Traveling in the southern Urals by car. Falcon stone and interesting places around it. Excursions to interesting places in Satka and its surroundings

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In the final part of the story about the trip to the Urals, I will summarize the accounting results, I will tell you how much such a week trip by car in pursuit of dumplings can cost. I will describe our car life and show the car itself, where we drove on it and why. How we got stuck in Magnitogorsk. How the roads of the Vladimir region took one wheel from us. How the Tilt-Shift lens was broken. What is the Bashkir buffet "Guzel" and much more.

Traditionally, we changed our route already during the trip. We decided not to go through the north. According to readers, the road there is much worse than the M-7. Final movement map:

1. We left at five o'clock in the evening and at midnight we were already drinking tea in Nizhny Novgorod together with the famous Leha Lifanov lifanov_l_bpyc ... It took place in the Bar Mesto lounge bar. It was tasty and not cheap there, which did not really fit into our concept of cheap travel and food in roadside cafes. I will say in advance that this is the second concept that collapsed after the first - non-alcoholic. More on this below.

The Volga federal highway M-7 from Moscow to Ufa is boring and wavy. The worst section of the road is located in Chuvashia in front of Cheboksary. It's amazing how a federal road can have such a dead surface. On the way there (that is, in the direction of the Urals) it was still bearable, but at the same time unbearable - immediately after Nizhny, such heavy snow fell that we drove four hundred kilometers to Kazan all night. Visibility was zero, traffic was also not clear, where to go. But all the potholes and pits were leveled with snow. By the time we drove back everything had melted, thinned and crawled. I was very worried about the integrity of the disks, but they reached the Vladimir region safely.

Typical landscapes from the window:

2. From the Moscow Ring Road to the ChKAD we have traveled exactly 1790 kilometers. We drove without an overnight stay for about 30 hours.

3. Before the trip we were frightened by Bashkir traffic cops, but they did not say anything about roadside cafes. Once in Bashkortostan, we immediately tensed and turned on double control of road signs. Before the responsible ferry, it was decided to have breakfast at the Guzel buffet. It’s like jumping into an icy lake after a bath, or having breakfast at Guzeli after “Bar Mesto”. Wash your hands in the toilet - 10 rubles per person. Toilet is a separate building, locked with a key, which is issued at the checkout. Smoking in the building is prohibited, smoking is paid - 100 rubles. The food is so-so. “Yelling from the table is not an order yet” - they answered my question about the readiness of the mantas.

4. Closer to the Urals, the landscapes became more picturesque and hilly.

5. In Bashkortostan, I was pleased with the funny feature of the arrangement of road signs. Signs for overtaking are prohibited regularly, and signs of canceling the ban have all disappeared somewhere. There is no markup either. And here you used to crawl 70 km / h behind a truck, the road is straight, wide and with holes. And it's scary to overtake - it's a pity for the right.

6. The road from Ufa to Chelyabinsk, although it goes through the mountains, is not as interesting as the road through Magnitogorsk. Although, in both cases, we did not take a single shot - the views seem to be beautiful, but there is nothing to shoot.

7. The real beauty began in the production of the Urals. It was industrial types, factories and factories that were the purpose of our trip. In five days in the Urals, we managed to do a lot: visit five large production facilities of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, climb a dozen rooftops in Chelyabinsk, drive two thousand kilometers between the Ural cities (the logistics of movement let us down) and get stuck on tram tracks in Magnitogorsk.

This time we got a spacious and large (compared to the previous trip) Chevrolet Orlando LTZ (maximum configuration).

2.0D Turbo Diesel 163hp (120.0 kW)
Automatic 6-speed transmission
LTZ complete set

9. We drove into a part of the production facilities directly by car and rode between trucks and bulldozers. A particularly elegant area turned out to be in the Pervouralsk Novotrubny Plant and at Height 239. You can even shoot weddings there. One hundred percent art.

10. Karabashmed.

11. Kind people from the management of one of the metallurgical plants gave us big volume Russian literature. A bottle of vodka lay neatly inside the tome. After icy nights, it served as a means of preventing acute respiratory infections. We have a non-alcoholic trip.

