Around the Tolbachiks. Kamchatka Annapurna

In the morning, after breakfast, we move north to the village of Kozyrevsk (470 km, of which about half is on asphalt and half is on a gravel road).

Approximately in the middle of the way, we have lunch in the dining room of the village. Milkovo (at your own expense).

Then we transfer to a high—traffic bus (shift shift) and rush to the starting point of the walking route - to the cordon of the Hoof of the Klyuchevskaya Nature Park.

Overnight in tents.

On this day, we will go with backpacks about 8 km to the picturesque valley of the Studenoi River.

Here, in good weather, you can observe most of the volcanoes of the Klyuchevskaya group.

We set up camp next to a picturesque waterfall.

After lunch, a radial exit to the Ram Rocks and the Edelweiss meadow (bloom in early July).

In the morning, we assemble the camp and go towards the Nameless volcano.

On the way, we ford the Studenaya River.

According to the famous traveler and mountaineer Alexander Bichenko, this section of the route is one of the most beautiful in the world.

In some places, with good weather, you can observe 8 volcanoes at the same time.

We stop for the night in the area of the cones Mars and Jupiter or the rocks of the Woodpile.

The day trip is about 15 km.

We make a radial exit to the shoulder of the Ovalnaya Zimina volcano (climbing to a height of about 2000 meters), from where stunning views of all the volcanoes of the Klyuchevskaya group open.

Walks to the Polennitsa rock, composed of separate basalt pillars, as well as to the cones Mars and Jupiter, formed by volcanic processes in 1945.

We assemble the camp and go out in the direction of the final Tolbachinsky valley.

We overcome the Tolbachinsky pass.

Along the way, we continue to observe the volcanoes Acute and Flat Tolbachiki, Bolshaya and Malaya Udina, Oval Zimina.

The day trip is about 15 km.

We rent a camp and make a hike to Tolud Creek.

On the way, we overcome the Tolud pass.

The day trip is about 12 km.

The final crossing with backpacks.

Along the way, the landscape gradually transitions from alpine meadows to a volcanic desert.

Let's go through the giant lava flow of the 2012-2013 eruption.

There is a food drop waiting for us at the Claw cordon.

Climbing flat Tolbachik is not the easiest, it can take up to 8 hours.

At the top, a huge crater awaits us — 2 km in diameter and 500 m deep, with steep walls inside.

In good weather, panoramas of the volcanoes of the Klyuchevskaya group and the lifeless spaces of the Tolbachinsky Valley with numerous cones and lava flows open up.

We are going on shift to the Big fractured Tolbachinsky eruption in 1975.

We will see the tops of the once large trees of the Dead Forest, which was covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash and slag.

Let's climb one of the cones of the Northern Breakthrough, where manifestations of active volcanism still persist and you can light a dry branch by laying it among hot rocks.

Then we move to the village of Kozyrevsk, where we transfer to the bus that will take us to Esso.

Overnight in cabins, swimming in the thermal pool.

The transfer to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky will take a whole day. 

On the way, we have lunch in the village of Milkovo (at our own expense). 

Overnight at the hotel.

Dinner on this day in the city is on your own at your own expense.

The day of departure home.

Breakfast and, if necessary, lunch — independently at your own expense.

We visit the fish market, souvenir shop and drive to the airport. 

Transfer to the airport with arrival at the fish market:

• departure is approximately at 09:00 — for flights 5250 and 1731;
• Departure is approximately at 11:30 a.m. for flights 1733 and 1735.

The exact time of the transfer is announced by the guide the day before.
Those departing at other times can join these transfers.
The cancellation of the transfer is not compensated.