Today was another sunny and very warm day in Terskol. We walked up to Mt. Terskol today to an observatory at 3050 meters. From there we had a fantastic view on Mt. Elbrus with its two peaks.

Mount Elbrus: We are going to climb the West Peak on the left, slightly higher than the East Peak

Now we’re back at the hotel relaxing after another sauna visit, soon ready for dinner. Tomorrow we will leave Terskol and start our ascent on Elbrus. As a first step we will move up to the mid station of the ski lift at 3000 meters where we will spend one night.

Everybody is in good shape and the weather forecast looks promising for the whole week and especially for our summit day on Saturday with a clear sky, light wind and temperatures only down to minus nine degrees centigrade.

Our group (from the left): Tommy, Derry, guide Sasha, Róisín and John