Mount Elbrus: the last refuge for skiing in Europe

Belfast Telegraph | August 30, 2007| | Copyright

This is not Mount Blanc in the Alps but Mount Elbrus in the north Caucasus of southern Russia where the more extreme sportsperson can reliably snowboard down its upper slopes in the height of the summer holiday season.Alpine resorts in central Europe have suffered from the effects of rising temperatures in recent years, with shorter skiing seasons and lack of snow on the lower slopes. The largest mass of ice in the Alps - the Aletsch glacier of southern Switzerland - will disappear within 80 years if it continues to recede as fast as it has in recent years.Mount Elbrus, however, stands at ...

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