12. The discovery of the whole trip was, of course, Magnitogorsk. An ideal road from Chelyabinsk leads to it, which the whole of Chuvashia will envy. On the way, the temperature overboard dropped to -40º, the moon was shining in the sky, and oncoming cars met once an hour. Having entered Magnitogorsk, the weather changed dramatically - it became warmer at once by 15º and it started to snow. Then we figured out that we drove into the Magnitogorsk clouds of the metallurgical plant. The city looked something like this:

13. Magnitogorsk is one of the world's largest centers of ferrous metallurgy, half hidden in the clouds of its own production on frosty days. We checked into a good Korona hotel on Komsomolskaya Street and at two o'clock in the morning decided to see the city. His tipsy friend was sitting in the foyer with the guard:
- Goodnight. Are there observation decks in the city with a good view? - I turned to the company.
- E-e-is, on the other side. - held out a friend.
- Show me on the map? We would take a walk there now.
- Now? Are you out of your mind? There are these factory ones. Well, they are all that, like.
- We're in a car.
- A-ah, by car, then it's another matter. We thought you were ...

Only a part of Magnitogorsk was opened from the observation deck.

A funny situation happened at about four in the morning. I decided to turn around through the tram tracks - they were on the same level with the road with the rolling snow. There is asphalt under the snow, just like we have in Moscow, I thought, and turned around. We took some photos and decided to go to the hotel. I began to turn around once more and sat down between the rails. It turned out that there was no asphalt between the tracks, only snow. Kolya pushed me, pushed me, but did not push me out. They sat down tightly, belly on the rails.

Night from Saturday to Sunday, outside -36 degrees. Like a dragon puffs and growls a metallurgical plant. In clouds of steam and smoke, a giant blue volcano erupts with the sound of a flying supersonic fighter jet. Then it goes out, and now a bright glow breaks out in the other side - the slag is poured out. No one on the road but a white Chevrolet Orlando across the tram lines. There was only one consolation - there should have been enough diesel fuel until the morning, when the first tram with the metallurgists will go.

Suddenly a tiny car stopped. The foggy driver's window opened.
- Che, stuck?
- Yes, do you have a cable?
- There is no cable, we are late for the airport.
- Well, maybe let's try to push quickly?
- Only quickly. - and from somewhere out of the car as many as five people came out!

We'll push out of six, I thought! But the car didn't even budge. The guys got dirty, wished us success in meeting with the morning metallurgists and left for the airport. On the other side, a guard stopped at Niva, but also without a cable. I had to find a cable in our car. It turned out that the emergency kit had everything, even a vest with gloves. They began to pull. The Niva roared strainedly and went deaf. It stank of the clutch. At some point, the impression was that the VAZ would now die, but still the domestic auto industry was able to get us back on the road. I thanked the driver and promised myself not to turn back across the tram lines in Magnitogorsk.

14. In the morning, the picture did not change much, so we slept through breakfast.

16. View from Europe to Asia. The city is located on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals, on the Ural River (the right bank in Europe, the left in Asia).

17. Sly contraption in the style of a control tower. One of the few mill structures visible in the clouds.

18. It was very sad to leave Magnitogorsk. We liked the city. "The first socialist city in the Urals" demanded more attention, but things in Moscow could not wait. There were 1,600 kilometers of path left to the house.

19. Now a few words about the Chevrolet Orlando. Despite the good front view, shooting through the windshield, alas, did not work. The picture floated like when shooting through an airplane window.

20. This time all our things fit perfectly in the trunk, even the Chelyabinsk broom found a place. But the boombox broke and didn't go again. It is worth noting that with each trip we take less and less unnecessary things with us. For example, to Baikal, we no longer took two red buckets.

An unforgivable connivance was the fact that we put our cameras on top of all this pile of goods. At night, when unloading at the Magnitogorsk hotel, one of the cameras (Canon Mark III) fell out and fell down with a Tilt-Shift lens. The latch of one of the slides has broken. Sunday was officially declared a day of mourning.

