Two injured tourists were evacuated from Elbrus.

Rescuers in Kabardino-Balkaria evacuated an unregistered tourist and a female climber from Mongolia from Mount Elbrus.

Two tourists on Mount Elbrus required rescue assistance today.

One of the injured was a 52-year-old female climber from Mongolia who felt ill on the Elbrus saddle. The woman contacted rescuers due to symptoms of altitude sickness.

Six members of the Elbrus High Mountain Search and Rescue Team evacuated the woman from an altitude of 5,200 meters. The climber was taken to the Azau Glade and did not require additional medical care, Interfax-Yug reported, citing the republic's Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Another tourist, a 23-year-old young man, contacted rescuers from an altitude of 5,000 meters. He did not register his ascent of Elbrus.

While on the mountain, the man was injured. He was also evacuated to the Azau glade, where he refused medical assistance.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in April 2025, two people from an unregistered group of Turkish tourists died while attempting to climb Elbrus in Kabardino-Balkaria .

In 2021, the deaths of five tourists on Elbrus sparked public outcry. A group of 19 climbers were caught in a snowstorm at an altitude of over 5,000 meters. Five died, 11 were taken to the hospital, and three refused hospitalization. Following the tragedy, local historian Viktor Kotlyarov proposed introducing mandatory certification for companies and guides, as well as testing for tourists' mountaineering skills. In 2025, the organizer of the ascent was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison, and two instructors and guides were sentenced to three years and two months and three and a half years in prison.

Elbrus is a twin-peaked cone of an extinct volcano, both peaks exceeding 5.6 kilometers in height. Elbrus attracts climbers and skiers from all over the world, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Elbrus — the Patriarch of the Caucasus Mountains."