"Just 8 km? It's like a park-run" – you might think. Yep. But instead of the usual routes there will be "cow" trails, instead of the plain and gullies there will be a 500 m climb, and instead of park scenery — the summits of Elbrus and the ringing mountain air. Elbrus 8 is the shortest distance, but it doesn't mean less "challenging" and less exciting. A great choice to discover the Alpindustria Elbrus Race!
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To Mineralnye Vody or Nalchik. Approximate travel time from Moscow - from 22 to 35 hours depending on the train schedule.
Check www.eng.rzd.ru for timetables. We recommend to buy tickets in advance to avoid the rush.
To Mineralnye Vody (MRV) or to Nalchik (NAL). Regular flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Also check seasonal international flights to Mineralnye Vody (MRV).
From Rostov-na-Donu follow the route M29 through Mineral Water to Baksan. Before entering Baksan, in a circular motion, turn South-West and follow the route A158 leading to the Baksan valley.
Especially for the participants of Alpindustria Elbrus Race will be organized a paid transfer from the airport Mineralnye Vody (MRV) to the competition center (Terskol) and back. Details...
Direct access to Terskol is possible by bus from Nalchik or Tyrnyauz. The bus station in Nalchik is located near the airport. Bus station website: http://avtovokzal-nalchik.ru/
From Mineralnye Vody you first need to get by bus to Nalchik and Tyrnyauz, and next by another bus to Terskol.
The Baksan valley can be reached by taxi (approximate price is 2000 rubles from Nalchik and 3000 rubles from Mineralnye Vody).
You can also join other participants who travel by car or taxi, or find fellow travelers through the BlaBlaCar service.
You can easily find and book a hotel on www.booking.com or a similar website. There is a large selection of hotels in Azau, Terskol and Cheget villages, as well as a selection of cafes and restaurants.
The starting point of the RACE distance 109 km is located in the of Upper Baksan village. There you can spend the night before the race, bat there are no hotels and cafes, so you can stay in the private sector.
pine forests with raspberry thickets, bridges and fords across mountain rivers, beautiful lake Syltran, rocky slopes and fluffy grass, scorching sun and icy wind and, of course, incredible mountain scenery! On the organization of the start I heard a disgruntled opinions from the participants... I do not share these views and believe that everything depends on your expectations — it's the mountains, and you need to count only on yourself, the race and beautiful that here you feel alone with the mountain nature, enjoying its incredible beauty!
I have never had such a long race in my life. 46 km of incredible landscapes of the most beautiful Caucasus mountains, crazy climb, steep long climbs, descents, which did not allow to relax, and all this lasted for 8 hours. To me, Yes again, Yes with pleasure! Steeper mountains can be only mountains!
impressed by the dizzying views of the mountains and beyond for me the level of complexity. Feelings I can't describe with words. Like the Olympus to the gods rose))) it Was five times harder than I imagined. And it was a pleasant surprise how far I am from a real assessment of their capabilities, both physical and psychological. And only getting into such desperate conditions, you discover yourself from a completely new side.
The clock says 5:58, check equipment, exhausted, feet hoot, food-water, not climbing, going to the river to soak, a little massage from RockTape, somehow eat chicin. Champagne at the awarding ceremony results in feelings, but in my mind still misunderstanding: after all, (censored) why?)))) But after a couple of days the desire to repeat everything again!
Nothing can change, backpack is ready, of getting to wait on the points. No more formalities. Now it is only important to do the right thing, not to do too much ahead of time, to eat, to drink. And run as fast as you can. Now you are completely in the game, the sensations are sharpened, and you absorb the world around you with all its surface. I have long been trying to find the words to the state of unity with the world that comes in the race — and I can not. I guess you just have to feel it.
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance RACE 109
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance RACE 109
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance ELBRUS8
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance ELBRUS8
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance MARATHON
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance MARATHON
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance TRAIL
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance ULTRA
the winner of the AAER 2019 at a distance ULTRA
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