Georgia · Caucasus Mountains4,710 m (15,453 ft)Ushba 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Ushba. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Glacial tent bivouac situated on the upper Russian plateau beneath the northern wall.
Exposed ice-ledge bivy chopped into the corniced crest beneath the crux towers.
Razor-sharp granite summit overlooking the chasm to Ushba South Peak and Svaneti.
Total vertical rise from Ushba Glacier High Camp (3,900m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 43°07′33″ N, 42°39′38″ E. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Ushba
Ushba is a legendary double-peaked granite horn in the Svaneti region of Georgia, universally celebrated as the 'Matterhorn of the Caucasus' and widely regarded as the most difficult technical mountaineering objective in the entire Caucasus range. Rising with breathtaking vertical ferocity above the high valleys of Mestia, Ushba features a South Peak (4,710 m) and a North Peak (4,690 m) separated by a jagged, corniced saddle. The North Peak was first climbed in 1888 by English mountaineer John Garford Cockin and Swiss guide Ulrich Almer, while the South Peak was first conquered in 1903 by a daring German-Austrian team led by Adolf Schulze, Willi Rickmer Rickmers, and Cenzi von Ficker.