arrive in the same state as an hour before the rain, without causing you any particular inconvenience or embarrassment. The reason for the constant rain is the proximity of Kievodsk to Elborus. The fact is that if even weak southwestern winds predominate in the mountains, then the vapors, cooled on the snow line, gather in clouds and burst into rain, first in the foreground of Elborus, and then fall 30-40 vertices away from it. During heavy and prolonged southwestern winds, the rains in Kislovolek become longer, but for two or three days without a break. It is especially easy to observe the formation of frequent midday rains, being on the nearest heights near Kielovodsk: on Piket, or on the so-called “green mountains”. In the beginning, very often in the mornings the snow lint and Elborus are completely open. dark at 8-9 o'clock. minor patches of cloud begin to rise around Elboroea; onf quickly increases, thickens, covers the entire mountain, and by 12 o'clock. and by one o'clock you see that there, in the region of the Vfchnogo SNFG, it is raining, which gradually spreads to the sides and soon reaches the forewater of Kislovodsk and other foothills. In some points closest to Elborus, for example. B Khassaut village, Karacha$, every day at a certain hour before July 1 goes without rain. Beginning in mid-July, in August and September, Elborus is open more and more often on dark days, and then the busiest time in the mountains begins. Kislovodsk has become convenient for photography since the early twenties. This is not a good idea to go there if you are worried about the rains or are worried about your health. At the end of July and the first half of August in Kielovodek, the healing season is in full swing. In general, this city in recent years quickly takes on the character of a town, is heavily built up and, with the development of Russian people’s inclinations to comply with the sanitary conditions of life, soon the development of TFM for the Caucasian mineral waters, the region of Yalta has become in the last 5-6 years for the Crimea, not to mention intensifying The crowded buildings in the city itself, the beautiful surroundings of Kislovodsk, surrounded on all sides by mountains, increasingly take on bare vegetation and a deserted view for 4-5 miles to the sides, very little is needed to give these surroundings the appearance of a silage green field.
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