Transition from small to a large saddle. Trail Kosygin, Mount Red Sunny. Mountain Red Sunny, Kislovodsk

Last year, I already told you about Kislovodsk in detail, about the fact that this city I consider my second homeland, because I was there, I think more than 20 times. Yes, and many Astrakhans visited there, I think, not one dozen times, the benefit of 680 km on a bad road allow you to quickly break out there on Weekend. So many friends and acquaintances were on KMW for these May holidays. Someone just rested, someone traveled around the republics North Caucasus.

I suggest you once again remember these pleasant moments.

01. Kislovodsk - City, Administrative Center for the Municipal Education of the City District - Resort Kislovodsk Stavropol Territory. It is part of the Eco-resort region Caucasian Mineralnye Waters. The balneological and climatic resort, the largest in the number of resistant to KMV and the second in Russia after Sochi. More than a third of all health resorts of the region falls on Kislovodsk. The city was received by the city due to the abundance of the sources famous worldwide therapeutic carbon dioxide "Narzan" (from the Kabardian "Nart SanE" - "Drink of heroes" in translation)

02. With my beloved Julian

03. The city is located 234 km from the city of Stavropol, 64 km from the mineral water station, in the northern foothills of the Grand Caucasus at an altitude of 750-1200 meters above sea level. Originated from the Russian military fortress founded in 1803. The city is obliged to source with source of mineral water Narzan. Kislovodsk is located in the south of the Stavropol Territory, almost on the border with Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, 65 km from Elbrus Mountain. The city is located in a small and cozy picturesque valley, surrounded by the slopes of the Chief Caucasus Range and formed by the gorges of two merging rivers - Olkhovka and Berezovka, flowing into the river depress. The length of the valley from the south-east to Northwest is about 7 km.

04. The relief of the area is mountainous, cut by ravines and beams. Areas of the city are at different heights above sea level. The lowest point of Kislovodsk is 750 m above sea level on the road from the city, and the highest - 1409 m on a large saddle in the Kislovodsky Park.

05. The landscape of the city and its surroundings is very picturesque. The city surrounds sandy and chalk mountains, forming numerous terraces with deep caves and grotts. Separate boulders of red sandstones accepted a fairly bizarre form as a result of weathered. From the east, the city is fenced with hills connected with small hills, and chain of chalk mountains, which make up together the middle part of the Ginal Range (height up to 1500 m).

06. From the north of the Kislovodsk Valley is limited by a chain of terrace-shaped chalk mountains of the Borgastane ridge, reaching a height of 1200 m above sea level. Borgang and Ginal Ranges are the spurs of the pasture ridge, one of the northern ridges of the Grand Caucasus. From the south and southeast, Dolina Kislovodsk is limited by Coustles of the Rocky Ridge - the Kabardian ridge with a height of 1600 m and the Bermamat plateau, rugged the gorges of Alikonovka rivers, Berezovka and Olkhovka.

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09. Mountains surrounding Kislovodsk, protect it from winds and fogs, providing him with a special microclimate. Despite the fact that the city is located in the deep valley among the mountains, the air is never stored here, since the valley is continuously ventilated by the free flow of fresh mountain air, which goes along the gorges of rivers. Kislovodsk is located significantly higher than other KMV resorts and is protected by a chain of mountains reaching height from 1200 to 1600 m above sea level, while low layered cloudiness coming from the east and southeast only to a height of 1000-1200 m. That's why Kislovodsk is in more favorable climatic conditionsthat gives him the character of the mountain climatic station.

10. The city is very green, there are many squares, flower beds. Jewing and pride Kislovodsk is Resort Park. At the slopes of the mountains surrounding Kislovodsk, the subalpine meadows spread, in the vicinity - mining and steppe vegetation. In the area of \u200b\u200bGinal and the Valley of the charm (the supply zone of mineral springs), 70 thousand birches and 30 thousand seedlings of the Crimean pine were planted on an area of \u200b\u200b13 hectares. In Kislovodsk and its surroundings there are numerous fruit gardens.

