... or only mountains can be better than mountains... and skiing There are strikingly beautiful mountains here... And the sky. I didn't see a blue sky dome taxi anywhere else. In the midst of this irrepressible beauty, a person is reborn. Even the most notorious realist or skeptic becomes a romantic, poet, and philosopher. Among the mighty rocks of the Elbrus region, you somehow understand in a special way how petty your everyday problems, worries, and worries are before his Majesty Eternity... From Realist to Romantic Our bus had already been "climbing" the Baksan Gorge for a good two hours to the foot of Elbrus. Somewhere ahead, at an altitude of 2125 meters above sea level, we were waiting (according to my colleague Sergey) for a cozy sleeping building of the central camp site of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Terskol", in the existence of which among these stone piles it was hard to believe. The central military tourist base "Terskol" is located in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic at the foot of the highest peak in Europe, Elbrus, in a pine forest, at an altitude of 2125 m above sea level. The campsite has an 8-storey residential building with 2-and 3-bed private rooms, junior suites and suites, a well-equipped dining room. In addition, there is a sports and cultural center, which includes an indoor swimming pool (length 25 m), sauna, billiards, table tennis, indoor volleyball hall, indoor tennis court. In general, the whole idea of a two-week vacation at a ski campsite on a ticket worth 980 rubles was doubtful. A cheap vacation means a cheap vacation. Apparently, the quality of service can only be dreamed of, not to mention everything else. But an officer with his salary as a cleaner in a run-down central office doesn't have to choose. And I, having succumbed to the persuasions of a fellow skier, decided to join the ski fraternity. It was relatively easy to buy a ticket. Without any problems, Sergey and I made our way from the Mother See t ... Читать далее