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Standard 11-day Elbrus Tour from the North.

This is one of our standard regular guaranteed departure tours. No matter if you come with a group of friends or travel alone - everybody is welcome to join the tour and it will be run for the same 'per person' price if at least one person singes up.

Standard itinerary starts from Mineralnye Vody airport and ends in Mineralnye Vody airport (MinVody).

You can come to MinVody independently via Moscow or directly from Munich (Germany) . In this case you have to inform us about your arrival in Mineralnye Vody flight details.

If you come via Moscow you can order services in Moscow from us. We offer hotel accommodations, transportation, excursions and in some cases flight tickets Moscow-MinVody-Moscow. These services must be ordered separately through the special Order Form while the Caucasus tour must be ordered through the Application Form.

About our service besides the tour program see at Additional Service page.

• Dates and prices
• Itinerary of the Standard 11-day/10-night Elbrus from the North tour
• What is included or not included into tour cost
• Conditions, cancellations and refunds

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2010 year season Dates and Prices.

You can find out the history of Elbrus from North tours (previous years dates, costs, numbers of participants, sucess rates, weather conditions)

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Itinerary of Standard 11-day Mt. Elbrus from the North climb.

Day 1. Meeting in Mineral Vody. Transportation to Kislovodsk. Walk in the paks of the town. Dinner in a local cafe in the park.Overnight in hotel.
Day 2. Breakfast, 4x4 vehicle drive to Base camp. 4-6 hours trip by unpaved road depending on weather, crossing mountain rivers.Overnight in camping style big tents at the Base camp at 2600 m.
Day 3. Acclimatization hike. Overnight in tents at Base camp.
Day 4. Acclimatization hike. Probably taking some gear to Camp1 at 3700. Overnight in tents at Base camp.
Day 5. Move to Camp 1 (from 2600 to 3700 m, distance: about 6,5 km). Overnight in a hut at Camp 1 at 3700 m.
Day 6. Acclimatization hike to Lenz Rocks up to 4600 m, distance: about 3 km. Overnight in the hut at Camp 1.
Day 7. Easy acclimatization hike up to some altitude, depanding on current situation. Overnight in the hut at Camp 1.
Day 8. Summit day. Early start (2-4 am), walk up to the West summit, distance: about 6,5 km. Return to Camp 1. Overnight in the hut at Camp 1.
Day 9. Reserve day (or descent to Base camp).
Day 10. Retreat to Base camp. Drive back to Kislovodsk. Walk in the town. Dinner in a cafe. Overnight in hotel.
Day 11. Breakfast. Transportation to MinVody. Fly out of Mineral Vody.

Give a look at a small Photo Album about Elbrus from the North tour.

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Land cost of the tour includes:
Kislovodsk - a hotel, shared twin accommodation.
Base camp - tents, Camp 1 - a hut.

Transfers mentioned in the itinerary, by bus and lifts.
All meals. (if you like to cook your own meals our guide will provide you with hot, boiled water and necessary assistance.)
All necessary permits and registrations.
Guide(s). One guide for the group throughout the tour. One mountain guide for three people for the summit attempt (1/3 guide/client ratio).
One summit attempt with guides (this string added July 15, 2009, it was assumed but not clearly stated before more about this)
Group equipment (ropes, ice screws etc)

Land cost of the tour does not include.
Transfers not included in the program.
Riding snow-cat (Ratrak, a vehicle transporting people along the snow slopes).
Single occupancy supplement (on request).
Personal equipment (such as sleeping bag, boots, crampons etc)
Service (guide, cook) in case of additional climb (this string added July 15, 2009, it was assumed but not clearly stated before more about this)

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Conditions, deposit, cancellations and refund policy:

There are two parts. The Elbrus part and additional service part (if you ordered that).

For the Elbrus part (MinVody-MinVody program).

- We require a deposit of 5000 Rubles per person (Currency Calculator) before we actually accept your booking and send visa support to you. Normally we send visa support shortly after receiving a deposit but we can delay visa support sending if you ask for this. After visa support was sent the cancellation fee is 5000 Rubles per person i.e. the deposit for the Caucasus (Elbrus) tour is non refundable. However you can use these money as a prepayment in case you order any tour from us in future.
- The remaining amount must be paid before the tour starts either in advance by bank or cash transfer or in cash to our rep in the Caucasus right upon arrival in the mountain hotel.
- After the tour starts there will be no refund for any unutilized service.
- We do not cancel a tour if at least one person signs up and the price will stay same even if you are the only one customer on the tour. If you sign up and pay you can be sure that you go. That is our real advantage over competitors.
- You do not really loose your deposit if you cancel. If you order a tour from us one day even in a couple of years we will count these money as your prepayment.

For city services and airtickets if you order additional service.

- Normally we do not require full payment for additional services and airtickets in advance. You can pay for them when you pay the balance for the entire tour. However sometimes some services (such as airtickets) may require payment soon after the confirmation to keep their cost. In that case we will inform you about terms of payment.

- You can cancel hotel reservations 3 business days in advance without penalty. There will be no refund you you cancel later than 3 business days in advance.
- You can cancel excursions and transportation in Moscow 1 business day in advance without penalty. There will be no refund you you cancel later than 1 business day in advance.
- The refund for airtickets if you cancel the flight will be according to the airline rules, depending on the airline which runs that flight. They retain from 5 to 25 percent iif you cancel in advance and up to 50% in case you miss the flight.

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