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15. The Square of the Kislovodsky Resort Park on the results of the survey conducted in 2009 is 948 hectares. For comparison - the largest urban park in the UK (Richmond Park) has an area of \u200b\u200b955 hectares, Park Square Versailles Palace It is 800 hectares. The park is located on both sides of the Olkhovka River and contains over 250 species of trees and shrubs, including cedar, fir, birch, pine, spruce, black walnut, Chinese Pavlonia, cork tree, etc. In the alpine part of the park on the Alpine meadows grows more than 800 species of grassy plants. The park contains nurseries of ornamental plants, greenhouses. Over 80 varieties of abundant blooming roses are planted at the "Rose Square" and in the "Rose Valley". In the park, proteins were acclimatized, trustingly taking food from the hands of people, various species of birds. The monument of nature is the red stones, which overlook in several places of the park and are sandstones, having a red-brown color and a variety of weathered forms.

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17. Works on the instrument of the park began in 1823 by order of General A.ERMOLOVA. Works carried out military detachments of the lower ranks. In order for the trees could be planted, Olkhovki became a fertile black solar. After the appointment of Prince M. S. Vorontsova in 1845, the governor of the Caucasus work on the development and improvement of the Kislodsky Park was continued. From the Crimean possessions Vorontsov delivered the best sorts of garden and flower seeds, seedlings of trees and shrubs. In addition, plants from Tiflis and Riga, Western Ukraine and the North Caucasian gardens are brought. 1903 is considered the beginning of the second phase of the park. On the territory of the alienated Cossack lands under the leadership of the gardener-landscape officer Albert Regel was laid Mid Park. On bare slopes, plants like plants as Fir Caucasian, fir balsamic, Caucasian pine, stuffed oak, ash, Eastern spruce, erendian spruce, were planted. The seedlings were called from the kennel Count Zamoysky (Poland). In 1910, the so-called "pine hill" was laid, the slopes of which are now covered with a grove from the pine ordinary.

18. Currently, the Kislovodsky Park consists of three departments: old, or lower, the park leading from the Narzanian gallery to a mirror pond and a "glass jet"; New, or medium, park starting from the rose platform and ending with gray stones; And the biggest area Mountain ParkStretching from gray to blue stones and further to a small and large saddle. .

19. In the Kohsovodsky Resort Park, for the first time in Russia, a route was laid for the Medical Walk - Terrenkur. Currently, there are 6 terrenkura routes with a length of 1700 to 6000 m, originating from annetic gallery. Terrenkur tracks are sprinkled with red sand, every 100 meters are informational plates with an indication of the distance from annetic gallery, a steepness and a height above sea level.

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21. Routes are divided into three categories in length, angle of lifting, a pace of walking and frequency of rest. The easiest route with a length of 1700 m has the maximum angle of lifting in three or four degrees. In the most complex routes, it is recommended to walk only well prepared people. The total length of terrenkura tracks is more than 30 km, they are located at an altitude of 800 to 1409 meters above sea level.

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26. The central resort street Kislovodsk is the resort boulevard. This is a pedestrian boulevard and therefore on it are constantly walking like guests of the resort and its inhabitants. The resort boulevard is a half-chilometer dressed in a new tile with well-kept gearboxes along the edges and located in the center of large rectangles with floral compositions, which change the year from year to year and are not fading until late autumn. Previously, the boulevard was called a poplar allery, and now the boulevard framed the rows of old poplars and newly planted trees. These trees give shadow and pleasant coolness in sunny summer days. The resort boulevard as a stormy mountain river hugs on two sides by a narrow gallery, a monument of architecture and one of the most recognizable symbols of Kislovodsk and continues his movement towards the resort park and rests on his tracks and in the snow-white colonnade the main entrance to the park. Another end of the Boulevard meets with the street. Kirov and goes to the famous citizens of a snowflake cafe, where many dozens of years have been prepared by each citizen and many guests of the resort ponchnik and dairy cocktails.

27. In that part of the boulevard, which in the form of a small area is located after the narrated gallery and the Kislodsky Martyr himself has already been collected before the park itself. This small square has become a shelter for the kislovodsk artists who stand in trees that cut through this area reminding about the approach of the park, sell their paintings and immediately create new ones. Including you can buy and pencil drawing with your image.
And right before the Boulevard meets with annetic gallery on a small platform on Earth from the plates posted a big star symbolizing the center of the resort city by the type of zero kilometer in Moscow. This place is the city center where the heart is knocking resort town.
In addition to restaurants and cafes on the boulevard, you can find many shops in which you can buy a wide variety of resort products including with North Caucasian flavor.

