Ai Petrie

Ay-Petri (Ukr. Ay-Petri, Crimean-Tat. Ay Petri, Ai Petri, from Greek). ахγιος Πέτρος is a mountain in the Crimean mountains as part of the Ai-Petrinskaya yail massif.

Administratively located in the Yalta region of Crimea. The height of the mountain is 1234 m. Distinguish the Main (1234 m), Western and Eastern (1100 m) peaks of Ai-Petri. The silhouette of the mountain completes the line of the picturesque amphitheater from the sea itself - Cape Ai-Todor with Swallow's Nest - to the famous figure teeth. The teeth of Ai-Petri consist of four large (60-80 m high) and a number of small protrusions on the crest formed during the weathering of heterogeneous reef limestones.
The name Ai-Petri is of Greek origin and is translated as "Saint Peter" (Greek еγιος Πέτρος - ayos petros). Ai-Petri can be understood as the entire Ai-Petri Yayla, and the very top of Ai-Petri, located at the southern point of the plateau. On Ai-Petri there is a maximum number of foggy days in the Crimea (in 1970 - 215 days). The maximum amount of precipitation on Ai-Petri (and in the Crimea) - 1718 mm - was noted in 1981. Ai-Petri - the windiest point of the Crimea - (in 1949, the wind at a speed of over 15 m / s blew here for 125 days). On Ai-Petri, the highest wind speed is registered - 50 m / s. There is a wind farm on the plateau, but due to strong winds, the blades were ripped off and now it is inoperable. Also on the plateau, on Perepelina Mountain (Bedene-Kyr - 1320 m), in Soviet times, a complex of radar stations for tracking air and space was built. Ai-Petri is located above the city of Alupka and the village of Koreiz in the territory that is part of the Yalta mountain and forest reserve. A cable car - Miskhor - Sosnovy Bor - Ai-Petri with one of the longest unsupported spans in Europe. From the mountain opens a beautiful panorama of the Black Sea and Yalta. On the plateau there is a small village of Hunting. By car on Ai-Petri you can get along the Yalta-Bakhchisarai highway (besides the waterfall Uchan-Su and the “Silver gazebo”). From the north, the road to the top goes from the Belbek valley, from the village of Sokolinoe. In difficult weather conditions and in the fire-hazardous period (July-August), the road for safety is often blocked by the traffic police. Sometimes only passenger transport is missed. In winter, travel to Ai-Petri is regulated by the traffic police station, located in the middle of the serpentine after the resting place of the waterfall Uchan-Su. Often the passage is further open only to SUVs equipped with snow chains. One of the hiking routes to the top of Ai-Petri goes from the waterfall Uchan-Su along the Botkin and Taraktash trails to the plateau and further along the dirt road to the highway Yalta-Bakhchisarai. A number of climbing routes of the 1-5 category of difficulty are laid on the top of the mountain, including through the teeth of Ai-Petri. Also in close proximity to the top are the beginnings of several trails for cycling freeride. The highest point of the plateau of Ai-Petri is Mount Roka - 1346 m above sea level.