21. In general, Orlando is a 7-seater car. The rear seats fold down to form a flat floor and a fairly voluminous trunk, but with a high level of loading. If you fold the middle row, move the front seats and put something under your head, then you can safely spend the night for two people in the car (only in this case, somewhere to shift all things).

22. The same angle, only from the side.

23. If you use the rear two seats, the volume of the trunk is reduced to the size of the glove compartment. That is, 7 people can comfortably move in a city by car, but a long-distance vehicle is a dubious option. You should at least put a roof rack.

24. The dashboard is not much different from the Chevrolet Cruze. All the same style of "transformers", similar finishing materials. In general, everything is convenient and familiar. The main thing is that there is a knob to adjust the volume)

I was very glad that we got a diesel car. A turbocharged engine with a capacity of 163 l / s easily accelerated our bus at the moments of overtaking. There were no problems with the dynamics of acceleration. Riding with such a motor is a pleasure.

The road to Nizhniy Novgorod was flat and without snow. The average consumption, taking into account the eternal traffic jam in Balashikha, was 6 liters per 100 km. In the Chuvash blizzard and off-road conditions, the consumption increased to 6.6 liters. For the entire trip with stops, filming and Magnitogorsk, the consumption increased to 7.3.

25. As far as I understand, the platform for this car came from the Chevrolet Cruze, with some modifications by Korean engineers. Externally, the car looks like a crossover, but this impression is deceiving. Visibility is better than the Cruze, the driver's seating position is higher, but the ground clearance remains the same. At the same time, I did not like the work of the suspension. Even on small potholes and potholes, the car was shaking with noise, clinking with our invaluable goods in the trunk. The smoothness and softness of the Chevrolet Cruze is clearly better. Maybe due to the fact that the body weight is less than that of Orlando, maybe in South Korea the roads are smoother, maybe because we got a car with low-profile R18 tires.

26. There is a cache in the central control panel. We even managed to call GM and were indignant - a modern car, but there is no usb and aux output! It turned out that everything was hidden in a cache. But again, there is no option to close the lid without removing, for example, the wire with the telephone. Empirically, we found out that if you slam the lid with force, then the wiring bends pitifully, but continues to work.

27. On the way back to Vladimir, a ten-kilometer traffic jam was noticed on Yandex. We decidedly didn’t want to stand in it, and we made a detour. We may not have lost in time, but the Vladimir land took the cast 18-inch disk from us.

28. We were not the only ones who turned out to be so smart and took a detour. Together with a hundred trucks and cars, we crawled along a narrow and winding bypass road at a speed of no more than 40 km / h. The local asphalt was clearly not ready for such high speeds and such traffic, so the whole thing fell apart. We also got into one of the craters, after which the sad sound of a descent wheel penetrated into the cabin.

29. I have a rich experience of changing wheels in the most vile conditions, but I have never used an "external" spare wheel, and even in the Vladimir region. The thought that now it would be necessary to climb into the dirt under the car and twist something there did not raise the mood. After careful examination of the spare wheel mounting system, it became clear that nothing was clear. We called GM. Everything turned out to be much simpler than we thought - the wheel attachment is loosened with a special key directly from the trunk - under the floor there is a small compartment for small things, there are also spare wheel bolts. The first time I encountered such a system. Maybe a fragile girl alone will not be able to cope with changing a wheel, but an adult man can do it for sure.

Once again, Colin's super flashlights came in handy. We got up in the wrong place, right at the bend, and occupied a whole lane. On the side of the road in the mud, I would not have been able to use the jack. Additional illumination of the triangle did the trick. The drivers slowed down a hundred meters before our car and slowly drove around us in the oncoming lane.

30. It took half an hour to replace the wheel. When we were about to leave, another citizen fell into the pit. Also minus one disk and bus. We returned to the treacherous pit and put a bottle of water filled with snow in it.

31. Greetings to the road services of the Vladimir region!

32. End of the story about the second trip to Russia.

The results of the trip.