28. There are several hotels on the boulevard: Hotel Corona Kislovodsk, Hotel Venice, Hotel Pan Inter Kislovodsk, Hotel Grand Hotel, Hotel Park Hotel. Also, on the boulevard, one of the oldest pensions - the pension resort and the historical structures opposite the Narzan Gallery are located in the historical facilities. And from the attractions on the boulevard are the main nasal baths.

That's all about the beautiful city resort Kislovodsk. Next time, we will pass on the way from Kislovodsk to Arkhyz, focus on the passage of Gum Bashi, offering an excellent view of the whole Caucasian RidgeAnd also plunge into the beauty of Arkhyza!

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For a long time, already, and the shape of the summer pictures from Kislovodsk, in the end, I realized that I would never post them, so I decided to close my eyes and lay out as it was.

In July 2011, for two weeks, while I was there, there was only a few solar and clear days, the rest was constantly walking. But no matter how surprisingly, in the past year, I still managed to get to the top saddle and even first see Elbrus from these angles. In 2010, despite the dry and hot summer at the same time, I was not lucky to get to the top saddle - on the approaches to him chalked back the ice rain, which was instantly like from the huge heavenly chamber, nor Elbrus to see - always hid in the haze .

This time, I practically did not photograph the busiest tourist areas on the resort boulevard and at the bottom of the park - it is though beautiful, but already beaten places, and they were before. Running quickly past them, I hurried upstairs every time, in the most low, but the most interesting part of this huge park (the largest in Europe is more than 1350 hectares, 200 years of history, more than 100 km of terrenkurov).

1. Sand road loops among the coniferous forest, the rise here is practically no feeling, the air is dizzy and silence.

2. In the rain, these tracks become sufficiently slippery, so it is more careful to go down on them.

3. Above the head hanging the boulders, on which the petable snakes and lizards are heated in the sun.

4-5. But in the park is full of not only stone animals, but also of real, loving nuts and seeds, for example.

7-8. Or feathered-winged, singing, tweethers for different voices under the accompaniment of silence.

9. If you got here, then this means that you have passed 5.8 km from the Narzan Gallery (the beginning of the park), overcame the height difference in 245 meters and are on the mountain Red Sunshine, just before the monument M.Yu. Lermontov, looking out for your back Elbrus on the horizon.

10. If you look just right with this place, a review will open on the bottom of the park. In the foreground of the cliff, now the famous also the fact that it's just out with that flat stone a little further than the place where the guy is with a camera, timag82. I made the shooting of my circular panorama as I understand. I confess, the place is terrible, I am a maximum of what I decided to - sit down on a stone where the guy is worth to take a picture.

11. However, many abyss at the bottom does not scare at all, climb as true cascaders, without any insurance.

12. From this place further to the blue stones, the road will already be quite cool up and untouched will have to breathe a little more often and deeper than usual. Well, or on the principle of smart to the mountain, you can not go down, to reach the station of the station (in the summer it works constantly, if there is no rain) and in a few minutes you'll drive up. I once also joined the company intelligent to sfotkat blue stones from this point:

13. And here a piece of looping trail is visible in a pine forest, for those who decided to overcome the rise on their own.

14. B. good weather, those who have not been lazy to climb early if the semi-tree volcano will be a mood, then he can reward the suffering contemplation with his two-headed caps. After 10-11 days, as a rule, it already tightens the barely noticeable haze and it hides. If we went on foot, then it means to this point on your speedometer, the distance of 5.5 km and the difference overcome from the beginning of the height path will be some insignificant 350 m ( absolute height 1167 m).

15. From here to Elbrus about 65 kilometers, far away ... But if Elbrus does not go to you, then you can approach him at least a little, even if only a few kilometers. To do this, from the Olympic complex should be deepened in a narrow path where the person's leg has not arched and only rare tourists are solved to send to that way, to a dense forest (almost no joke).

