Winter in the summertime! [Wintry weather in Summertime.]

Could you ever imagine snowflakes falling on the ground when it's August? That's the thing I could see during my family summer trip to the Elbrus mountain.
It took nearly 20 hours to get to the place where we were going to stay. Now we were at an altitude of 2000 meters metres high. Sky-high pines, fresh air, river, mountains were all around us and the peak of Elbrus as an unachievable goal among the clouds. Unforgettable feelings captured me. The weather was cold and wet but despite all this I felt like never before. After two days of getting used to the place and acclimatisation I started to notice lots of tourists walking around and buying somethings[souvenirs]. Some of them arrived to enjoy the views or to improve their health, meanwhile anothers came to do sport ( climbing mostly). So we were there to climb the Elbrus.
The day before the climbing the weather was really bad. We wished that it to would be better the next day. And it was :)
There are two parts[stages] of the "conquering plan" (because you know that mountains can't be conquered, they just can let[allow] you to climb them :) ): First, the cableway [cable car]( up to snow line) and then the climbing itself.
The first part is easy, but the going through the snow 1 meter[metre] thickness[deep] is quite difficult thing to do. After two hours walking we pitched a tent, it was getting dark so we decided to sleep. The night was frightful, there was a strong wind, snow and ... a headache (at that time we were at nearly 4000 meters[metres] high and there was another low air pressure). The next two days were something like required more acclimatisation again. And Then ... the weather became bad worse. We could neither stay nor climb. So we were forced to come back.
But anyway it was a great experience and a I greatly enjoyed of being there. :)

Sounds more of an chllenge than a holiday!

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Winter in the summertime!

Could you ever imagine snowflakes falling on the ground when it's August? That's the thing I could see during my family summer trip to the Elbrus mountain.
It took nearly 20 hours to get to the place where we were going to stay. Now we were 2000 meters high. Sky-high pines, fresh air, river, mountains were around us and the Elbrus as an unachievable goal among the clouds.Unforgettable feeling captured me. The weather was cold and wet but despite all this I felt like never before. After two days of getting used to the place and acclimatization I started to notice lots of tourist walking around and buying something. Some of them arrived to enjoy the views or to improve their health, meanwhile another came to do sport ( climbing mostly). So we were there to climb the Elbrus.
The day before climbing the weather was really bad. We wished it to be better next day. And it was :)
There are two parts of "conquering plan" ( cause you know mountains can't be conquered, they just can let you climb them :) ): cableway ( up to snow line) and climbing itself.
The first part is easy, but the going through the snow 1 meter thickness is quite difficult thing to do. After two hours walking we pitched a tent, it was getting dark so we decided to sleep. The night was frightful, there was a strong wind, snow and ... a headache ( that time we were nearly 4000 meters high and there was another air pressure). Next two days were something like acclimatization again. And then ... the weather became bad. We could neither stay nor climb. So we were forced to come back.
But anyway it was a great experience and a great enjoy of being there. :)