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The trail along the crest is a delight, threading its way over and between rock outcrops as it skirts along the southern border of the Tsarichina Reserve. After 20mins you reach a col and reunite with the red-blazed summer path, following it on left to skirt north of Papa (1976m). Another 20mins then brings you to the next saddle, where you begin a steady climb.

On reaching a junction some 30mins later, ignore the grassy path that breaks off left, and simply keep straight on up the main ridge following the pole-markers. After a couple more minutes a second junction is reached, where a yellow-blazed trail cuts back left past the source of the River Zavodna bound for hizha Vezhen. You keep straight on along the red-blazed pole-marked ridge trail, and after 10mins reach a third junction. Ignore the winter trail to hizha Vezhen, which breaks off left, and keep straight on east-northeast to arrive in a little under 10mins on the summit of Vezhen (2198m).

The peak itself is unimpressive – a broad grassy plateau-like dome that is often bleak and windswept – but in fine weather it does offer some impressive views, in particular east-northeast towards hizha Eho, which can be seen perched on the ridge between the peaks of Yumruka (1819m) and Kavladan (1710m).