The path alone, it does not turn anywhere, to choose a native, rightly does not offer, but just goes well and goes around rough terrain right to a small saddle. Sometimes with a wild crunch among deafening silence on the trail can jump out a maniac, or rather a maniac in the appearance of a horned ruminorous guy - do not be frightened, they do not touch anyone, they are just curious who else is grazing. I truth was frightened and with fear was missed with autofocus, well, Nich, the horns seem to be visible.

16. Closer to the goal of the forest, the Alpine meadows begin and overlooking the horizon.

17. Riders at the Ginal Range.

18. And here is Elbrus from a small saddle (in zoom), we are at an altitude of 1332 m, 7.5 km passed behind the shoulders, the difference of the heights of our path was 515 m. Well, now you can rest on the laurels.

19. However, as the ancient Chinese said "to see the great out of his distance from him," you may need to listen to their advice and climb on a big saddle - Voi there, the second on the right not covered with the forest with the forest.

20. To her from a small saddle, just some 2 kilometers, it is the highest point Kislododsky surroundings (1410 m), the height difference from the lowest city of the Narzan Gallery is 593 m.

21. And now he is a red check box with a triangulation sign - the height is taken!

22. The city somewhere away and below, in an optical zoom.

23. And actually he is - sleeping volcano. A bonus to it from this height is also the form of the main Caucasian ridge.

24. Returning back to I notice a rock, which seems to me like a sphinx, well, or at least petrified dog's face.

Well, in conclusion, a few usual species of the city.
25. Bridge "Lady Caprice" over the river Olkhovka.

26. View from the mountain pine on the Holy Nikolsky Cathedral.

27. Memorial died in the Great Patriotic War.

28-29. Resort boulevard. What I still like Kislovodsk - the fact that even a gloomy rainy day here seems bright and sunny due to the abundance of bright colors and flower.

In my photo sketches, I often talked about the mountain, and the neighboring mountain of her, albeit not so often visited, but also happily and no less beloved, for some reason, it remainsless.

I will try to correct this omission and dedicate several subsequent posts with detailed photo-stories about a small saddle (hereinafter - MS).

The road to MS begins immediately from the top of the red sun.

The gazebo, which is visible in the photo, meets the MS rising on the lower vertex - it was so it turned out that in the Caucasus Mountain "traditionally double-headed" (joke)

MS is famous for the fact that on her "saddle" there is a top station of the register and, then, at an altitude of 1250m above U.M. - Olympic sports and training complex (more precisely, its top base).

In total, the height of the MS (upper vertex) - 1325m and from there are wonderful views of Kislovodsk, the Ginal Range, the pasture ridge of the Treesnian plateau, rolled up with numerous "velvet" canyons, and, of course, to Elbrus, which is visible from MS almost from the ground.

But everything is in order.
Today we will just start a hiking rise and will not hurry all around to look at.

* Lift to Mount Small Saddle *

A straight road leading to MS from the Red Sun at first is quite cool and in the heat it is not easy for it (you go from the shade to the shade).

In the photo angle of lifting seems more smooth, but remember those pines that begin immediately after the open area - the next photo from them.

* View of the top of the Red Sun from the pine from the previous photo. *

Further, part of Kislovodsk, waves of mountain ranges are visible. On the "penultimate" ridge, the triangle sticks out beautiful (red) Kurgan, behind him (to the right) Rome-Mount (where the ancient settlement of people was found), well, and even further - the Borgsky ridge is leaving the horizon.

That we looked to the west. And now I will turn your head left, south - there we constitute a company, welcoming sniffs, not someone, and the main deity of the Caucasus:

* From this height, Elbrus is visible somewhere half its growth *

And not far from us run air trams cableway (There are two, red and yellow):

* View from the slope of a small saddle on the pasture ridge of the Treesnian Plateau and Elbrus *

From time to time, on the way there are such drains for water:

* Road for the stream *

Gradually, the straight road goes into serpentine, rising along the rocks:

* Serpentine *

I loved the walls of the wall (made of the same red sandstone as the tracks walking along the terrencourt):

* Wall of red sandstone *

In the same place, on the side of this path, I first saw the white "watch" in my life (those that saw before, were always pink):

* Field carnation or just "watch" *

"Horsici" because if you take a flower behind the color with a big and index finger and make a movement, similar to how the clock is mechanical, then the flower petals will rotate, like watch arrows. Such a sad childhood experience.

