Climbing to Kluchevskaya, Kamchatka

Early rise, breakfast and we set off on a hike to the foot of Klyuchevskaya Sopka. On this day, we will cross the Studenaya River, looking for 15 minutes into its famous stone canyon, overcome a fairly long section of the tundra "plowed up" by a mudflow in 2024, walk along the edge of an old lava field and climb to the end of the Bogdanovich Glacier, which in this place does not resemble a glacier - the ice has long been hidden under a thick layer of ash, slag, stones, that is, it is a moraine. We will choose a place for camp and overnight either near one of the small rain lakes, or on the bank of a stream - depending on where the water is cleaner.

We continue our hike to the starting point of the ascent to Klyuchevskaya Sopka. Today we will walk along the Bogdanovich Glacier, cross it and reach the Malaya Antarctica Glacier. The terrain is complex: alternating snowfields with raging streams, ice cracks, fords across streams flowing over the ice, slag and rock mountains with loose rocks...

We will set up camp on one of the slag "islands" formed as a result of numerous eruptions of Klyuchevskaya Sopka over the Malaya Antarctica Glacier.

Having overcome the short in mileage, but rather difficult to pass Vulkanologists Pass, we will reach its upper part, where there is a small house and places for tents. This is the starting point of the ascent to Klyuchevskaya Sopka, 3300 meters above sea level.

Depending on the situation (in different years, the ascent to Vulkanologists Pass took from 2-3 to 8 hours), we will either set up camp and rest, or go to the slope of Klyuchevskaya Sopka for acclimatization.

Planned acclimatization hike to Klyuchevskaya Sopka. Depending on the weather, we will reach a height of 3500 - 4100 meters, after which we will return to the camp to rest.

A rest day before the ascent. We sleep, walk around the neighborhood, go to bed early to get up early.

Climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka. Wake up at 2-3 am, have a quick breakfast and set off for the climb, which, depending on the weather and the preparedness of the participants, takes a total of (including the descent) 12 to 18 hours.

The climb itself takes one day, but is only possible in good weather, so we plan three days, one of which, depending on the actual weather, will be the day of the climb and two spare days. If a miracle happens and we are able to climb the volcano on the first day (or the second), we will leave earlier for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and spend one or two days on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, on the famous Khalaktyrsky beach, where you can surf, or just wander along the black sand and enjoy the riot of nature and its scale, which here, on the ocean, are felt to the same full extent as near the great Kamchatka volcanoes.

Participants must be mentally prepared for the fact that the ascent will fail. According to statistics, for every one successful ascent there are two unsuccessful attempts! In 99.5% of cases this is due to a long period of bad weather - low clouds, fog, rain and snow, hurricane winds, which do not allow the ascent on the days allotted for this, in 0.5% of cases - due to high activity of the volcano at the time of our arrival - emissions of lava from the crater and a large number of volcanic bombs, which makes the ascent too dangerous.

Descent along the glacier, exit to a comfortable (compared to the glacier) volcanic plateau and the way back to the Edelweiss Glade parking lot.

An easy 9-kilometer hike compared to everything that came before to the Kopyto campsite, where we board a shift bus and head to the village of Kozyrevsk. There we find a simple, but after the hike, simply gorgeous hotel and a bathhouse!

In the morning we take the bus and travel all day to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The last night is at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport and flight home. Farewell, Kamchatka!

For this tour, you need to take with you a set of clothes and equipment for climbing six- and seven-thousanders: a thick down jacket, warm hiking pants (preferably also down), mountaineering boots or boots for snow and ice tracks with crampons, the crampons themselves, an ice axe, a harness, a respirator, a helmet, and also for a hike: a membrane jacket, waterproof hiking pants, trekking boots, two sets of thermal underwear are required, as well as a hat, gloves, warm socks, a fleece, sunscreen and sunglasses (for climbing volcanoes). In addition, you will definitely need a backpack of 80-100 liters (for men) and 75-85 liters (for women) - no less (!!!), since we carry food and gas for two weeks and each participant, in addition to personal belongings and equipment, gets 7-10 kilograms of additional load, a water-repellent cover for the backpack, a raincoat, a headlamp, a thermos, a mosquito net, a warm sleeping bag (-10 degrees comfort, no less!), a good mat, rubber slippers like Crocs for wading rivers and streams. The full list will be provided to you by the instructor when concluding a contract for the tour. Also, the instructor will definitely advise you on what NOT to take, so as not to carry excess weight.

1. If you are interested in this tour, leave a request using the form below or call the numbers listed, we will contact you and answer all your questions.
2. To reserve a place, you must make an advance payment of 30% of the tour cost. The advance payment is refundable 45 or more days before the start of the tour and non-refundable, unfortunately, less than 45 days before the start of the tour, if the refund is due to your refusal to participate (for any reason). If the tour does not take place due to our fault, due to the group not being formed, or due to force majeure, the advance payment will be guaranteed to be returned to you in any case.
3. The final payment is made within seven to three working days before the start of the tour.