ABENTEUER

Kluchevskoy volcano is the highest peak of Kamchatka and the highest active volcano of Eurasia. It has a perfect classical  cone. The absolute height of the volcano is about 4.750 m. The slope, which is cut by barrancos and grooves, is up to 35° steep. The summit crater 700 m in diameter is regularly active and its shape is changing during eruption process and in quiescent periods.
Climbing Kluchevskoy volcano is always held in winter time. According to physiological state of a man’s organism on elevation and expenditure of power it can be compared to ascent of Pamirs and Tchein-Shans peaks of 6.000 and 7.000 m. (peak Lenin, peak Khan-Tengri).

8 DAYS ITINERARY

Day 1  Drive about 12 hours to the Central Kamchatka as far as Kozyrevsk settlement. A picnic on the way. Staying the night at the tent camp in Kozyrevsk.
Day 2  Breakfast. 30 minute helicopter flight to the pass between the volcanoes of Kluchevskoy and Kamen at height of 3.200 m. Setting up the base camp, accommodation in tents. Lunch. Overnight.
Day 3  Breakfast. Acclimatization on elevation, climb up the slopes of Kamen volcano. Return to the base camp. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 4  Breakfast. Climbing Kluchevskoy volcano. Going down to the base camp. Staying night in tents.
Day 5  Reserve day in case of bad weather.
Day 6  Flight back to Kosyrevsk settlement. Accommodation in tents.
Day 7  Drive to the settlement of Esso – the national center of Kamchatla’s native population of the Evens (about 2 hours). Accommodation is tents or a little private hotel. Some excursions. Visiting the Local Museum. Bathing in an open pool with thermal water.
Day 8  Breakfast. Driving back to Petropavlovsk with stop for lunch. Accommodation in the hotel.