Elbrus web site features photographs of Mount Elbrus and Cheget Ski Resort.

Mount Elbrus (meaning twin peaks) located in the western Caucasus mountains, in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, near the border of Georgia.

Mount Elbrus Profile:
Mt. Elbrus coordinates: 43°21'18"N, 42°26'21"E
Mt. Elbrus elevation: East Summit - 5,621 m (18,442 ft), West Summit - 5,642 m (18,506 ft)
Saddle (between two peaks) elevation: 5,416 m (17,769 ft)
Mt. Elbrus prominence is 4,741 m (15,554 ft)

Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in the Caucasus and is considered to be the highest mountain in Europe. It is a dormant volcano with about 50 glaciers that feed Baksan and Kuban rivers among others.

Mt. Elbrus is a world class skiing and climbing destination. A three stage cable car system takes visitors as high as 3,900 meters. Further there's main mountaineering hut, Priyut 11 ("Refuge of the 11" Elevation: 4100 m) where climbers stop on their way up.

There are hundreds of people climbing Mt. Elbrus every year in attempt that is not technically difficult, but physically challenging because of the high elevation, permanent icecap and strong winds.

During Second World War the German mountaineer soldiers briefly occupied Mt. Elbrus but were defeated and forced to leave by the Soviet Red Army.

In Greek mythology an ancient legend tells of Prometheus who was chained by Gods somewhere to Mt. Elbrus and left to die there with help of an eagle.

Additional information:
Cable car system. Elbrus line: Two cable lifts and one chair lift. Cable car bottom station in the Baksan valley - 2,200 m (7,218 ft) Top chair lift station ("Barrels" huts) - 3,900 m (12,795 ft)
Cheget line: Two parts of chair lifts. Bottom station is at Cheget site (hotel "Cheget"). Middle station, two cafes. Upper station, meteorological station.