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06.04.2020

The heyday of mountaineering fell on Soviet years... Vysotsky, guitars, conquering peaks and nature ... Alpine camps were built - in fact, the same recreation centers around the city, but only in the mountains. In the 90s, of course, everything became sad. In our time, Bezengi and Ullu-Tau feel relatively well. The rest of the bases either closed or miraculously survived. One of these bases is Uzunkol alpine camp.

It is located in the Uzunkol valley. From the Khurzuk frontier post, which can be reached by an ordinary car, to the camp there are about 9 kilometers of a road that is not the most pleasant for a car. So we went on foot, hoping to pass the Dolomites pass and return through another gorge to the outpost. By the way, the distance from the outpost to the aul is the same - if you come by bus, it is better to take a transfer - the views are not very beautiful, even though they are mountains.

Actually, I was not going to stop at the camp, but the passing UAZ took us halfway. An ordinary local man at the wheel turned out to be the owner of the camp, Enver. He refused to take money and as a gratitude, we put up a tent in the camp - 200 rubles per person. For this money, you can go to the shower - well, and don't worry about the tent, there are a lot of cows wandering around, for example, you never know. We stayed here for three nights. They also successfully drove back with a passing gazelle. So the heavy backpack had to be carried only three kilometers this time.

Yes, you can live in houses for 500-600 rubles per person. The decor is Soviet, like the camp itself, but the price for a mattress rest is not bad either. Yes, if there is no car, the transfer costs about one and a half thousand per person one way. It is better not to meddle here on a low car, but the Lada will completely pass.

They seem to be fed in the dining room, but we cooked ourselves, as did the big mattress company that lived in the houses. A kilometer above the camp there is a hut where a local resident prepares khychyns. 100 rubles each. Ayran is also one hundred rubles - for one and a half liters.

The prices are not to say too low, the nature around is ordinary Caucasian, but the place is very soulful, besides, once a year you need to visit something new, I have not been here yet.

View of the Uzunkol alpine camp from the mountainside

Camp - a couple of dozen wooden houses and the remains of Soviet sports facilities

Dining room and administration

Rock wall

Our tent was by no means alone - there were tents from Krasnodar people around. They had training camps. But there were very few of them in the camp - they all went to the mountains.

The houses are named after the surrounding peaks

Pictures of these very peaks

Here the artist applied his imagination. There is no such view here, the top in the background is lower.

Creepy driftwood)

There was once a fountain

Well, why do the girls in the photo show their tongues?

The camp has a bridge to the other side. And ford. Further only UAZ and army vehicles. Once the border guards passed. Successfully they built their house near the hut.

Dog. Just a dog. Like others mountain dogs very kind and smart. In cities and villages, dogs are completely different. As do people.

Ford

One of the sources of the Kuban ... But in general, the Kuban still flows from Elbrus.

Sheep!

Sheep also belong to the owner of the alpine camp Enver, only unlike tourists they live not in a tent, but in a kosh on the other side

Vovka and Enver Khasanbievich Khabchaev, the owner of the camp

Enver allowed to drive the rams, he did not drive it himself, Vovka liked it

Kosh

Lamb

There is a spooky place just above the camp

A small canyon, where not even a waterfall, but a whirlpool!

Impressed. It's even scary to stand at the edge.

And it was so quiet, calm there. We went along the three easiest routes. They did not go to the Dolomites - Vovka found friends in the camp and they spent all the evenings with a company somewhere in the forest and abandoned buildings while I was preparing food.

As the famous poet used to say: "only mountains can be better than mountains, which have not yet been visited." Long hiking trips and the conquest of the peaks is a task that not everyone can do, and nevertheless, thousands of courageous and patient go to the Crimea, the Caucasus and Altai every year to see the pristine and harsh beauty.

One of beautiful places our country and Karachay-Cherkessia are mountainous region Uzunkol. The alpine camp, which has a similar name, is located, one might say, at its foot. It is dangerous and completely frivolous to go to the mountains without professional support and basic training. Therefore, if you want to devote your vacation to an interesting hike and living in the most beautiful nature, then pay attention to this alpine camp.

Information about the location of the camp

The stage of the development of the mountains by tourists and, in my own words, the Uzunkol alpine camp itself dates back to 1936, when the routes to the peaks of Gvandru and Talychat were first mastered. From the point of view of mountaineering, the Main Caucasian ridge is the most interesting.

The mountainous region Uzunkol is located in Karachay-Cherkessia and in translation from the local dialect means "long gorge". In the east, its borders reach the regions of the Elbrus region, and in the west there is the Daut reserve, and behind it - Dombay. The highest point is Gvandra (altitude - 3984 m).

