It's been a while since there was a post with a relatively large number of photos. Today there are 15 of them, and they are very beautiful.
Because the story will be about one of the most beautiful places in the Caucasus, the upper reaches of the Kichkinekol Gorge
in Uzunkol (Karachay-Cherkessia), which is crowned by the so-called Kichkinekolskaya horseshoe
of the five formidable peaks, only slightly less than 4 kilometers in height: Filter, Castle, Twins,
Trapeze, and, of course, the majestic Dalar, according to Svan legend, the throne of the goddess of forests and hunting,
with a stunning vertical kilometer-long rock wall.
Half an hour's walk from the Uzunkol alpine camp, the wonderful pine forest ends and the upper reaches of the Kichkinekol open up. The peaks of Filter, Zamok, Dvoynyashki and the rightmost one, mostly hidden by spurs, Dalar, 3979 m, are visible.
The filter and lock are larger.
This is the gorge in autumn.
View from the east and from a great height. On the left is the Filter, hiding the Castle and the Twins, but in the center the dark wall of Dalar is clearly visible, and to the right is the Trapezium with its characteristic shape, closing the "horseshoe".
Twins and Dalar, between them is the very difficult Twins pass, leading to Georgia.
Dalar, another perspective and season.
A large "portrait" of Dalara. Better to watch on a wide monitor! Many sections of overhanging cliffs. Interesting towers at the very top.
Dalar and Trapezium, view from the Dolomite lakes.
The trapezoid is reflected in one of the Dolomite lakes.
View from the same place, at dawn in cloudy weather.
In the middle of the day. Clouds can be seen swirling in the valley below.
"Portrait" of Trapeze. Once upon a time, when I was still in mountaineering, not mountain tourism, the instructor of our department was Vladimir Kaprov, who told a story about how he and four other climbers "caught" ball lightning on the summit ridge of Trapeze in 1978. This story from Vladimir Kavunenko, who was also in that tent, can be read here: http://www.kmvline.ru/lib/kavunenko/18.php. In those days, their friend Yuri Vizbor composed a song: "What do we care, we are warm and cozy, and we drink tea all evening. If only those who are on the route now could go down to the camp tomorrow." In short, a legendary peak.
Another Trapezium, among the clouds.
View from the other side, from the west. On the left is Trpapecia, whose wall is not visible in profile, to the right is the tooth of Dalara, and the rightmost one is Kirpich, there will be a separate post about it.
A closer view of the western wall of Dalara.
[List of all 100 peaks of the Caucasus + interactive map]
Source: travel.ru