Schedule:
February 17. Start in the evening from Moscow. Late dinner in Nizhny Novgorod.
18th of Febuary. Driving to Chelyabinsk without overnight stays. Breakfast at Guzel's. Closer to night, check-in at the Malachite hotel in Chelyabinsk.
February 19. Shooting the city from the rooftops, rest, food.
February 20th. Filming the city from the rooftops, filming the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant and Mikheevsky GOK.
February 21. Filming the city from the rooftops, filming Heights 239 and Karabashmedi.
February 22. Moving to Pervouralsk, filming of the Pervouralsk Novotrubny plant, driving to Magnitogorsk.
February 23. Night and day shooting in Magnitogorsk. Departure to Moscow. Dinner in Ufa.
24 February. Overnight in Kazan, changing a wheel near Vladimir and arrival in Moscow.

We spent 77 hours in the car.

From MKAD to MKAD we drove a beautiful 5555 kilometers (in fact, 5556, but I rounded it up).
Average fuel consumption was 7.3 liters per 100 km.

Expenses in rubles:
12,990 is just over 400 liters of diesel fuel.
15 966 ​​- food and food during the trip. This time we ate like kings (except for Guzeli's buffet, of course). The most expensive feasts were in Yekaterinburg (account 4,400), in Nizhny Novgorod (2,500 rubles) and dinner in Ufa (1,500 rubles).
2,466 - products purchased in Moscow.
23,200 - four nights in Chelyabinsk at the Malakhit hotel. 5 800 rubles per room, plus breakfasts.
3,900 - 4-bed room in Magnitogorsk, Korona hotel.
1,650 - a room in a road hotel in Kazan, I don't remember the name.
3 765 - other expenses (a canister, which was not needed again, twice a car wash, a taxi, thanks to the Niva driver)
1,000 - a fine for Kolya for sleeping in the back seat without fastening the seat belt.
2 rubles - two lumps of sugar in a cafe in Kazan.

Total 64 939 for all or 21 646 rubles for one person.

That's all. Thank you for the attention!

Today, we have already returned from a March trip to Lake Baikal and the Olkhon Peninsula. Three trips behind. Next week see pictures of ice and incredible beauty Baikal. And I am writing this post on the plane Moscow-Krasnoyarsk. I am flying to the reindeer breeders for a holiday.

You don't need to fly to Jupiter for the most amazing discoveries. They are closer than it might seem, they are in the land of our ancestors - in the Urals. Hospitality in these parts has been famous for a long time, the majestic beauty of the mountains, the coniferous air, clear waters lakes are the wonders of the Urals.

To see how the area lives, you can go on a road trip by car across the Urals. Unity with nature is the main task of this kind of travel. Be sure to take on the road with you mobile phone, a first aid kit, a spare tire and tools so that nothing can spoil your holiday.

So, our journey begins with the acquaintance of the Vetlan rocks, which is located on the bank of the Vishera. You can get to this place on foot, climbing 700 steps. Vetlan is a sheer system of rocky cliffs, which reaches a height of 100 meters, its length along the river is 1750 meters. All the greatness of the Urals will be revealed from this height. Taiga in the daytime, which is framed by mountains, will be a particularly mesmerizing sight.

It is in sunny weather that the colors are the clearest and brightest. In addition, from the top you can see another handsome man - the Polyud stone, located on the opposite bank of the river. This stone rises 527 meters above sea level and is the highest point of the Polyudov Ridge.

Further, a journey through the southern Urals by car leads us to Stone town, which moved away from Krasnovishersk. It is also called. The nature, which randomly scattered huge stones, made this place very similar to the city, with its streets, passages, arches, labyrinths and bridges. Wind and water also made adjustments. So on the stones you can see simply unique patterns that were formed under the influence of natural elements. Many outliers even got their names, for example, there is a Turtle stone here.

Unique in its kind is ice fountain, which is located in Sibirka. It was formed by man back in 1976, when they were looking for iron ore in this place. But as it turned out, only an underground river can be found here. Then the hole was plugged, but a powerful stream knocked out the plug. It was decided to install a metal plug with holes.

Thanks to this design, the fountain appeared. In winter, the fountain is especially beautiful, the water, freezing, becomes a figure, in some years its height could reach 16 meters. Each year the shape of the frozen fountain is different, it all depends on the air temperature and the direction of the wind. The fountain looks especially amazing and amazing at night.