Shifts and vouchers

Arrival at the base takes place in three shifts, and the duration of each is 20 days. The beginning of the tourist season in 2016 opens on the 1st of July. It should be remembered that persons who have reached the age of 16 are admitted to this program. The purchase of a mountaineering voucher worth 35 thousand rubles gives the right to be accommodated in six-bed rooms on the territory of the base and includes meals in the dining room, and in field conditions the minimum number of people in one shift is 6, and it is advisable to apply in advance.

In addition, the Uzunkol alpine camp organizes educational training to receive the Alpinist of Russia badge with the subsequent assignment of the third sports category. Instructor's services are also included in the price, but special shoes must be purchased on your own. Studying proccess requires preliminary technical training: you need to have camping accessories (equipment, waterproof warm clothes, sunglasses). Do not forget that it is possible to cross the border zone. For this, a pass is specially issued (citizens of the Russian Federation within a month, and foreigners will have to wait twice as long).

Accommodation prices

Note that "Uzunkol" is an alpine camp with fairly affordable prices for accommodation and meals. Accommodation of tourists is possible using three options. The most budgetary of them is the tents on the territory of the camp. A fee of 270 rubles per day is charged per person, and the days of actual absence (stay in the mountains) are also paid. Hot shower included. Tents can be personal or rented.

Accommodation in cottages will cost a little more: the price directly depends on how many people the room is designed for. So, a 6-bed room requires a payment of 500 rubles per day, and a double room - 620. The most expensive accommodation option is in guest houses. The cost is 1400 rubles per day from one guest.

Mountain camp "Uzunkol": how to get there?

You can also get to the place in several ways, it all depends on what kind of transport was initially chosen. The camp administration offers the following routes. First, by railroad to the cities of Cherkessk or Nevinnomyssk. Then to the village of Khurzuk, and from it - directly to the camp up the gorge, using a country road. Please note that you will be asked to present your pass at the border post.

Secondly, you can get from g. Mineral water... You or the whole group can be picked up from the airport by a special transfer at the Uzunkol alpine camp.

The PAZ bus can accommodate about 20 people, the Gazelle - 8-10, a car- 2-3. The cost of the transfer is 16,500, 11,500, 6,500 rubles, respectively. Prices will be slightly lower if the point of departure is Cherkessk or Nevinnomyssk.

"Uzunkol" (alpine camp), routes

This is a place where you can always choose a hiking route depending on your physical fitness, level of special knowledge and your own wishes. The administration is always ready to offer several options to choose from. Climbing routes to the peaks of the region are offered from the first to the sixth category of difficulty. For those who wish, training is carried out according to the program of initial and sports improvement, but for ordinary tourists and vacationers - those who are interested in beautiful nature and clean mountain air, the camp offers exciting hikes.

Border pass

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Author:Kavunenko Rimma Vladimirovna, Moscow,
master of sports in mountaineering, instructor of the 1st category,
deputy director of Uzunkol a / l for educational and sports work since 1991.

Alpine camp "Uzunkol"

HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT UZUNKOL

Staro-Karachaevsky section of the Western Caucasus (Main Caucasian ridge), 40 km long. began to be seriously mastered by climbers and tourists only in 1936. In 1936, a group of Sukhodolskiy G. climbed routes 1 B k / sl to the peaks of Talychat and Gvandru (V).

During the summer of 1937, the participants of the Lokomotiv alpine camp, the Leningrad section of mountaineering, the Avangard of the Leningrad Mining Institute and some others made ascents to almost all the significant peaks of this region.

The Western Caucasus is distinguished by the picturesque valleys, the beauty of the forests and the steepness of the slopes. The rivers flowing from the slopes to the north are the sources of the Kuban. The Uchkulan and Ullukam rivers (15 km) merge to form the Kuban. The rivers descending from the Main Caucasian ridge flow into Ullukam: Ulluozen (5 km), V. Kichkinekol (6 km), Chiryukol (10 km) and Uzunkol (8 km). The place where Uzunkol flows into Ullukam is called Kovdun. Uzunkol is formed from the confluence of two rivers: Myrdy (6 km) and Kichkinekol (4 km). This place is called Uzunkolskaya Polyana.

In terms of mountain climbing, the most interesting are the Main Caucasian ridge with peaks - Kichkinekol, Filter, Zamok, Dvoynashka, Dalar, Shokoladny peak, Kirpich and Gvandra.

Between the rivers Chiryukol and Uzunkol there is a ridge Chat with highest point the top of Chat-Bashi and further the Dolomites is a wonderful multi-peaked rock group. A short spur between the rivers Myrdy and Kichkinekol has the peaks of Irchat, Malaya and Bolshaya Trapezia and Uzunkol peak.

