Bazaryurt, via the 2nd buttress of the NW wall Mamedov E.S. Eastern Caucasus 2.11.6

Passport

1. Character of the route — combined
2. Eastern Caucasus, YatukhDere, Shakhnabad, Kusarchay gorges
3. Bazaryurt via the 2nd buttress of the NW wall
4. Claimed category — 4A — first ascent
5. Height difference — 865 m, length — 1600 m. Length of the sections of 4–5 cat. — 440 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 43°.
6. Duration — 10 hours

Kyzylkaya Western, via the North Ridge Mamedov Z. S. East Caucasus 2.11.16 PASSPORT

1. Route type — rock
2. East Caucasus, Shahnabad and Kusarчай river gorge
3. Kyzylkaya Western via the North Ridge
4. Assumed 4A category of difficulty — first ascent
5. Height difference — 825 m, length — 1195 m Length of grade 4 sections — 240 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 65°

2.11.11

Ascent Passport

1. Ascent class: first ascent.
2. Area: East Caucasus, Main Caucasian Range, south of Shahdag and Erydag peaks.
3. Peak: Tfan, 4191 m, via the south ridge, combined.
4. Proposed difficulty category: 1B.
5. Route characteristics: elevation gain from Kutkashen town (1000 m) is 3200 m, from the base camp at Gotur pass (3150 m) is 1040 m, average slope is 20°, about 400 m at 35–45°, category 1B — about 300 m, category 2A — 80 m.
6. Pitons driven: 2/0, 6 pieces required for a team.

Tfan Glavny via NW slope and NE ridge. Singin D.G. Eastern Caucasus, November 2, 1810

PASSPORT

1. Character of the route — combined
2. Eastern Caucasus, Makhmudchai River valley
3. Tfan Glavny via North-Western slope and North-Eastern ridge
4. Claimed 2A cat. dif. — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 690 m, length — 1540 m Length of sections:
   • 2 cat. dif. — 600 m
   • 3–4 cat. dif. — 15 m

Tfan Glavny via North-East wall Mamedov E.S. East Caucasus 2.11.15 11

Passport

1. Route type — ice and snow
2. East Caucasus, Makhmudchai river gorge
3. Tfan Glavny via North-Eastern wall
4. Claimed category — 3B ice and snow, first ascent
5. Height difference — 690 m, route length — 1230 m

East. Shakhdag, via South Couloir by Asadov Ya. A. East Caucasus 2.11.2018

Passport

1. Route type — combined
2. East Caucasus, Shahnabad and Kusarчай river gorges
3. Shakhdag East via South Couloir
4. Assumed 2A cat. diff. — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1125 m, distance — 2260 m Length of cat. diff. 2 sections — 600–700 m. Average steepness of the main part of the route — 35°
6. Moving time — 6 hours

Passport

1. Character of the route — rock
2. Eastern Caucasus, Shakhnabad and Kusarчай river gorge
3. Shahdag Eastern by the North-eastern slope
4. Assumed to be category 2B difficulty — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1025 m, length — 2270 m Length of category 2–3 difficulty sections — 140 m 3–4 category difficulty — 70 m Average steepness of the main part of the route — 26°
6. Travel hours — 11 hours

Passport

1. Character of the route — rocky
2. Eastern Caucasus, Shakhnabad and Kusarчай river gorge
3. Shahdag East via the 3rd bastion
4. Category 5A difficulty — first ascent
5. Elevation gain — 1225 m, length — 2435 m Length of category IV–V sections — 100 m V category difficulty — 235 m, V+–VI category difficulty — 30 m Average steepness of the main part of the route — 63°
6. Hooks left on the route (not hammered out) — 2 pcs.

DESCRIPTION

The route of traversing the Shah-Dag peak massif from east to southwest with ascent via the eastern counterfort, accomplished by a team of climbers from the Azerbaijan Council "DINAMO" during an expedition from October 30 to November 10, 1966. The Shah-Dag peak is located in the Lateral Ridge of the Eastern Caucasus within the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR and has an elevation of 4250 m (other sources indicate 4255 m). The main massif of the peak drops steeply to the south and southwest towards the wide left-bank terrace of the Shahnabad River (towards "Shah-Eylag") with steep walls, the lower part of which is a 400-600 m monolithic cliff. The upper part of the walls has a stepped structure, composed of individual 20-40 m monolithic blocks dissected by narrow couloirs and crevices, and merges into the massive ice-snow dome of the peak, with individual heavily destroyed ridges and rock ridges cutting into it. The slopes of the dome have a considerable steepness of 40-45° in the lower part and, gradually becoming less steep towards the top, form a snow-covered summit plateau of significant extent. The summit point is closer to the southern part of the plateau, at the beginning of the rocky ridge extending in the direction of the southern wall. To the east, the summit dome also drops with monolithic rocky cliffs, gradually becoming less steep in the northern part and transitioning into heavily destroyed, scree-covered eastern slopes of the ridge extending from the peak to the northeast. From the southeastern part of this slope, four parallel ridge-spurs of cuesta-like form extend eastward, with slopes dropping steeply to the south and significantly more gently to the north.

• The highest, southernmost spur, forms the southeastern continuation of the southern wall of the massif with its cliffs.
• The northern spur is the longest and divides into two branches, sharply turning to the north and south.

Report

On the first ascent to the summit of Tsey-Loam via the South Couloir through the saddle and West Ridge, category 4B, by the team of the Climbing Camps Administration, for the period from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

I. Ascent Passport