But we distract from the wall and plants near her and see what happens from the opposite side of the track. And there the yellow tram enters the gorge, overcoming which will reach the upper station of the cable car.

* Cable road to the Olympic complex *

Mount Beshtau (Zheleznovodsk)

Beshtau - the highest and majestic mountain Caucasian Mineral Water.. With its vertex, which snaps at an altitude of 1400 meters, opens a colorful circular panorama of the entire resort area. With clear weather, all mountains-laccolite, the legendary Elbrus, the mountain chain of the Caucasian ridge are clearly visible. The diameter of this mountain is eight kilometers! The name "Beshtau" can be translated as "five mountains". Despite this, almost everywhere the mountain looks three-chapted. However, in fact, the radially seven revisions are diverged from its main island cone, which are separated by very deep beams. In the ridges of these risks, the teeth of goat cliffs, small Beshtau, Faught nose, Two brothers, green cape, lochmata. All of them together with Beshtau form five major vertices.

Top Mount Beshtau

Around Beshtau back in 1927, an annular road was laid at an altitude of 800 meters. Climb home mountain peak It is easier to easily on one of two paths that lead to a mountain saddle from opposite sides: one of them is from Lermontov, and the other is from the side of Zheleznovodsk. From last city Before the top of Beshtau, it is necessary to pass more than six kilometers, while the altitude difference is 760 meters. Climbing will take at least three hours. From the top of the person will open a magnificent circular panorama. Often an excellent review is hampered by a light haze, which hides the neighborhood. If this haze is absent, then looking to the south, you can see Elbrus to see.

In the nineties, a radio station was built on top. She, according to some information, previously served cellular networks. But according to other information, this station is a special purpose object. She enjoys a ministry of defense and special services. During its construction, the necessary building materials delivered a helicopter. Station caretakers work by the Watch method, immediately for a few days. They rise to the mountain on foot, carrying the stock of products during duty. Local radio amateurs are often collected on top of the radio station. Here they establish a connection with different points of the planet.

Beshtau envelops many riddles. Local residents We noticed the mountains of mysterious glowing balls. Most likely, an abnormal activity is increased on this grief. This is trying to explain the high concentration of radon and its influence on the human body. In addition, the newspapers appeared interesting messages about meetings in these places with the snowman himself. By the way, the foot is the male monastery. He was reborn quite recently. And he was founded in the 20th century by monks from Old Athos. Here, in an amazing way, God's presence is in brighter, according to the assurances of the monks themselves.

Orline rocks on Beshtau

On the southwestern mountainside is a very wonderful place. It is called eagle rocks. If you look at this place from the side of the Small Beshtau, the contour of one of the rocks is very similar to the eagle profile. And the rest of the cliffs with a large V-shaped opening form a wall of stones. Zheleznovodsk is visible through it. From this place is well visible to the West of the Resort City. To the left, because of the slope of the Small Beshtau, a mountain is seen called Shaggy. A little ahead browsing the mountain peeling. It is at her foot and stretched the city of Lermontov. A peculiar "Eagle wing" forms a small segro with a rounded arch of natural origin. Alone was laid on the rocks. A lot of very interesting climbing routes. In terms of free lasagna, the rocks of the doll is interesting and near the rocks.

Temple of the Sun.

On the northeast mountainside there is a sharply outstanding out the rocky ledge. There are the ruins of the temple of the sun of Scythians. This temple is a stony platform, on which a variety of boulders are pulled out. The "heart" of the site is a massive stone standing on three stuffs. It is the opinion that if the stones lie in this small domed grotto, and standing there simply will not work out there, then quite strong energy will be felt. In this place, you certainly need to be!

Beshtau is impressive of everyone. This mountain is indeed majestic in any sense of the word. It is worth making climbing or at least to see her!

Mount Mashuk (Pyatigorsk)

Mashuk is the main attraction and the symbol of Pyatigorsk. The decision of the Stavropol Regional Executive Committee of the Deputies of the Workers In 1961, Mashuk was declared a monument of nature. Masha Mashuk - one of interesting Mountains Kavelvavod district is the best panoramic point in the nearby surroundings of Pyatigorsk. Most of the slopes are covered with wide forests.

