counter-clockwise around Mingi-Tau, “the eternal snow mountain”, dormant volcano of the Greater Caucasus
Irik valley – Irikchat pass- Jikaugenköz glacier – Irahitsyrt pastures – Balkbashi pass – Kükürtlü – Ullu-Khurzuk valley
Irik valley
Irik and Irikchat
Ukkukara
Irikchat valley
Irikchat glacier
Ushba in morning haze
his highness, at 5642 m.a.s.l, seen from Irikchat pass
Jikaugenköz glacier
Achkeryakol lava flow
Jikaugenköz
Jikaugenköz
streams on Jikaugenköz
ice bed river on Jikaugenköz
edge of Jikaugenköz and Chatkara peak
old lava fields
"stone mushrooms"
Karachaul glacier and Elbrus
Tashlisyrt
Elbrus above Irahitsyrt pastures
Kyzylkol valley
Ullu-Chiran glacier
Karachai and western Caucasus
Bituktubekol valley from Balkbashi pass
yaks
Chaytchesu valley
Kükürtlü in the clouds
eastern peak of Elbrus in the clouds
Kükürtlü icefall
Dalari peak
Kükürtlü glacier
lake on the pass
Kükürtlü
Ullu-Khurzuk river
Kükürtlü
trail in Ullu-Khurzuk valley