Airport Elizovo. Domestic volcanoes. From left to right: volcano Arik, Koryakskaya sopka volcano (3456 m), Avachinskaya Sopka volcano (2741 m), Kozelsky volcano (2189 m).

Settlement Klyuchi (Springs). The city is the military town, but we, according to rational consideration, felt shy for taking photos there.

Canal of the river Kamchatka never freezes. In this place subterranean springs well out, the settlement was named so because of these springs.

Volcanologists’ station. (The leader f the station – Demenchuk).

From the settlement Klyuchi a view to the Klyuchevskaya group of volcanoes opens in front of eyes. From left to right: Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano (4688 m), Sredny volcano (2798 m), Krestovsky volcano (4057 m).

If we turn to another side we would see volcano Shiveluch. This subject terrorizes all the surroundings wit regular allocation of big quantity of ashes, that covers the settlement Klyuchi.

It is time to set off. Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano (4688 m) attracts us.

We changed skies “Skitours” to snow-shoes with pleasure. And that was correct action.

The first night in the forest. But we had planned to go the house of Derzhavin.

Kutepov Sergey closes the entrance to the tent with his breast.

Snow gradually changes to rough firn.

Krestovsky volcano (4057 m) – the leading light of local places, points us the way to the pass to the plateau of Klyuchevskaya group of volcanoes.

Sun and silent – it is illusion: heavy wind and beastly cold is reality.

Sredny volcano (2987 m) – the sentry of Klyuchevskaya group of volcanoes.

Krestovsky volcano (4057 m) is a stone's throw, but we will rich them tomorrow only.

Sergey Kutepov caught six satellites by GPS. I looked in it: there were no satellites at all, they simply swindle people like us.

At last we came to the bottom of the Krestovsky volcano. Straight forward in front of us our long-awaited pass is seen – we were on the plateau in front of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano.

Everything is O’K, but wind is blowing with constant force, and we can not hide from it.

The glacier of the Krestovsky volcano. My advice is not to go to the top along the center of the glacier.

Downwards they gave us notice of convulsion of nature of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano and we would feel it.

On the top of the Kamen (4578 m) the weather is not like in Sochi now.

View to the Sredny volcano (2978 m) from the plateau. It is like a boy against a background of other volcanoes.

The top of the Krestovsky volcano (4057 m).

It is impossible to stop men today. But only today. Tomorrow they will dig to the snow. And is a Law in these places.

Kamen volcano (4578 m) – is a real legend of these places, it is inaccessible and forbidding in winter.

The Klyuchevskaya Sopka is really a sult.

It attracts you up, doesn’t it? And how dolefully is to turn back home from the bottom of such a summit!

This place we dig out a cave.

The glacier tongues of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano.

Now I know it truly – I see the Klyuchevskaya Sopka in such appearance for the last time this year. Tomorrow everything will change.

It’s March out of doors now.

Krestovsky volcano (4057 m) from the place we stopped.

Ushkovsky volcano (3903 m). View from the cave – our home.

Now I know it truly – I see the Klyuchevskaya Sopka in such appearance for the last time this year. Tomorrow everything will change.

It’s March out of doors now.

Krestovsky volcano (4057 m) from the place we stopped.

Ushkovsky volcano (3903 m). View from the cave – our home.

This kitchen had fed us for 3 days. For three days the weather was terrible, we made two attempts of ascent to the Klyuchevskaya Sopka. What I love winter Kamchatka for – for condensed milk.