Traveling by car in the Urals gives the opportunity to see numerous caves. For example, tourists love to visit the Kungur cave, which is located near the city of Kungur. The peculiarity of these places is that during the inspection of underground lakes and grottoes, you can see areas covered with ice, and in summer too.

Warm clothes will definitely come in handy for going to the caves. It is also worth remembering that there are places in the caves where absolute darkness reigns. Take a flashlight with you to avoid disorientation.

In the South Urals there is also karst cave, which contains over 30 wall paintings. Its name is about a million years old. This cave is the only one of its kind where you can see murals from the Stone Age. Its length is more than 2 km. The Shulgan River flows inside the cave. You can enter the cave through an arch reaching a height of 40 m.

To date, only one and a half kilometers of the cave have been studied, the rest of the area remains a mystery. In addition, traces of people were found at the entrance to the cave. So, charcoal, ash, which is more than 15-17 thousand years old, tools of everyday life and labor, and protection were found here.

We are going to Yekaterinburg. This place is famous for the monument of the border between Asia and Europe. Tourists are attracted to these places due to the opportunity to visit both Europe and Asia at the same time, to stand with different feet on the lands of different continents. The opening of the monument was in 2008. Getting to this place by car is not a problem. Around the monument there is a very beautiful and ennobled area, here you can see flower beds, gazebos.

Often, newlyweds come to the monument, who decided to unite their destinies by marriage. In Yekaterinburg, you can also see the legendary factory dam, which is made of larch. This place is called the place of meeting and parting. Everything that deserves attention happens in this place.

First dates, marriage proposals take place here, students come here. And all the guests are "watched" by Tatishchev and Genin, who were the founders of Yekaterinburg. It was these people who gave the order to build the dam in 1723. And it was from that moment that the construction of the city itself began.

Further, our trip by car in the Urals runs towards Chelyabinsk to the village Paris... This name was given to the village at the request of the inhabitants of the Nagaybaks, who at one time showed courage in the war with Napoleon. It offers military attractions, which can also be seen in Magnitogorsk. Interesting in this city is the "Sword to the Front", the monument depicts a blacksmith passing a sword to a warrior.

The same sword in Volgograd raises the monument "Motherland". In 2005, a grand opening of a cell tower was held in the village, which exactly repeated the outlines of the Eiffel Tower, only in a reduced version. Also in the village of Paris, you can visit the local history museum, which is located in the center of the village. It brings together the entire history of the origin of the village, from foundation to collectivization. All information is displayed on the stands.

Auto travel across the Urals ends at a ski resort Abzakovo, where, having climbed the cable car to the very top, a unique view will open up in front of tourists, which is simply breathtaking.

In a 17-minute drive, you can see the snow-capped mountain slopes of the majestic Bikembet and Halmaurdy mountains, look at the routes of the pistes, see how experienced and novice skiers overcome the ski slopes, and take gorgeous photos that will replenish your vacation album.

There are many interesting places in the Urals that are worth seeing. We have described only a little of what the Urals have at their disposal.

The South Ural is rich in hiking trails.

The Taganai peaks, the Zyuratkul ridges, the rocky outcrops of Mount Arakul - there is where to roam! Vacation time is approaching. And we decided to make a map of the most interesting hiking trails in the South Urals. In this we are helped by experienced travelers, hiking organizers Evgeny Konovalov and Alexander Pshenichny, who know that even on well-known routes you can find unexplored paths.

1. Shemakhinskaya cave *

When traveling to the caves, you can navigate the village of Shemakha, having reached it, ask the locals how to get to the village of Skaz, from where there is one road to the cave.

2. Sugomak *

The cave is the only one in the Urals, formed by water in marble rock.

The ascent to Mount Sugomak takes no more than an hour; the trail is accessible to children and pensioners. The top offers stunning views of the numerous lakes of our region, from this top you can even see Uvilda.

Mount Egoza rises to the north of Sugomak. These are the tops of the same ridge, they are very similar to each other.

