Becho [1] (formerly also the Gulsky pass) is an alpine pass located in the central part of the Main or Dividing Range Greater Caucasus , between the Donguzorun-Cheget-Karabashi and Shkheld mountain ranges. Until the middle of the 20th century, it had important trade and economic importance, since it connected the Becho valley in the South Caucasus ( Upper Svaneti region , Georgia ) with the Baksan gorge of the North Caucasus (now in the territory of the Russian Federation , Elbrus region ). The pass is located at an altitude of 3 375 meters (3367.2 m) above sea level; most of the year it is covered by a glacier, and therefore is accessible to pedestrians only in the summer. Compared to other Caucasus passes, it is considered relatively easy to cross. In Soviet times, a hiking trail was laid here from the Baksan River, which ran along the valley of the Yusengi River ( Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ) to the river. Inguri (along the Dolra Valley, Georgian SSR ) [1] . After 2008, the use of the pass for recreational, tourist and economic purposes was difficult due to tensions in Russian-Georgian relations.
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| Saddle Height | 3375 m |
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Becho // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
See also
- Map sheet K-38-26 Mestia . Scale: 1: 100,000. State of the terrain for 1985. 1989 Edition