Gorely
Climbing the Volcano Gorely and Lava caves
We start our journey starts from the P-Kamchatsky
By nine in the morning, our guide prepared by the machine will come to your hotel. Having a small training and taking all necessary - we go on a journey
By car, we go up to the mountain pass Vilyuchinsky stunning views of the entire valley
Lava caves
To the north of the volcano Burnt in a small area of a large lava flow that has age of about 2,000 years, concentrated 14 lava caves. The maximum size of the area with caves less than 1.5 km, while the total flow length of 15 km. The longest of the caves - 140 meters, and the shortest - 16 m to the volcano Burnt characterized by high and wide open grottos -. The result of the complete destruction of large parts of the caves. To visit the caves are available 6
In the largest lava cave of the volcano Burnt in recent years there have been three concerts of classical music (third in 2013)
The camp will be divided in caves
The next day we will go by car to the track and climb the volcanoClimbing the Volcano Gorely
Burnt - active volcano, located in the south of Kamchatka, refers to the Eastern Kamchatka volcanic belt. It has a large shield-lived eruptive center that preserves the eruptive activity at the moment. It consists of 5 overlapping each other stratovolcanoes, which are in the caldera with a diameter of 10x13 km. Fold the andesite and dacite. Formed between approximately 38-40 thousand years ago. The volume of erupted material was then about 100 cubic kilometers. The maximum thickness of solidified lava is 200 m. It consists of 11 cones and some 30 craters. Some craters acid or filled with fresh water. In the early Holocene was abundant lava output. Approximately 6000 years ago, volcanic type wearing explosive. Since the XV century volcanic eruption are moderate with the release of lava to the surface and intermittent explosive eruptions. Also present and phreatic eruptions. In the modern period, the volcano has erupted more than 50 times. The eruption had a different character from mild eruptions of volcanic lava to explosive with the release of large amounts of ash, gases and fragments of volcanic rocks on the surface. From time to time the eruption was so strong that the volcanic ash reached the waters of the Pacific Ocean and nearby communities as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Nachiki, Paratunka, particles of volcanic activity rose to a height of more than 3 km. Lake caldera appeared in the period of 1978-1979., And from this time there is a constant activity of fumaroles in the crater of the volcano. The last time the volcano itself is actively conducted in the summer of 2010. Then the level of the lake, which was formed in 1978, began to fall, there were fluctuations in the soil, the temperature rose fumaroles, there were significant emissions of fumes and gases. The decline in volcanic activity fell in November 2010
At the end of our climb, we go home
At the end of our journey