Ascent to the Beluha mountain

Price per man from group that consists of: 6-8 men - 460 u.c..; 3-5 men - 660 u.c..; 2 men - 890 u.c..; 1 man - 1600 u.c..; The price must include: 12 days in high mountains, ascents and tracking accompanied by skilled instructors according to the programme; pack horses; all transfer`s services; board and lodging; accomodation in a hotel during going back; parting dinner; insurance - policy (in case of an accident it includes life-saving works with help of helicopter. Price doesn`t include cool drinks and drinks with alcohol.

Outfit: Good warm waterproof boots for mountain climbing (mounts for boots are required). Sleeping bag keeping warmth if the temperature is below 12 degrees С. Outfit for mountain climbing (approximate list: downy coat with hood, waistcoat, waterproof costume with hood that protects from wind, trousers made of synthepone, sweater, warm gloves, knitted cap), rucksack containing 90-110l, rucksack in occasion of storm, rug. As for power nutrition it is advisable to take food additions and vitamines. It is good to have your own climber`s outfit. In any case our firm gives you necessary outfit.

Tour`s features: Beluha mountain (4506 m) is the highest peak of Siberia. Ascent to this mountain isn`t hard for skilled climbers. In any case our instructors will train the participants all necessary skills of mountain climbing. However, you should be fit, hard-bitten and have a strong will to ascents to the mountains. Besides, It is important to remember about mountain sickness, which endurance depends on individuality. Its first symptoms to Altai can appear on the altitude of 2500 m. The itinerary made so that our participants have enough time for comparatively good acclimatization. The weather changes often to Beluha, it is mainly bad. That`s why the success of an ascent to this mountain depends mostly on weather condition.

Programme of realization of the tour: 1-st day: Arrival to Barnaul. Deplacement to the office. Breakfast. Then transfer to a touristic complex "Ivolga". The passage lasts about 6 hours. Accomodation in cottages among fir-trees forest (double-bedded rooms, a private shower-bath, a lavatory). 2-d day: Passage to a village "Tungur" lasts about 8 hours. Accomodations in tents of the camping named "Visotnik" - (850 m above sea level). Camp-fire. From this moment the participants spend all nights in tents. Our guides cook meals on fire. 3-d and 4-th days: Loading of the equipment and provisions to the pack horses. The participants carry personal outfit in their rucksacks. Then 2-days long tracking and at the same time a good phase of acclimatization begins. The participants travel, accompanied by our guides and pack horses, through the pass named "Kuzuyak"(1340 m above sea level), along the river named Ak-Kem, to achieve our base camping which is on the bank of Ak-Kem` lake (2150 m above sea level). 5-th day: Our base camping near Ak-Kem` lake. Discussion of the tactics and technique of ascents` fulfilments. Trial trainings on rocks and on glaciers. Walks. Acclimatization. Preparation of the equipement. 6-th day: Trial ascent to the hills near Beluha mountain. Ways of further actions depending on weather conditions: a) ascent to Ak-Kaiuk mountain (3670 m); b) ascent to Bronislava mountain (3290 m). These two ascents can be fulfilled from the point named "Valley of seven lakes" through the pass of the same name up to the peak. 7-th day: Preparation for the ascent to Beluha mountain. After dinner - going to the cabin named "Tomskie` stands" that is situated on Ak-Kem` glacier. This ascent lasts 5 hours. 8-th day: Going out of the camping early in the morning (at 5 a.m.). Ascent to the pass named "Delone" that lasts about 3-5 hours. Then our participants cross snowy field of the glacier named "Mensu" up to Berelskoe` saddle (3520 m). Night in tents. The nocturnal temperature in summer is about -10 degrees C. 9-th day: The participants begin to ascend to the peak at 4 a.m. or a little bit later. It lasts 5 hours. The snowy and glacial hillside is enough precipitous but isn`t difficult for ascending. After such a long ascent our participants are on the highest peak of Siberia. If the weather is fine it would be possible to have a 30-minutes long recreation. Going back to our camping, "Tomskie` stands" that are situated on Ak-Kem` glacier 10-th day: Going down to the camping situated on Ak-Kem` lake. Going to a bath-house. Free time. 11-th - 13 th days: Tracking through mountain forests and steppes with light-weight rucksacks, having crossed the pass, named Kara-Turek (3050 m), along the river Kucherla to achieve a village Tungur. 14-th day: Arrival to the camping, named "Visotnik" (Tungur). Going to a bath-house. Parting dinner. Camp-fire. Night in tents. 15-th day: Going back through Chuiskiy` track. Arrival to Barnaul. Transfer to the hotel "Barnaul"(double-bedded rooms, private shower-bath, lavatory, TV.). Parting dinner. 16-th day: Transfer to the airport. A take-off time to Moscow at 8.50 (regional time).Our guides can change the itinerary because of weather conditions, which can threaten the safety of our tourists.