By the way, on the way to Sugomak, you can stop by another amazing place - the kaolin quarry. Tourists call this place Russian Bali. The quarry was dug in 1945 for the extraction of kaolin, a special type of white clay. An artificial reservoir with unusual blue water and snow-white shores is a favorite background for photographs. Usually the whole thing ends with photographing. It is believed that swimming in the quarry is unsafe due to the hazardous chemicals found in the water. So it turns out that not all white clay is good for the body!

The quarry is located near the village of Kaolinovy ​​near Kyshtym.

3. Sheehan ** and Allaki *

In the same area there is one more mystical place, where excursion groups go less often. It " stone tents»On the shore of Lake Bolshie Allaki. On a small hill, boulders are pressed against each other, and around not a single rock or mountain is a continuous plain. Archaeologists believe that the "stone town" served as a sanctuary.

To get to the bizarre stones, you need to follow the Chelyabinsk - Yekaterinburg highway, before reaching Tyubuk, turn left. You can focus on the village of Krasny Partizan. To climb the outliers of Shikhan, you can drive to the village of Vishnevogorsk, or to Silach. Follow on foot from these settlements.

4. Urenga and Mont Blanc ***

To climb to the top, you need to get to the village of Veselovka, from there a dirt road leads to the top.

By the way, the Chelyabinsk region has not only its own Paris, but also its own piece of the Alps. The Mont Blanc peak of the same name with the French mountain Taganay is the place where not every tourist gets. The reason is that Mont Blanc is located far from the main hiking trails... However, it's worth going there! All the main peaks of Taganay are visible from the mountain. But the simplest and most popular Taganay route is the Black Rock, the ascent will not be difficult even for those who first got out of a cozy apartment.

5. Big Nurgush ***

6. The cliffs on the Ai *

One of the most famous caves Chelyabinsk region - Ignatievskaya. Unique rock paintings were discovered here, which, according to scientists, were drawn from six to eight thousand years ago.

On the banks of the Ai River, on the border with Bashkiria, a real cave city is the Sikiyaz-Tamak cave complex, which has 42 separate grottoes.

We also recommend visiting the Great Stone Cliffs along the Ay River. This is a high and long rock wall, up to 100 meters high, and at the same time natural observation deck, from where wonderful views of the local beauty open.

7. Attractions of Miass *

A few kilometers from Lysaya Gora there is another interesting peak to visit - the Zaozerny Ridge (Falcon Rocks).

8. Korkinsky section *

9. Arkaim **

Several peaks far from the camp are also bypassed. As a rule, tourists climb Shamanka, Mount of Love, Mount of Repentance, located near the tents. A rare tourist gets to the Mount of Reason, which settled 16 km from the camp. It is believed that this mountain bestows clarity of mind, and the path to true knowledge is never easy! Many people get dizzy here, their health worsens - some researchers argue that the mountain is a source of radiation of the most powerful energy flows.

Seven kilometers from the camp is the Seven Seals Mountain, which is considered the place where the "third eye" can open. Routes in different directions from the camp can turn into interesting hikes during a visit to Arkaim.

By the way, the river Bolshaya Karaganka, which bends around the Arkaim settlement, is considered sacred by esotericists and is called the sister of the Ganges. There is a local belief that in order to become one year younger, you need to sink into it as many times as the age of a person.

The designations of the difficulty levels of the routes:

* - light

** - average

*** - heavy

Families are created on hikes

Our region has something to brag about, Evgeniy says knowingly. In his opinion, the South Ural is rich in natural attractions, and few people are inferior in their number.

- There are many places in Russia with beautiful nature... But there are more objects for tourism in our region than in other regions of the country. These are all kinds of caves, lakes, of which we have more than three thousand, etc., - says Evgeny Konovalov.

Guests from other regions went on hikes with the guys more than once. Tourists from Moscow, Yoshkar-Ola, Arkhangelsk, St. Petersburg came to the South Urals especially to see local attractions.

The main tourists traveling with Everest are young people under the age of 30, and most of them are those who prefer to travel around Russia, bypassing exotic countries.

- Our tourists joke that Everest connects hearts. Young people look closely at each other during the hikes, then create couples, families, - Evgeny Konovalov smiles. - Pensioners also go with us, of course, there were five people in one trip, so they all became friends with each other. During the hikes, friendly parties are formed, everyone communicates with pleasure. Bad people don't go camping!

