How to climb Babugan from Golovkinsky waterfall.

The first time I saw Golovkinsky waterfall was in the fall of 2005. It wasn't difficult to find him. But it turned out to be much more difficult to find the path from the waterfall to Babugan. It was so difficult that I didn’t find it, but went to Babugan head-on. It was not easy at all and took about 4 hours. There was no path, just a steep climb among the pine trees. Having risen almost to the very edge of the plateau, I began to move to the left (to the east) in search of a passage between the greasy walls. Eventually I found the entrance to a small gorge that led me to Babugan.

Just a couple of months later, I walked there again. This time it was winter, and we walked down from Babugan. Descending in deep snow was not that difficult, somewhat similar to downhill skiing.

This option for climbing Babugan is clearly not optimal. After searching the Internet, I found the following alternatives:
Uncle Fedor wrote on the travel.org.ua forum
You can climb from the waterfalls along the river bed up to the source under the rock (but quite steeply, I kept sliding down when Wink was walking) and further up to the Konka ridge, and then along the Konka to Babugan.
You can leave the waterfall along the path along the right bank and along the crest of the ridge up to the Skate. Along the Ridge, you can either climb head-on to the plateau, or walk along the edge of the plateau through the forest (a very beautiful forest - centuries-old, huge trees), for example, to Gavrielskaya Polyana, and climb there.
There are places to stay overnight, you just need to leave time to search, because... The day is short now. I won’t say anything about foresters - I haven’t met them in these places, but according to reviews from friends, if you walk from Kebit-Bogaz to Izobilny, the main thing is not to run into foresters on the approaches, near civilization and roads.

On the same forum, someone Zeleny proposed another option for climbing Babugan:
1. From the waterfall go NE through 4 beams, then to the right along the path along the hollow to the intersection (2 km, 15-20 min.). The road to the left, to the north - goes to the Uzenbash cordon; to the right, to the south - a false path)
2. From the intersection go NE to the second intersection near the quarter post 147|148|152|151 and the feeder (2 km, 40-50 minutes)
3. From the intersection go up to the right, south to the Dipla lane between Babugan and Chamny-Burun (3 km, 80-90 min).
4. SPRING. From the fork at Dipla Lane to the spring along the path to the SE (500m, 5 minutes there, 10-15 back). Be careful not far from the forester's house.
5. From the fork at the Dipla pass, climb along the path to Shaitan-Merdven Ave. to the southwest (1 km, 15-20 min).
6. Mustache. Come to Babugan.Smile
I use this option myself, since there is no need to drag water from the very bottom.

And Vlad-zp suggested going like this:
If you are few, then there is a very beautiful option.
Near the source of Uzen-Bash, or rather along its right (orogr.) bank, cross the loose rock, there is a path up that leads to the cliff - this is the parking lot. There is a fireplace, but the space is actually for one tent; if there are two, there is a risk of burning through the tent.
View from there: on the left is the slope of the Konka (rocky faults are clearly visible), on the right is the Babugan spur, covered with forest, a cliff straight down, then you can see the Uzen-Basha gorge, in the distance you can see the end of the Izobilnensky Reservoir, and the lights of Izobilny, if in the dark.
I spent the night there in early July - I really liked it - it was beautiful, high up and the water was nearby.
In my opinion, there is no point in going further, because... the next water, as far as I know, is only under the Gurzuf saddle, and if you get higher at night (for example, at Tsarskiye Polyany on Konka), then you will still have to collect water from the source of Uzen, both for the evening, and for the morning, and for the daytime crossing itself.