Prielbrusye National Park Prielbrusye National Park Prielbrusye National Park () (also, Prielbrus'e, in English, "Mt. Elbrus") is centered on Mt. Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe at 5,632 meters above sea level. The relative isolation of steep gorges has led to high levels of endemism and biodiversity. The park is in the central Caucasus Mountains, one of 22 national parks in the Caucasus of different nationalities, covering 1.8% of the region. The park is situated in Elbrussky District and Zolsky District, in the southwestern corner of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic of Russia. Prielbrusye National Park is located on the peaks and north slope of
Elbrus Race on every September - see http://fastestknowntime.elbrusrace.com/ Many outstanding athletes took part in the Elbrus Race in the past 13 years, Denis Urubko, Andrey Puchinin, Sergey Seliverstov, Vitaly Shkel, Killian Jornet, Artur Hajzer, Andrzej Bargiel, Ilyas Achabaev, Svetlana Sharipova, Anna Figura, Roman Gubanov, Anton Proshchenko, Yuri Klim, Sergey Furstsev , Abdulkhalim Elmezov, Luca Colli, Boris Korshunov, Anindya Mukherjee, Andrew Mariev, Marhan Milan, Valentin Vergilyush Anton Proshchenko Natalia Nikolashina, Mikhail Klimov, Aleksandra (Ola) Dzik, Maria Khitrikova, Oksana Stefanishina, Olga Rzhavsky, Haggai Skopino Ivan Moshnikov Victor Trinozov Tatiana Ufimtseva, Jakub Voytahnio, Marcin Rzheotko Vasily Bakshanov, Anzor Zhurtov, Atilla Kupas, Isabela Zatorska, Marzena Rzeszotko,