Expert

Oleksandr Pshenichny, the organizer of the hiking tours, spoke about the attractiveness of rest with a backpack on his back:

- We need to take a break from civilization more often, go to the forest, mountains for a few days, a week in order to rest in full understanding of the word. After all, what is a traditional beach holiday by the sea? People simply change one apartment for another, only a "pond with water" is added nearby. This does not allow you to completely relax the mind, calm down, stop. On the hike, the tasks are simple - to make a fire, find food, this is what helps to get away from the worries of urban everyday life.

When you climb the mountains, it is indescribable emotions, overcoming yourself. Hikes form a personality in me, it is not only a hardening of the body, but also of the spirit, with each hike I exceed my own limit, and I grow as a person, personality, man.

What could be better than a fire cracking on a dark night or swimming in Turgoyak on a hot summer day? And in the evening you lie in a hammock and look at the stars. This is a real rest.

In addition, while hiking, you can always find like-minded people and hear wise advice. On our routes, we often communicate with completely different people, they are living sources of information who share their life experiences. So sometimes you go on a hike with a problem and come back with a solution.

How to dress for a hike?

In the cold period, the order is as follows: first thermal underwear, then a jacket or fleece sweatshirt. We complete the toilet with a ski suit. These three layers of clothing provide a guarantee that the tourist will not freeze or get wet. An expensive item of expenditure is footwear, it is better if it is a special hiking shoe. Usually, such shoes are sold in sports stores, cost about 7-8 thousand rubles, but during sales, prices are significantly reduced.

In the summer, you need two types of shoes - sneakers and flip-flops. The clothes are mostly cotton - trousers, T-shirt. For the evening - a warm fleece jacket. Since it is often windy in the mountains, a windbreaker may be needed. In the hot season, you cannot do without a panama hat and sunglasses.

What to put in your backpack?

Packing a backpack also differs from what time the hike is organized, as well as its duration. If you have to spend the night in nature, the number of things increases dramatically.

You will always need a drink (in winter a thermos with tea, in the summer one and a half to two liters of water), a snack, matches, spare clothes (socks, mittens in winter), and in some hikes and shoes, a raincoat in the off-season and summer.

If the hike lasts for several days, then a tent, a sleeping bag, foam (a reliable heat insulator, used to protect the tourist from the cold of the ground during a hike), an awning from the rain (in summer), an ax, a pot and utensils for cooking, and always a guitarist with an instrument for fun.

In addition to the usual flashlight (a headlamp is convenient), in winter you cannot do without "flashlights" on your feet. This personal equipment protects the lower limbs from stones, sand, snow and water getting inside the shoe. They look like covers, worn over boots and the bottom of trousers.

By the way! It is better to go hiking with a phone with maps installed and a GPS, or with an experienced hiker. The latter is preferable and safer.

The ancient settlement Arkaim is a truly unique archaeological and cultural monument. It is located in the Bredinsky district of the Chelyabinsk region, on a high promontory formed by the confluence of the Bolshaya Karaganka and Utyaganka rivers, and belongs, according to scientists, to the Middle Bronze Age at the turn of the 3rd-2nd millennium BC. NS. It contains many mysteries and secrets. Surprising not only The emergence of the city of Ukhta is associated with the development of an oil field. The first attempts to extract and process local oil were undertaken in the middle of the 18th century by F. Pryadunov, but little success was achieved: the entrepreneur went bankrupt, and a small plant built on the Ukhta River ceased to function. In 1914, on the site of the present city, an oil field arose. Culture of the Bashkirs of the 9th-10th centuries. fully represented by the rich materials of the mounds. Fortified settlements are also known. Many of them undoubtedly existed in the rank of medieval cities and some of them were known to Mdrisi and his predecessors. Future research will clarify this still unclear question. Geographically, all these monuments cover the entire Southern Urals (Bashkortostan The history of the city of Nevyansk is extremely interesting. It was founded back in 1701, that is, 2 years before St. Petersburg or Lipetsk, and became the first in the world, as we would say now, a single-industry town In fact, at first, a metallurgical plant was founded and the city gradually expanded around it. Peter gave the city control to Nikita Antufiev (better known by the name of Demidov), Ufa is a city of Russia, the capital of Bashkortostan. Ufa is located in the Cis-Urals, in the valley of the Belaya River (a tributary of the Kama River), at the confluence of the Ufa and Dema rivers, 1519 km east of Moscow. The population of the city is about 1,023,001 people within the boundaries of the municipality. This is one of the twelve largest cities in the Russian Federation The Ural is a unique geographic region along which the border of two parts of the world - Europe and Asia - passes. Several dozen monuments and memorial signs have been installed on this border for more than two thousand kilometers. The region is based on the Ural mountain system. The Ural Mountains stretch for more than 2500 km - from the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean to the deserts of Kazakhstan

