The highest mountains in Russia

The vast majority of the peaks included in the list of the highest mountains in Russia on the map belong to one mountain system - the Greater Caucasus. This huge mountain range is located between the Black and Caspian Seas. The southerners are barely catching up with three Kamchatka hills - Klyuchevskaya, Kamen and Ploskaya Blizhnyaya (13th, 18th and 70th places) and two peaks of the Altai Mountains - Belukha and Tavan-Bogdo-Uul (19th and 67th place).

So that Russian climbers do not get bored of the monotony, the Mountaineering Federation decided to include in the conditions for obtaining the most honorary mountaineering title the conquest of not only the eight highest mountains on the list, but also the assault on Belukha and Klyuchevskaya Sopka.

10. Shota Rustaveli, height - 4860 m

Shota Rustaveli Peak is one of the peaks that make up the so-called Bezengi wall - a giant mountain range stretching for 13 km. In addition to Shota Rustaveli peak, the wall is formed by Dzhangitau (fifth in the rating), Katyntau (ninth) and Shkhara (sixth).

9. Katyn-Tau - 4970 m

A sad legend is associated with the name of this mountain among the Kabardino-Balkarians. Mountain peak Tetnuld ("white"), one of the most beautiful, invariably admiring tourists for its whiteness, decided to leave his old wife, Katyn ("wife"), for the sake of the young, Dzhanga ("new", "young"). Perhaps Tetnuld was a climber - the Katyn height does not reach 5 km, but Dzhangy, or Dzhangitau, occupies the fifth line in the list of the highest mountains in Russia.

8. Mizhirgi - 5025 m

The list of Russian "five-thousanders" begins with Mizhirga - the highest and most dangerous mountains in Russia, which every climber dreams of climbing. Mizhirgi, despite the modest eighth place in height, the mountain is very capricious and bypasses the higher peaks in terms of difficulty.

7. Kazbek - 5034 m

This is one of the most beautiful peaks of the Greater Caucasus Range. She has been featured on many travel magazine covers, photographs, postcards and stamps. A lone white peak of a regular conical shape (Kazbek was once a volcano) stands out sharply against the background of green foothills. Unfortunately, due to the difficult geopolitical situation, ascents to Kazbek are no longer as frequent as they once were.

6. Shkhara - 5068 m

One of the most popular peaks by climbers, and the highest mountain in the central part of the Caucasus Range. You can climb it by a wide variety of routes, and several peaks will allow you to appreciate the beauty of the surrounding places from new points of view.

According to the results of recent measurements, Shkhara can move from sixth place to third - according to the latest data, its height is 5193.2 m.However, there is no doubt about which is the highest mountain in Russia - the first place is ahead of all the others with a margin of almost half a kilometer.

5. Jangitau - 5085 m

Like Mizhirgi, Dzhangitau is considered one of the most difficult and dangerous peaks. Just three years ago, an experienced climber fell from its slopes (fatally), and a couple of years before he had to rescue a climbing group by helicopters.

4. Pushkin Peak - 5100 m

Most often, they prefer to climb Pushkin Peak from the south side.However, experienced climbers prefer the north side - apart from a slightly more difficult route, you can admire the enchanting beauty of the surrounding nature.

3. Koshtantau - 5152 m

Koshtantau opens the top three among the highest mountains in Russia. Sometimes she is kind to climbers and gives them beautiful weather, making the ascent easy and enjoyable. However, this rarely happens; more often than not, the capricious beauty prefers to dress in an ice robe, which makes the ascent much more difficult.

The conquest of Koshtantau began with a tragedy - when trying to climb it, two English climbers and their Swiss guides were killed. Since then, several routes have been laid on the mountain, but all of them have increased difficulty - from 4B to 6A (for comparison: the lowest category is 1B, the highest is 6B, and category 6A is in second place, up to 6B).

2. Dykhtau - 5204 m

The poetic genius of the Balkar people on the name Dykhtau decided to rest. Translated from this language, the name simply means "steep mountain". It's almost like a nickname the strongest man in the world.

The mountain looks harsh - granite-gneiss rocks, of which Dykhtau is composed, are dark in color. And in contrast to white snow and clouds (which lie at a lower height than the summit), they look especially gloomy.

The difficulty of climbing the mountain corresponds to its serious appearance - more than ten routes have been laid to the double peaks of Dykhtau, but even the easiest of them belongs to category 4A, above average.

1. The highest mountain in Russia - Elbrus, 5642 m

On the border between the republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, there is the Lateral ridge of the Caucasian mountain range, where Elbrus, the highest mountain in Russia, is located. Elbrus has two peaks - western and eastern; the difference between them is 21 m.

This mountain is not easy; it is the legacy of those times when the young Caucasus Mountains were still fire-breathing. Elbrus is a huge volcano, fortunately, long extinct. Over the past tens of millennia, Elbrus has been covered with a shell of ice of enormous thickness - in some places it reaches 250 m, which is equal to the height of an eighty-story building.

Despite the frightening height (Elbrus is considered the highest mountain not only in Russia, but also in Europe, and is also in the top ten the highest mountains in the world), the nature of the mountain is not evil and the path to the top has long been found. The first ascent to Elbrus took place in the first third of the 19th century. Since then, whoever has not been there! People climbed not only on foot, but also on horses, motorcycles and cars. They carried ATVs and even 75-kilogram barbells. And since the beginning of the 1990s, there have been regular competitions in high-speed climbing on the snow giant. From the foot to the top of Elbrus, the journey takes exactly 3 hours 28 minutes 41 seconds.

List of 80 highest mountain peaks of Russia

The table shows mountain peaks at least 4000 meters high and located on the territory of the Russian Federation.