Lock

To the north of the Main Caucasian is the Curcho group. The ridge connecting Curcho with Ch. Caucasian ridge composed by the peaks: Mursaly, Dzhalpakol, Ak-Bashi, Ak-Tur, Pyramid, Kara-Bashi and to the west: Krugozor Myrdy, Trident and Ai-petri.

Between the S. Nahar and Gondarai rivers there is a grandiose rocky ridge - Nahar (12 km) with three peaks: South, middle and Big Nahara (Igumine).The Ullukam River originates on the southwestern glacier of Elbrus, from the north it is bordered by the Kebek-Jirin-Kurshaw ridge.

Since 1959, below Uzunkolskaya Polyana, the mountaineering camp of the sports society "Spartak" of the Mountaineering Directorate of the VDSO of trade unions has settled. At first - tent city, then more solid wooden "Finnish" houses, a stone building of the dining room - the national masonry.

"Uzunkol" was attended by 500-600 people on preferential vouchers for five shifts (20 days each). The gorges revived, there was a queue for routes (even for distant ones) Black Towers. Detachments of "newcomers" - 5-6 departments (10-12 people each) - walked in a row. The youth received a healthy lifestyle, training, interesting informative communication and a feat of will!

The initial bivouacs for ascents were formed: in Berezki, Verkhniy Myrdovskiy, in Karman, on "Sheep Lbakh", Ice, on the Dalar pass, under the Chocolate Peak on the madder, "Spartakovskiy" - on the bridge between Dalar and Dvoinashka, Dolomites overnight stays, on the Dolomites ...

In the sixties, the development of the wall routes of the peaks of the Uzunkol mountaineering region: Dalar, Kirpich, Dolomites, Trapezium, Castle in groups led by famous climbers - A. Semenov, Chernoslivin, G. Agranovsky, V. Kavunenko, N. Koshel, A. Kolchin, K . Ratotaeva B. Korablina, V. Stepanova.

The well-organized system of mountaineering training collapsed in 1992. The high-mountain sports and recreation center "Uzunkol" is now part of the JSC "Alamat", is not financed by anyone and lives off the enthusiasm of the workers and the visiting youth.

INTELLIGENCE about the educational and sports work of the All-Union Specialized Educational Center "Uzunkol" for 2000

Director Khabchaev Enver Khasanbievich

Deputy director for educational and sports work Kavunenko Rimma Vladimirovna - ms. 1 cat.

Community Rescue Team Leaders: Volkov Mikhail Evgenievich - cms, 3 cat., Lavrinenko Vladimir Vyacheslavovich - ms, 2 cat., Zhilin Denis Aleksandrovich -1r. 3 cat.

Doctors: Alena Viktorovna Tiselko - Sp., Oleg Nikolaevich Milenin - kms.

Arrival of participants - 296 people:

of them: completed sports categories:

initial preparation stage-133 people

"badges"- 10 people 50 people

3rd category- 58 people 58 people

2nd category - 23 people 23 people

1st rank- 41 people 5 people

kms- 19 people 3 persons

ms- 11 people

msmk- 1 person

V summer season v WSSOC worked - 29 instructors:

Full Name.	Sports sq.	Town
Abramov Pavel Borisovich
Abramova Ludmila Vladimirovna
Barykin Igor Ivanovich
Vinokurov Anatoly Filippovich
Volodin Victor Gennadievich
Goncharov Sergey Nikolaevich
Japaridze Yuri Otarovich
Ermilov Sergey Alexandrovich
Zhilin Denis Alexandrovich
Zhurzdin Vladimir Ivanovich
Kirpichev Nikolay Sergeevich
Kolesnikov Mikhail Rudolfovich
Korbut Fedor Semyonovich
Kuznetsov Alexander Georgievich
Kuznetsov Anatoly Alexandrovich
Kurova Olga Pavlovna
Lavrinenko Vladimir Vyacheslavovich
Mukhametshin Rauf Adgamovich
Melnikov Mikhail Evgenievich
Semykin Boris Ivanovich		Volgograd
Smirnova Elena Ivanovna		Volgograd
Sushko Sergey Evgenievich		Tolyatti
Tokmakov Valery Stepanovich
Urbansky Alexander Vladimirovich
Fedotenkov Gennady Vasilievich
Fonarev Andrey Yakovlevich
Khankevich Andrey Georgievich
Shulepov Georgy Gennadievich		Syktyvkar
Yablokov Konstantin Yurievich

Ascents completed:

Cat. complicated
Number of people
incl. Moscow

2 independent collections worked: Stavropol - hands. Magomedov P.P.

