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Original taken from mg5642 to the Western Caucasus - the land of emerald lakes. Part 10, final

The final part of a photo tour of the Western Caucasus based on photographs taken in the summer of 2007 during three trips:

Chirinkol river. What is the air here!

Mushrooms and berries ripen in August. But in winter there is 2 meters of snow here.

Chirinkol river. In the distance - the ridge, on which we continue to climb (to the right of the frame).

Kuban river. This river is known for its flat part and name, but it starts here, in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia.

By chance, a boletus was found in the forest. One :-(. We cooked and ate - the tourists are hungry :-)

The Chygyshkol valley and the lake in it. People rarely, if ever, go here.

Rainbow in the valley of Kichkinekol (Ullukhurzuk)

Rock towers of Kichkinekol (Ullukhurzuk)

Stream of pure water. You can't buy this water in bottles!

Elbrus and the Kyukurtlyu River in the backlight

Approximately the same view, the sun is higher. It can be seen how the Kyukyurtlyu glacier flows approximately S-shaped from the ice fields:

Down in the valley in the sun it is quite hot, August. At the top - frost, and most likely a hurricane wind.
They need a puff, hat, mittens, warm boots. Such a contrast.

sunset mountains

Lakes Chygyshkola.


It seems that there is a cliff on the right, but there is quite a passage there for descending into the Kuban valley.

Elbrus from the Chygyshkol pass. Here the thickness of the ice in some places reaches, according to the latest data, 200 meters.
About like a 70-story building! Elbrus is one of the wonders of the world, and rightfully so!

In the Chygyshkol valley

Lakes Chygyshkola. At the far one, you can distinguish the orange dots of our tents. In the distance is the Kebek-Dzhirin-Bashi massif.

Larger. The tents by the lake are clearly visible.

And quite close. You can see people too.

On the shore of the lake. Forget-me-nots.

We descended into the Kuban valley. There are gopher burrows everywhere. One curious person often got out of the mink - our products beckoned him, or just curious what kind of guests.
(I must say, at the beginning of summer, these gophers are the size of a mouse. And at the end of August, as in the photo, they get fat to the size of a cat. They save up for the winter :-)).
Since it was noon, there was time. I took a soap box with a 5x zoom, lay down on the ground (grass) in the distance until the gopher gets scared. And for half an hour, carefully, a couple of centimeters, slowly crawled up to him. As a result, we managed to get closer and take detailed shots:

The hike, and the summer season, were coming to an end.
Before the "gazelle" arrived for us, I took a walk along the steep wooded slope of the right side of the Kuban valley in the area of ​​the Chygyshkol gorge.

Wood.

Pine over a cliff.

Readers are requested to choose a few of their favorite photos (numbers are displayed on hover, not necessarily lakes).
I will then make a selection of the most beautiful from the series of publications "The Western Caucasus - the land of emerald lakes."

Soon - a photo story about my coldest hike: Ossetia - January 2008. About how six flints through 35-degree frosts went through a hike of the 2nd category of complexity in the mountains of North Ossetia ...

I invite you to (photo) tours to the Caucasus Mountains along unusual routes, with visits to many interesting, beautiful, amazing places.
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editorial selection beautiful photos Caucasus, a vibrant, distinctive region with a rich history, culture and centuries-old traditions. The region covers the territories of 6 countries. About 30 million people live here, about 100 different nationalities. Of these, about half live in the North Caucasus in 7 national republics and 2 territories that are territorially part of Russia.

This is a photo of mountains. North Caucasus located near the Black Sea coast.

And this is the legendary Elbrus, the highest mountain peak in Russia and Europe.

Another legendary mountain peak sung in songs and literature is Kazbek. It is located on the border of Russia and Georgia.

One of the visiting cards of Azerbaijan is Mount Shahdag.

And this is the Terek, one of the most significant rivers of the Caucasus. It originates from a glacier in the Trusovsky Gorge.

Photo of the Argun Gorge, which was a stronghold in various Caucasian wars due to its inaccessibility.