A cable car with a length of 964 meters leads to the top, the top of the top is the TV and Radio Tower and viewpoint. Length hiking route Mashuk Mahuk (one way, to the top) - 4 kilometers. It is also possible to lift along the old wheeling, which passes along the northern side of the mountain. On the top of the mountain leads highway The length of 10 km.

Its height is 993 meters, form - dome, so you can climb from different sides. On Mashuk are the main memorial places Pyatigorsk, with classics. This is a quarrel cave of failure, and the grotto Diana, and the grotto Lermontov, and the Chinese gazebo, and the arbor of Ealar Harp, the sanatorium and the mud. At the foot of Mashuk - the place of the last duel Lermontov.
It is believed that all the peaks of Pyatigora appeared as a result of volcanic activities. Mashuk - also, but some of this mountain created mineral springsThat, evaporating, left salt, and grass and foliage, soaring the salts, petrified and turned into a sol.

At the top of the mountain - a small monument to the military topograph of Andrei Vasilyevich Pastukhov, buried there in his own testament. From this place is clearly visible Mount Elbrus and the entire large Caucasus. From the south side in the form of a wide spray to Mashuka, the mountain is adjacent.

In the spring of 1901, a sculpture of an eagle put the snake sculpture on Mashuk. Eagle - King Mountains, a symbol of "Healthy Forces of the Caucasus", and a snake - an allegory of diseases affecting a person. Composition symbolizes victory healing sources Over the ailments of man.

On the northern slope of Mashuk is the Perkalsky kennel, where the reference planting material of exotic plants for landscaping the resorts of the Kavmintor group is grown. The nursery was founded in 1879.

In the zone of the Natural and Historical and Cultural Monument "Mount Mashuk" - archaeological sites of all eras, starting with Eneolita (IV thousand BC) and ending with modern monuments. Archaeological monuments Mount Mashuk studied pretty weak. Currently, they are known about 20, with the value and boundaries they have not yet been established.

Mashuk is called the "healing waters". On a small area, five types of mineral waters were revealed: carbon dioxide thermal water, Pyatigorsk Narzans, Essentuk type waters, radon waters and carbon dioxide thermal carbon dioxide with small mineralization. Their base is the thermal carbon dioxide water of deep horizons, rising to the surface and mixed with fresh waters.

Mount Big and Small Saddle (Kislovodsk)

To look at Elbrus with a panoramic point, reaching a height of 1,325 meters above sea level, familiarize yourself with the nature and picturesque neighborhoods of Kislovodsk, many tourists and vacationers climb a small saddle. There are several ways to the top: through the Red Sun, along the tourist trail and in Western Schogogu.

A small saddle of more than 500 meters is towers in the level of the central part of Kislovodsk. From here, a wonderful view of the neighborhood of the resort town, to the wide valley of the depression, on the unawrs of the Bermamat plateau, rugged by the gorges and green beams. Far in the south is a double-headed Elbrus and a gear chain of the Chief Caucasus Range.

Elbrus-extinct volcano. The slopes of this gigantic mountain are covered with snow and ice. The area of \u200b\u200bglaciation reaches 144 square meters. kilometers. 22 glaciers flow from Elbrus slopes. The largest of them is a big azau, a length of more than 7 kilometers. Elbrus glaciers are the origins of the rivers of the Kuban, Malki and Baksan.

This is the most high mountain Europe. Her western peak towers at 5642 meters above sea level. The first ascent to Elbrus was committed in 1829. The expedition organized and headed the commander of the Caucasian fortified line General G. A. Emanuel. It was attended by several scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on July 10, on the old style at 11 am, the leg of a person was held on the Eastern Top of Elbrus for the first time. Expedition Expedition Kabardian Hilar Hashirov asked her. From a small group of waters, only one he has achieved a vertex.

It is curious to note that one of the expedition conductor, the Balkarer Achia Sathtaev, who came to the Saddle of Elbrus with the scientist Lenz and the Cossack Lysenkov, lived for a rarity long. He died in 1918 at the age of 130.

From a small saddle, a trail leads to a two-sleeve mountain saddle, reaching a height of 1,408 meters above sea level.