Astrakhan - hands. Borzasekov S.V. The fees were located outside the territory of the Uzunkol All-Union Specialized Educational Center, but used the services of the Uzunkol training unit: dispatcher service for entering routes, training facilities, equipment rental, route card index, luggage room, parking, final documentation.

The participants of the training camp made ascents:

Cat. complicated
Stavropol
Astrakhan

In total, 1090 man-ascents were completed.

Information about climbing routes 5-6 cat. sl. in 2000

date	Vertex	Route	Composition of the group
	S. Dolomit	bast.Walls	Timokhin L.V. A.V. Nesterov
	S. Dolomit	bast.Walls	Semykin B.I. Chentsov V.G. Yatsenko S.G. Shikin Yu.M.
	C, Dolomite	bast.Walls	Dubrovsky A.Ch. Belous S.S.
		with AC V. rowed.	Olovyanny O. V. Boyko A. I. Lakeev M.G. P.V. Sosnin Sungatullin P.P. Gromozdova E.M.
		with variable V. rowed.	Mikhailov M.M. Kolesnikov M.R.
	S. Dolomite	bast West of the walls option	Milenin O. N. Turchaninov I.V.-first walkthrough
		with variable V. comb	Kurova O.P. R.V. Zabolotny S.N. Nazarov Vasiliev V.A.
			Akimov S.V. Zhivaev S.A.
	S. Dolomit	bast.Walls	Abramov P.B. Vasiliev V.A.

		along the south wall	Maksimenya A.G. - solo
		along the N-B edge	Volkov M.E. Fonarev A.Ya. A.V. Karpov Chistyakov S.A.
	Twin	on the "edge"	Lapitsky A.L. Lugov A.N.
		along the N-B edge	Boyko V.V. Zhitnik V.E.
	peak Chocolate	along the S-3 wall	Volkov M.E. Fonarev A.Ya.
	peak Chocolate	along the S-3 wall	Timokhin L.V. A.V. Nesterov
		along the N-B edge	Turchaninov I.V. Milenin O. N.
			Ruleva N.A. Kurova O.P.
		NE walls, shoulder	Semykin B.I. Chentsov V.G. Yatsenko S.G. Shikin Yu.M.
		along the NE edge	Dubrovsky A.Ch. Kogan V.E. Bedous S.S.
		by Yu.stena	Dubrovsky A.Ch. Kogan V.E. Belous S.S.
	peak Chocolate	Yu-3. the wall	Simakov S.A. Ryzhenkova I.P. Volikov K.S. Kolesnikov M.R.

		S. wall bast.	Maksimenya A.G. - solo
			Japaridze Yu.O. D.E. Pivikov Khomchenko D.S. Vinokurov A.F.
		up the wall	Shavrovich A.-L. Puchnin V.E. Rylov N.V. Smirnov A.P.
		along the "rhombus" of 3 walls.	Boyko V.V. Zhitnik V.E. Khomchenko D.S. Pivikov D.E.
		along the "rhombus" of 3 walls.	Volodin V.G. V.V. Lavrinenko Timme E.A. Yanochkin V.I. Yablokov K.A.
		according to C-B st. bast.	Maksimenya A.G. - solo
		on the north wall bast.	Puchnin V.E. Shavrovich A.L. Rylov N.V.

While they were looking for the driver at the turnout of Ullukam and Uchkulan, they found a district police officer. He sadly told that the day before the crew from Ukraine, for some unknown reason, jumped into the Uchkulan water intake (aka "Khurzuk water intake" on the Ullukam river, half a kilometer above the village) on a pair of Triton, after which it was taken apart there, one rower was washed, and the other the rescuers got out all day. It is difficult to judge why they were carried there, but there were not many options - an ideal barrel from coast to coast and inspired after the rains.

Having spent about half an hour in Aktobe checking the border documents, we went to the alpine camp, but because of the bad road we arrived there after dark.

1. At 23h the light is cut off in the alpine camp. There is also a warm shower, a scary toilet, a bar with khychin and several small houses for compact living.
We preferred to sleep in tents (like 50 more people), because in the houses a little trash.

5. In the morning we woke up from the children's kipesh and the rattling of iron around the tent - they were initiated into climbers. An experienced climber in chemical protection and an ice ax and his accomplices
thrashed the children with rugs ("miner"), poured water on them and took many promises not to tell their parents, etc. in exchange for the Alpinist of Russia badge.

6. Ford through Uzunkol opposite the camp.

7. View of the valley and the alpine camp.

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11. The top of the North. Dolomites (3780m).

12.G. Castle