Photos of some sights of the Caucasus

The complex of towers - Erzi, located in Ingushetia. Among them there are high combat towers, as well as a couple of dozen low ones intended for housing.

Fortress Naryn Kala, located in the city of Derbent, in Dagestan.

Vardzia is an ancient cave monastery located in Georgia.

Khor Virap is a monastery in Armenia, located at the foot of Mount Ararat.

Photos of famous cities of the Caucasus

In the Caucasus, there are many cities of great cultural and historical significance. As part of this review, we will focus only on the most popular of them. Let's start with the city of Grozny. The photo shows its central part, rebuilt after the war.

And this is Nazran, The largest city Ingushetia.

Vladikavkaz is the capital of North Ossetia.

Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan.

And we will finish with the capital of Armenia - the city of Yerevan.

Undoubtedly, these are just a few of the photographs that I want to show when talking about the Caucasus. Below you can continue your virtual journey by selecting one of the thematic collections of photos.

One of the most famous and popular mountains in Russia, the mountains of the Caucasus. The mountain range stretches in the south of our country, where "Russians" of predominantly Muslim nationalities live. Caucasian mountains impress with their beauty 13 photos).

The Caucasus Mountains stretch for more than 1100 km and their width fluctuates around 180 km. The Caucasus Mountains formed 40 million years ago, at the junction of two continental plates, the Arabian and Eurasian. Due to the fact that the mountains continue to grow gradually, here in the Caucasus there are constant earthquakes, reaching 7 points.

The Caucasus Mountains serve as a dividing line of three seas: the Black, Azov and Caspian. It is worth noting that it is the mountains that form the whole climate here, protecting local regions from cold cyclones and attracting rains. In general, the climate here is quite warm, average temperature is +15 °C.

Although, of course, the temperature depends on the height of the mountains, in higher areas the temperature is higher, and from about 2 thousand meters permafrost begins, where snow and ice never melt.

Here, in the Caucasus, more than 6 thousand flowering plants grow, as well as a large number of trees and shrubs. All this contributes to the development of the animal world, bears, lynxes, wild boars, mountain goats, etc. live here.

In total, about 50 peoples of different faiths live in the mountains of the Caucasus and its lowlands, the main ones being Christianity and Islam. Live here: Armenians, Georgians, Ossetians, Chechens, Avars, Lezgins and others.

The main constituent of mountains is granite. The Caucasus Mountains are quite high, the highest point reaches 5642 meters - this is Mount Elbrus.

The other day I rode along the route Guamka-Kamennomostsky-Guzeripl-Arkhyz. There are a lot of impressions, autumn in the mountains of the North Caucasus is something special.

Today in front of you is only a small selection of landscapes made on the go. Soon I will publish more detailed posts about tourist places in these parts:

Autumn in the mountains of the Caucasus:

White smoke over the Belaya River. Neighborhood of the village of Guzeripl. From here it is not far to Krasnaya Polyana:

By the way, here she is. A good view opens from a height of 2300 above sea level. As part of the Sochi cycle, I will definitely finish the post about Rosa Khutor, where I visited back in the summer:

The Belaya River near the village of Guamka:

Waterfall on a rock in the Guam Gorge. Wait for the photo story about the man-made chip of these places - the narrow gauge railway:

A splendid panoramic view opens from the mountain near St. Michael's Monastery. This is already Adygea, 13 km from the village of Kamennomostsky:

Khadzhokh gorge:

On the way from Adygea to Karachay-Cherkessia through Mostovskoy-Psebay-Kurdzhinovo-Pregradnaya, you can admire stunning landscapes:

Scallop mountain:

October in the Caucasus:

The whole ridge at a glance:

And this is the valley of the Zelenchuk River and the road to Arkhyz:

Interesting vegetation on the mountainside near a special astrophysical observatory. There will be a separate post about it:

The nature of the stone:

Arkhyz, or rather the village of Romantik. This view is available for those who climb with a cable car to a height of 2200 above sea level:

I already made a post about the village of Romantik in the summer of 2015, but since then the resort has grown. I'll tell you the details in one of the next posts:

Relax in the mountains of the North Caucasus. It's very cool here!