Making the most of the beautiful weather in the Valley the team have been doing acclimatization hikes about 3000ft up the Cheget ski field from Terskol village which gave them some spectacular views of Elbrus and the region.

Today it’s up the mountain to do snow school and have a bit of a shakeout of their equipment and reinforce those mountaineering skills (self – arrest and ice axe use, cramponing, fixed line climbing etc) all whilst getting more of that precious acclimatization time. Tonight they will return back down the valley to the hotel to sleep low for a final night before they move to the huts on the mountain.

Soon the climb itself will be underway!

Photos by Len Forkas and Kevin Adler