| № 403 Ski-tour on volcanoes |
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We are glad to offer you one of our sport tours for well prepared climbers or for those who like to challenge the nature and themselves. Not many people tried to do this trip. Daily you can make tours to grandiose and bewitching volcanoes, both active, and inactive, to make climbings, where every step will be accompanied with danger. And then enjoy descents on steep snow slopes. The best time for this tour is March - May. The best time for realization of the tour is from March 10 till April 25. Date of arrival on a forming group for 2008: April 5. Day 1. Meeting at the airport, transfer to the holiday village (30 kms.). Accommodation, rest, bathing in the pool with thermal water. Acquaintance with guides, equipment check Day 2. Trip on the automobile to Kozelsky volcano (35 kms), ski tour of fifteen kilometers to the Kozelsky stream, in the forest to the place for the night (a wooden house). Day 3. Climbing on Kozelsky volcano (2168 m) - one-day long trip (6-7 hours). An average slope angle of the volcano is 25-30°. Descent and returning to the camp (14 kms in whole). Night in houses. Day 4. The trip through the mountain pass Uglovoy (2100 m). You will go along Kozelsky glacier on the mountain pass Uglovoy between Avachinsky and Kozelsky volcanoes; it will take about 6 hours (7 kms). Climbing on Avachinsky volcano, then traverse descending to the tourist camp Prijut, which is between Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes (13 kms, 3 hours). Night in houses. Day 5. Reserve day in case of bad weather. Skiing from slopes of Avachinsky volcano or the “Camel” mountain. Night in houses. Day 6. Climbing on Avachinsky volcano (2751 m). We shall climb by the southwest slope up to the somma, and then up to the top on the western slope. Totally it is about 16 kms, and it will take 7 hours. Then we shall descend on ski on the northern slope up to the somma, and then down to the mountain pass between Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes (in the western direction), till we achieve the camp Prijut. The cone has 25-30° slope, lower to the mountain pass - 30-35° (500 m), then 15-20° to the end of the route. Rest in the camp, hot supper. Night in houses. Day 7. Ski descending along the Sukhaya river to the direction of the main road - 20 kms, about 4 hours of route. Returning to the holiday village (30 kms.). Accommodation, rest, bathing in pool with thermal water. Day 8. After lunch we go to the Vilychinskye waterfalls on the motor vehicle (75 kms, 2.5 hours). Climbing on Vilychinsky volcano (2173 m), which is situated in the south of Petropavlovsk, on the opposite side of Avachinskaya bay. We shall approach for 3 kms to the bottom of the volcano and climb on it by the southwestern slope (about 6 hours). Descending to the road (3 hours). The gradient of the southwestern slope varies at the bottom from 30-35° (500-600 m) to 40-45° (200-250 m), and 15-20° (1000-1500 m). Returning to the holiday village. Accommodation, rest, bathing in pool with thermal water. In the evening meeting in “the yurt” at the local farmer, the unique person Alexander Yastrebov, taste of dishes of local plants. The concert program on the coast of a picturesque lake, the legends, fairy tales. Return to the holiday village. Day 9. Excursion in the city. Visit of the State Regional Museum. Visit of the fish market. Buying of the Kamchatka souvenirs. Transfer to the airport, saying goodbye. Number of tourists: 6-8. Cost of the given round is calculated on each separate group. The cost of the tour includes: The cost of the tour does not include: Recommended equipment:
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