Amanauzbashi

From Arkhyz drive up the Psysh road to the border post and walk up the Psysh to its confluence with the Amanauz, which is forded just above the confluence. A path climbs the left bank of the Amanauz through fir forest, birch copses and scree, then winds through dense krummholz and rhododendron to a stony hollow with a snowfield and a small lake, and steeply up to the Krugozor spur (about 2,650 m) with viewpoints over the glacier (about 2.5 hours in descent from Krugozor to the confluence, so allow longer going up). A traverse and a short descent from a second spur lead to sandy platforms at the left edge of the small ice plateau below the Amanauz glacier, the natural camp. The Amanauz glacier rises to the pass in a deeply crevassed icefall about 200 m long at 30–35°, best climbed along the rocks on its left (true right) side with fixed lines, followed by a firn field with hidden crevasses that must be crossed roped, and a scree slope to the pass: a broken rocky col between Azimba and Amanauz-bashi. The pass description gives 3.5 hours from the pass down to the sandy platforms. From the saddle the summit lies about 650 m to the south-east and roughly 380 m higher; no description of this final ridge was found. Mountain.RU notes only that routes of any difficulty are possible on Amanauz-bashi. Descend the same way.