Summer snows rest eternally on the high, craggy peaks of the Russian Caucasus mountains where the loftiest pinnacle in Europe, Mt. Elbrus, reaches 18,481 feet into the sky. Yet the deep green ...
A massive, 3,000-year-old fortress buried deep in the Caucasus Mountains has completely stunned archaeologists in the scope ...
For decades, fraught geopolitics and poorly marked trails gave all but the most intrepid hikers pause about the Caucasus Mountains, an area known for its jaw-dropping geography. But the ...
The highest mountains in the world ... free-standing mountain. Mount Elbrus, another dormant volcano, is Europe’s tallest ...
In the warmer summer months, intrepid hikers can make their way from village to village along steep mountain paths in the Caucasus Mountains. Photograph by Shutterstock Famous for its dramatic ...