Climbing Belukha

You will be accompanied by a professional mountaineering guide. Each of your locations is clearly determined; going from one to another takes 5 to 7 hours. The guide has additional options to pick from depending on how many other groups are climbing the mountain, on the condition of snow, on the weather as well as on how physically fit is the group. If weather is bad, you will spend your time in a tent.

At the campsites, you will have meals in the café or the cafeteria. You will also be provided meals for climbing and hiking. Cook that food yourself. While hiking, you will cook on a fire; when climbing, youwill have a gas burner.
 

Climbing meals are organized as follows. The standard food package is provided for the entire group; group members select foods based on the menu the guide recommends for this or that day, while also taking into account they will have to cook it on their own inside the tent.

During the night, tents are placed in snowy sites, which is why there is a gas burner with cylinders and a pan for each group of three so that three people sleeping in the same tent could cook their food on their own in case of bad weather. So, it's the three 'dwellers' of a tent that decide what to eat, with the guide's recommendations taken into account. It's best to eat cereals in the morning and soup in the evening; soup plus lard is a good universal meal.

To take part in this tour, you must be physically fit, have some climbing and mountain hike experience, as well as provide a health check-up certificate to confirm you are healthy. This is a 3A route. Maximum altitude variation may amount to 1000 meters in a single day. You carry your own things and meals as well as common gear distributed by the guide, tailored to the individual.

If one of the tour participants hikes too slowly (like only half as fast as the others), the guide may leave them at Akkem. It is also possible to make radial hikes, either with a guide or by joining another trekking group. You don't have to pay for your accommodation and meals at Home Akkem.

Minors aged 16 or older can join their parents in this adventure.

You willl be provided some common gear: tents, ropes, ice screws, carabiners, avalanche shovels, radios, gas burners and cylinders, a first-aid kit, fire equipment for hikes, and mats.

You need to bring your own warm clothes for climbing (a down jacket, gloves, warm mittens, and a hat), a running suit, climbing boots (plastic or rigid trekking boots with a bezel to fasten crampons), a backpack of no less than 70 l., a warm sleeping bag that will sustain you in temperatures of down to 0°С, your own dishes and flatware (a mug, a spoon, a bowl, and a knife), a flashlight, leggings, sunglasses with good UV protection, and a well-protecting sunscreen.

You can lease some gear at Home Akkem. Contact the manager for cost and book it in advance.

You can perceive and sense all of the seasons in just two days. It can snow or hail here in July. Belukha is snow-covered round the year. If it rains in the valley, then it snows on Belukha. The ascent route contains a lot of snow-and-ice slopes up to 45 degrees. Please, select your clothing carefully.

The tour fee includes a 400,000-ruble health insurance and a 100,000-ruble AD&D insurance. In case an insured event occurs en route, the administration of the Vysotnik campsite will help the injured person make it to a healthcare institution and will also contact the insurance company and the health center as well as get receipts from private individuals to have provided healthcare. However, it is crucial to know that in an insured event, all issues in relation thereto are the injured person's and the insurance company's concern. The injured person pays all the expenses and collects receipts, papers, etc. to get back the sums so spent after the insurance company processes the papers. So, bring some money with you just in case.

As the route is within five kilometers from the state border, all tourists must have a border pass. Our company will obtain it for you from the border office. Russia's citizens have to submit their complete personal data at least 35 days prior to the tour (65 days if you are a foreigner). Also make sure your passport (or equivalent) will stay safe and preserved en route: take a waterproof bag, packet, or page protector with you.

It is highly recommended that you vaccinate against ticks.

• Crampon for climbing
• Cowstail (a sling or a rope – 5-6 meters)
• Carbine – 3
• Jumar – 1
• Descender (e.g. eight)
• Ice-axe
• Harness
• Helmet