Big and small saddle . Mount Big Saddle - the highest in the vicinity of Kislovodsk and Pyatigorsk. The path to it lies through the Kislovodsky Park, up the trail of the Third Route of Terrenkura Past of the Temple of Air, Red Sun, then on the way there will be a blue mountains, which are a group of sheer naked rocks with deep cracks and grotts. This is part of the Ginal Range. A wide trail is then on a plateau coated with thick grass and flowers. A little saddle towers ahead, his height is 1325 m, it is 500 meters above the Narzanian Gallery. From here, Elbrus and all Kabardian plateau are visible. Three kilometers from a small saddle is a big saddle (1409 m), from which not only the Caucasian ridge is visible, but also the whole area of \u200b\u200bmineral waters. In the vicinity of a large saddle in a warm time, hundreds of fragrant and healing herbs, filling the air buzzing bees and fragrance. In the spring, through the snow, blue and pink snowdrops are made here, growing only in the mountains. Spring in Kislovodsk comes warm, trees bloom, however, on the slopes of a large saddle, you can still find the remains of snow.
The walk is an excellent training, her length in both ends of about 20 km. Climbing a big saddle is better to start early in the morning, in 5-6 hours, with such a calculation to return to dinner.

Lived, there were father with her son. These were strong and muscular men. It was all good, until they met her. And happened so that they fell in love at the same time beautiful girl. The girl came out indecisive. She could not choose who she would like her. What should she do? Why didn't your father gave way to his son? All resulted in sad.

Began a senseless fight. Long walked a terrible fight. Father against the Son, Son against Father. And the son was stronger. I saw the father's body that gave him life and immediately went. Now he needs beauty and her love that went so valuable. He took the bogatyr dagger with the blood of his father and embarrass him. For a long time we cried over the killed heroes of Beauty Mashuk - "The Earth has not yet seen such warriors. Why should I live without seeing you? ". God heard her crying and turned the son of the mighty Elbrus and his father Kazbek in the mountains. So high and beautiful that they can be seen from everywhere. And Beauty Mashuk, turned into Mount less. On a clear day, she looks at the mighty vertices of Elbrus and Kazbek. And still can not be turned around and choose who nailed her heart, the stone heart. Such is the legend about the Great Elbrus.

Everyone who was able to walk here will be rewarded truly a luxury view. Here the photographers lose their mind and unrestrained the camera to the camera.

So, let's go. Our path to Mount Small saddle began with a cable car. I will describe the descent. View from the Cabin Cabin on the Valley of Roses. Seen slice of Mount Elbrus.

A bit of history. In 1823, General A. Hermolov was issued a decree on creating a park zone. The arrangement was carried out by military with low title. To ensure the possibility of planting trees, the stony soil of the coast of Olkhovka was covered with a bridal fertile black soil. When, in 1845, Prince MS Vorontsov was appointed for the post of governor of the Caucasus, the Kislovodsky forest park continued to continue to develop and improve its device. In Crimea, Vorontsov owned magnificent land, from which the best seed material was covered with garden and floral cultures, seedlings of trees and shrub plants. There were also areas from Tiflis, Riga, West Ukrainian and North Caucasian groves, Squares and Arbulias.

The wind on the slope of the mountain is strong.

In 1903, the second phase of its arrangement began. The leadership of all processes was carried out by the famous Botany Albert Regell. To bookmark the middle fleet, land was cultivated, which was alienated from the Cossacks. Everyone was planted as an ash, fir, pine, oak with cherry, larch. The seedling site was the Polish forest plant, whose owner was the edge of Zamoysky. Bookmark "Sosnovy Gorka" took place in 1910. On her slopes were planted with a pine grove. In total, trees with shrubs, which are more than 250 species grow in the park area.

The top of the mountain is small saddle. Height of 1325 meters above sea level.

In 1901, the organization first in the park area took place Russian Empire Health trails. Suitable relief made it possible to create more routes 1.7 km long - 6 km used today. There are 6 health trop - 4 basic (1,2,2-A, 3) and 2 additional. The initial item of each nasal gallery.

