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Stories: Elbrus

Mountain adventures create the best stories, and we want to share some of ours with you. Dive into Alpenglow Stories to stay up to date on expeditions in the field, read blogs, and get tips and tricks from guides.

Vodka & Caviar – Elbrus Expedition Underway

The port city of St. Petersberg in Russia has welcomed our 2016 team with open arms. With such a rich history and beautiful architecture, the team of Chad, George, Henry…
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Elbrus Wrap Up and Photos

Our 2013 Elbrus team had great success as a result of a great deal of effort. We’re very happy for every member of that team for summiting after waiting out…
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All summit Elbrus!

This year’s highly motivated Elbrus team really proved they had a huge amount of stamina. After descending back to town, when weather just wouldn’t let up, they saw an opportunity…
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Making Things Happen on Elbrus!

Alpenglow guide, Brian Warren, and team are pulling out all the stops to try to make a successful and safe summit of Elbrus. After having descended back to Terskol, they…
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Elbrus Team Waiting out the Weather

The Elbrus team is waiting out some weather at the hut and looking at Tuesday the 6th as their best summit option. It’s been cold, windy, and some fresh snow…
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Acclimatization in the Valley and now up to the Mountain!

  The following from lead guide, Brian Warren: Everything has been pleasant and running quite smoothly.  We arrived into MRV and met Viktor and Anna right away.  We were then…
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Saint Petersburg > Mineralny Vody

Most of the Elbrus team met in Saint Petersburg a few days ago and they were able to begin their trip with a city tour yesterday after a long breakfast…
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Mount Elbrus Wrap-Up

Mount Elbrus seems to get less credit than it deserves. For a peak which is considered “easy” among its 7 summits siblings and appears less forbidding than its neighbors in…
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Leaving the Caucus

The Elbrus team has packed their bags after an exciting and successful week in the Caucus. We now move on to Moscow for a couple of days for some sightseeing…
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Elbrus Team Heads up the Mountain

After two days of acclimatizing lower in the Baksan Valley, the Mount Elbrus team will head up the initial stages of the mountain this morning, where we will post up…
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