1. Ascent class: winter
2. Ascent area: Central Caucasus, Adylsu gorge
3. Shkhelda 3rd Western peak via the counterfort of the North wall
4. Category of difficulty: 5B
5. Route characteristics: elevation gain 903 m, length 1152 m, average slope 56°
6. Pitons driven:

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1. Technical class.
2. Central Caucasus, Shkhelda Valley
3. Shkhelda 3-western via the North face of the North-West ridge (Kensitskiy's variant)
4. 5B category of difficulty.
5. Height difference — 903 m. Length — 1152 m. Length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty — 300 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 52°. Average steepness of the wall part of the route — 72°.
6. Pitons hammered:
   • rock: previously used – 4, new – 0
   • bolt: previously used – 22, new – 17

Ascent Passport

I. Category of technical ascents 2. Central Caucasus, Main Caucasian Range 3. Peak Shchurovsky, 4259 m via the right edge of the North face 4. Assumed category 5B, first ascent 5. Height difference: route — 979 m, bastion — 219 m Length: route — 1240 m, bastion — 230 m, sections of 5–6 category — 270 m Average steepness: route — 57°, bastion — 87° 6. Pitons driven: total — 186 pcs., of which | rock | chocks | bolt | ice screws |

I. Rock class. 2. Central Caucasus. 3. Peak Shchurovsky via the bastion on the north wall. 4. 5B category of difficulty. 5. Elevation gain 825 m, length 1109 m. Length of sections with 5–6 category of difficulty — 626 m. Average steepness — 49°, of the bastion — 66°, including 116 m of 6th category sections. 6. Pitons hammered in: rock — 57, spare — 5; chocks — 48, spare — 1; ice screws — 42, spare — 0.

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on the first ascent to the summit Gorelaya, 1237 m, Kamchatka Krai, Elizovsky District, Ganal Range via the South-Eastern edge route, category 1B (winter, combined) by the team of Tomsk Alpine Federation and Kamchatka Mountain School on February 27, 2022 2022

I. Ascent Passport