The main goal is to help unhealthy people in healing from cardiovascular pathologies, diseases of the organs of the respiratory, digestive and musculoskeletal system and those who suffer from various metabolic disorders. Each route has stops, the interval between which is 100 meters. They are indicated by signs with numbers of health trop, high above sea level, distance from the original point. The complex of Terrencourt includes three medical items. The locations of their location are the temple of the air, the mountainside of the red sun, the nasal gallery. It is controlled here how the patient performs medical recommendations and transfers the healing walk.

We, like healthy people, decided to resemble the resort route. Shorts COLUMBIA BATTLE RIDGE II - Here is an indispensable attribute when walking. Light and practical, there are several pockets, belt on the belt.

Elbrus sparkles even in a bright sunny day.

On the descent, I enjoyed already proven assistants in the campaign - outventure trekking sticks

They are a telescopic type made of aluminum. Simple in adjustment, turned out to be indispensable when lifting and descent.

Mount Elbrus - the height of this giant is 5642 meters above sea level.

View of the park and city Kislovodsk.

Low shoes Outventure Kingstone II. On this day, 8 km of lifts and descents were held. Nothing otter, to the very finish, everything went well. Low shoes also breathe perfectly.

In such a wind also fly.

We go.

Here you can meditate.

Somewhere below passes the famous "Kosygin trail".

A sudden cry, right next to no fear of people, he flies.

Host Mountains - Eagle.

Hold the way down.

Gazebo "Seven Winds". Blow out almost from all sides.

Descent. The track in places was twisted.

It ended with stiletto rotations.

From here we came out. The road from the cable station.

View from the mountain Red Sunny.

Tourist trails.

If you consider how many routes at the Kislodsky Park, it is better to take official ones. They are about six.

Route №1
The trail stretches 1.7 km at an altitude of 0.815 km and rises only at 3O-4O. Running along the Olkhovskaya embankment, then encroaching the place of a glass jet, turns to the original point.

Route №1A.
The beginning is the corner of Lenin Ave, runs next to the health resorts "Semashko" and "Kirov", then there is a connection with the trail number 2a, it meets with a healthy "Ordzhonikidze" and turns back, ending in front of the starting point. Trail stretching 1.64 km.

Route №2.
The path with 58 stations stretches 5.8 km with a rise to 5O-6O, first height over the sea 0.81 km, in the final point - 1.062 km. Longs on the site of roses, a pine hill, Pervomaiskaya Polyana, past the temple of the air in the upper park. Ends near the slopes of a red sun.

Route №2a
It turns out to Kalininsky per., 0.8 km occurs with stopping number 20 the main trail. The road rises at 4O-5O.

Route №2B.
The trail crosses a wide alley leading to the "Red Stones" resistant, connects with the poplar alley and passes the territory with a winter swimming pool for swimming. Turns to a wide beam, it comes to the health resort "Picket", from there go down. The length of 13.2 km with a rise in 3O-4O.

Route number 3.
The high complexity path has 56 stations, to the end item 5.6 km with a rise in 5O-7O, in some places reaching 13o. Running on the second route, but at the 6th stop makes turn to the left, stretches on the rose area, a pine hill, past the red and gray stones, comes to a red sun, ends on top of the blue stones with a height of 1.163 km.

The most descending trail is assigned to patients who need a calm long walk with gentle loads. It is found with stop 34 second route, a mining and cable car stretches from it to the blue stones. Return path hiking on the third route.

Now we have the end of the 2nd route. Height "Red Sun" - 1054 meters above sea level

Place "Blue Stones". Beautiful views of the park.

View of "Blue Stones"

Pinery.

Quiet place.

There are intersections of many routes.

We approach the rose valley.

This is an observation deck.

View of the valley of roses. Roses are almost sweated.

I walked all the way in a shirt COLUMBIA SILVER RIDGE. - Short sleeve shirt is not only beautiful, but also practical. There was no discomfort, but she did not hesitate movements. I recommend for active walks on a warm day.

At the tourist crocodile, the excitement. Looks like at night here is also the queue. Joke \u003d)

Alley "Rose Valley"

This "May Day Polyana" She is a neighbor "Rose Valley"

Kislovodsky Eagle

There are a lot of cats in the park, you can see them at an altitude of 1000 meters. Right in the forest. Real climbers.

The entire route took 4 hours, and 8 km of the way, and the Great Clothing and Shoes from the company Sportmaster allowed Kislovodsk terrentkuram comfortably.