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Elbrus
Summit
of
Europe,
5642m
No,
the
Mont
Blanc
is
not
the
highest
mountain
in
Europe!
In
fact
it
is
not
even
in
the
top5
as
there
are
many
higher
mountains
in
the
beautiful
but
war-torn
Caucasus.
Enjoy
the
enormous
snow
slopes
and
celebrate
with
cheap
Vodka!
Facts
&
Figures
| Height |
Elbrus
has
two
summits,
the
west
summit
is
the
highest:
5642m,
the
east
summit
is
just
a
bit
lower:
5621m |
| Name: |
The
local
(Balkar)
name:
'Mingi-Tau'
means:
'Resembling
a
thousand
mountains',
because
Elbrus
is
so
big... |
| 1st
ascent |
First
ascent
of
east
summit
(5621m):
1868
First
ascent
of
west
summit
(5642m):
1874
In
1967
the
Soviet
party
organized
a
mass
climbing
and
about
2500
people
participated;
although
most
of
them
had
never
seen
a
mountain
up
close
before... |
| Infrastructure |
There
is
a
cable
car
running:
it
starts
at
2200m
in
Azau,
the
first
stop
is
Stary
Krugozor,
2900m;
the
second
stop
is
Mir
station,
3500m.
From
Mir
a
chairlift
can
take
you
to
3750m.
At
the
end
of
this
chairlift
are
'the
Barrels'
and
that's
just
what
they
are:
old
huge
barrels,
in
each
of
which
4
people
can
sleep. |
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