Big Zeygalan - supposedly the highest waterfall in Europe

I wanted to add to the name "but this is not accurate."

We left the inhospitable Karmadon, drove through the Dargavs and in the mountain village of Fazikau turned left.

We drove through some old frontier post. There was a closed barrier near her, but the tracks of cars that rolled a decent track around him clearly showed the way. Okay, if anything, pretend to be morons. 5 kilometers along the gorge - and we bump into the end of the road.

This place is the Midagrabindon River Valley (try to say it the first time and get a broken tongue as a gift), and at the end of it there is a whole cascade of waterfalls flowing from the Zeygalan glacier.

Wow, beautiful! These landscapes reminded me of my native Murmansk region: it is just as cold, damp and rather gloomy.

Water flows from everywhere, but something doesn’t look like the highest waterfall in Europe lurks somewhere here.

At first, it seems like stomping to the glacier for about 10 minutes. 10 minutes pass and again it seems that stomping for about 10 minutes. In general, we walked for about half an hour, and the glacier was still approaching and approaching.

Impressive thing. The surroundings are added with sound effects: from time to time, something falls off from above and with a thud hits somewhere off to the side.

And then bang - because of the glacier several rays of the sun cut through. "Andrew, look back!" - Irina shouts to me. I turn around, and there ... space!

Wow, cool! Damn him, with the highest waterfall in Europe, when such beauty is shown here!

Small points on the slopes of the mountain is the mountain village of Jimara.

Well, that is, we have the highest waterfall here. It is, as it were, 600 meters high, but not quite, the data we have is approximate, but somewhere high up in the mountains a small brook is the beginning of something big and powerful. In theory, we are definitely not sure.

Well, you can tell your friends and acquaintances that you saw the highest waterfall in Europe. "Well, how do you like it?" - friends will ask. "Inspires" - it is important that you lie.

High expectations lead to utter disappointment. And we are flying back to Vladikavkaz.