Caucasus: Psebai – Krasnaya Polyana. A multi-day hike

We go along the wide road to the cordon of the "Third Company".

You enter the Malaya Laba gorge.

Protected nature.

The most beautiful canyon.

The trail rises above the water, then descends.

The path is blocked by Lake Zaprudnoye, formed in 2002 after a mudslide.

You can swim in its waters.

There will be lunch here.

We continue on to the Umpyrsky cordon.

Your hiking instructor will tell you about it.

We set up camp under giant fir trees on the banks of the Achipsta River.

We continue along the Malaya Laba riverbed.

There is a protected nature around.

If you walk quietly, you can see a deer or a roe deer, and we will definitely meet a busy hedgehog on our way.

We are passing a place of lively battles during the Second World War.

There are monuments and plaques on the sides of the trail.

Let's pay tribute to the fallen heroes.

We are beginning to feel uplifted.

The snows of the Caucasus mountains are getting closer and closer, their icy breath is felt.

On the left, the Tsakhvoa glacier and the peak of the same name, the main peak of the Krasnodar Territory, rise like a monumental sculpture against the background of a bottomless blue sky.

We're going to walk a little bit today.

Our next campsite will be at the confluence of two beautiful rivers, Chistaya and Malaya Laba.

Hard work.

We are storming the Aishkho Pass.

The pass is not difficult, the path runs along the trail, but what views and panoramas open from the saddle of the pass!

You can feel the breath of the Black Sea.

We go down to the village of Krasnaya Polyana.

From the Aishkhi pass to Krasnaya Polyana, you can get by off-road only for an additional fee.

Check-in at the campsite.

Rest.

We say goodbye to the instructor.

Departure.