One of the main attractions is Mount Elbrus Mount Elbrus - the highest peak of Russia and Europe, located north of the Caucasus Mountains on the border between the two republics of Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria.

Elbrus - it ancipitate extinct volcano. The height of the western summit is 5,642 meters above sea level, East - 5621 m. They shared a saddle - 5300 m. The vertices are separated by a distance of about 3 thousand. M. The main composition of rocks - granite, gneiss, diabase and volcanic tuffs.

Elbrus with two peaks, craters was formed millions of years ago with the creation of the Caucasus Mountains. On the slopes of Elbrus suffered huge ash flows of mud that swept away before him all the stones and vegetation. Layers of lava, ash, stones, superimposed on each other, thereby expanding the slopes of the volcano and increasing its height.

The scientific study of Mount Elbrus started in the XIX century. Russian researchers. The first one to determine the exact location and height of the mountain in 1913, became an academician V. Vishnevsky. In 1829, Mount Elbrus visited the first Russian scientific expedition, which included the famous Russian Academician E. Lentz, Pyatigorsk Bernardazzi architect, botanist E. Meyer, and others. The expedition was accompanied by General Emmanuel G. - Head of the Caucasian line. The first successful ascent to the western summit committed group of British climbers in 1874 led by Fidel Grove, her party was A. Sottana.

In 2008, Elbrus recognized one of the "7 Wonders of Russia". Today, Elbrus is the largest ski mountain in the world, as well as the most promising location for national and international competitions. Basically, the infrastructure is well developed on the southern slopes of Mount Elbrus, where the chair and pendulum cable cars leading to the parking lot called "Barrel" (at an altitude of 3750 m), which is a six-warmed 12 caravans with kitchenette.