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Mount Elbrus
- Prominence
- 4,741 m15,554 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -21°CFog · Wind 8 km/h SE
Mount Elbrus is a 5,642 m (18,510 ft) mountain in the Bokovoy Range, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,642 m · 18,510 ft
- Range
- Bokovoy Range
- Region
- Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
- Spanish name
- Monte Elbrús
- Coordinates
- 43.3524° N, 42.4382° E
Mount Elbrus 3D map
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Mount Elbrus topographic map
200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
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How to get to the top of Mount Elbrus
2 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Road end, 5.6 km SSE of Mount Elbrus
- Distance
- 6.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,776 m(5,827 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Elbrus weather
Tonight · Fog · -21°C (-6°F) · Wind 8 km/h SE
Mount Elbrus forecast for the summit, about 5,642 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,846 m.
- Tonight-21°–8 km/h SEBase -13°
- Today-21°-12°–9 km/h WBase -14 / -4°
- Sun-20°-13°0.1 mm10 km/h NWBase -13 / -5°
- Mon-20°-12°–7 km/h WBase -13 / -4°
- Tue-16°-10°–4 km/h SEBase -8 / -2°
- Wed-15°-9°0.1 mm5 km/h SEBase -7 / -1°
- Thu-15°-11°2.3 mm4 km/h SEBase -5 / -3°
- Fri-16°-13°2.9 mm6 km/h SBase -7 / -3°
- Sat-21°-16°1.8 mm8 km/h SBase -13 / -6°
- Sun-22°-15°4.7 mm6 km/h SBase -13 / -7°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Elbrus
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Elbrus, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
ночевки 5030
Nearest hut
Приют Мария
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| ночевки 5030Campsite | 1.3 km WNW |
| Верхние скалы Ленца, 5250мCampsite | 1.7 km ENE |
| Средние скалы Ленца, 4800мCampsite | 2.5 km ENE |
| Приют МарияHut | 4.5 km SSE |
| Приют 88Hut | 4.5 km SSE |
| ЯкПриютHut | 4.5 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mount Elbrus?
The easiest mapped route, 6.3 km from 3,846 m to 5,642 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.
- 0–15°2.6 km
- 15–30°3.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the Mount Elbrus summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Kukurtlu4,634 m 4.1 km WSW
- 2Ullukambashi3,762 m 7.7 km SSW
- 3Рыжий бугор3,762 m 7.8 km E
- 4ЦСКА3,721 m 7.8 km SE
- 5Аскерколбаши-Терсак3,928 m 8.0 km ESE
- 6Azaubashi3,695 m 8.8 km SSW
- 7Чаткара3,888 m 9.4 km E
- 8Terskolak3,800 m 9.8 km SE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 313 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough78
- Chamomile-leaved Groundsel45
- Veronica minuta44
- Alpine Accentor32
- Spider Saxifrage32
- Field Fleawort29
Where Mount Elbrus sits
- Range
- Caucasus Mountains23Greater Caucasus15
Nearby places
TetnuldiPeak · 4,858 m↑57 km SE
JangaPeak · 5,051 m↑62 km SE
ShkharaPeak · 5,193 m↑67 km SE
MashukPeak · 993 m↑94 km NE
RitsaLake · 884 m↑154 km W
More in the Greater Caucasus 6
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,632 m at the summit; the official height is 5,642 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,642 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,632 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,621 m | -21 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-13)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia