Introducing Central Caucasus
The two mountain destinations most visit- ed by foreigners for wonderful skiing, hiking and climbing are Dombay and Elbrus, accessible from Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk and Nalchik.
Anyone considering hiking or climbing in this area should read Trekking in the Caucasus by Yury Kolomiets and Alexey Solovyev.
Activities in Central Caucasus
Nalchik
Nalchik, pleasant capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, strides the rise of the steppes to the foothills of the Caucasus.
Dombay & Teberda
Zooming through a winding narrow and forested valley, visitors to Dombay are suddenly confronted with a sheer wall of mountains crowned with white shark-teeth summits.
Central Caucasus destination guides
Shopping in Central Caucasus