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Caucasus. Adygea. Mount Oshten.
Oshten (Adyghe Oshyuten) is one of the mountains in the western part of the Caucasus Range. Oshten, Pshekha-Su and Fisht (43°59' N and 39°53' E) form one mountain range, with a wide, torn into several parts peak and are separated from each other by a saddle, passing in the south southeast direction. Oshten, together with Fisht, are the first peaks from the western end of the Caucasus Range, rising to the height of the snow line and covered not only with snow, but also with small glaciers, about 10 in number. The snow line on Oshten and Fisht, located from the Black Sea, is only 40 miles and subject to its strong influence, falls very low - up to a height of 2,737 meters above sea level. On these peaks, rocks and a clearly defined zone of alpine meadows protrude, while to the west of them the Caucasus Mountains almost nowhere rise above the upper border of the forests and almost everywhere are covered with them to the very tops. Oshten consists of only limestones. Several fairly large rivers flow from Oshten, Fisht and their spurs: Tsitse and Pshekha head north from them, and Belaya south.
The peak is not categorized, but there are climbing routes of difficulty categories up to 1B and 2B
Caucasus. Adygea. Mount Oshten.
Oshten (Adyghe Oshyuten) is one of the mountains in the western part of the Caucasus Range. Oshten, Pshekha-Su and Fisht (43°59' N and 39°53' E) form one mountain range, with a wide, torn into several parts peak and are separated from each other by a saddle, passing in the south southeast direction. Oshten, together with Fisht, are the first peaks from the western end of the Caucasus Range, rising to the height of the snow line and covered not only with snow, but also with small glaciers, about 10 in number. The snow line on Oshten and Fisht, located from the Black Sea, is only 40 miles and subject to its strong influence, falls very low - up to a height of 2,737 meters above sea level. On these peaks, rocks and a clearly defined zone of alpine meadows protrude, while to the west of them the Caucasus Mountains almost nowhere rise above the upper border of the forests and almost everywhere are covered with them to the very tops. Oshten consists of only limestones. Several fairly large rivers flow from Oshten, Fisht and their spurs: Tsitse and Pshekha head north from them, and Belaya south.
The peak is not categorized, but there are climbing routes of difficulty categories up to 1B and 2B