridge. The ridge leading to the Eastern and further to the Western peak of Albatros is a rocky saw (26 gendarmes) with numerous cornices hanging on both sides.