The weathering pillars are the bizarre result of thousands of years of work by wind, rain and snow. These giant stone idols are located on the Manpupuner mountain, on the territory of the Troitsko-Pechersky region of the Komi Republic. About 200 million years ago there were in the mountainous Bashkiria now only one city - Beloretsk (68 thousand inhabitants), standing 4-5 hours from Ufa and 1.5-2 - from Magnitogorsk. It is closer to the latter in spirit: the main enterprise of the city is a metallurgical plant. Actually, Beloretsk is such a branch
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The article provides an overview of 1-4-week hikes in the Urals and Siberia, gives recommendations on the choice of travel, tells how to use sources for self-development of routes, provides a "hit parade" and route threads. Some of the described hikes are in.

Once, while hiking along the Katunsky ridge to (Altai), I met a group of schoolchildren from Kurgan and got into conversation with their leader. We asked each other where we had been. It turned out that we have approximately the same list of completed travels. This gave me the idea to compose my "hit parade" of travel routes in the Urals and Siberia, to bring the places that must be visited. And although the routes not yet covered will last for ten years, I already have something to recommend from the twenty expeditions I have passed.

Why exactly the Urals and Siberia? Let's imagine that you are a tourist with the experience of 2-4 day hikes with an overnight trip in the classical sense - you like to travel with a backpack, live in a tent, cook food on a campfire. You already understand that it is this kind of rest that brings the greatest satisfaction. There are a lot of beautiful places on Earth where you can take a bus or fly by helicopter, climb to the top by cable car. And the views will be no less beautiful than if you climb there on foot. Why is there no such satisfaction? Because people have traveled for thousands of years on foot or on horseback. And we still have the need to sometimes be in the role of a "primitive man", a pioneer, relying only on the strength of our muscles and loyal friends. It is the Urals and Siberia with their wild endless expanses that can give us these feelings. There are also beautiful mountains - the Caucasus and the Tien Shan. But, traveling through them, we understand that we are guests there. That this is the land of other peoples and you need to know the specifics of relationships with local residents. Traveling through the Urals and Siberia, we get to know ours. Does it make sense to "visit" when we are not yet fully familiar with "our apartment"? That is why in the summer I travel across the Urals, Siberia, and the vicinity of Lake Baikal. I also want to talk about these mountains.

There are three incorrect stereotypes about Siberia among the inhabitants of European Russia, and among the Urals as well.
1) "Siberia is an endless plain swamp." But if we look at the map, we will see that at least a quarter of the area is occupied by mountains.
2) "There are a lot of blood-sucking insects in the summer." But only on two of my 20 trips was a mosquito net required. We were heavily seized in July in the Northern Urals. After my lecture on Siberian old-timers' dialects, the participants in the morning from the tent wondered how it was outside - vile or mosquito? In Altai, there are no mosquitoes at all (the larvae do not mature due to subzero night temperatures), and flies are found only on horse routes.
3) "There may be no summer in the Urals and Siberia." As in a joke: a Uralian or a Siberian who comes to the Black Sea is asked: “Why are you so white? Have you not had a summer? " - "Why, it was, only I worked that day." Summer in Siberia is short, but real: sunny and hot. If you go on a long enough hike (three weeks), you will surely find him. I had only one completely rainy three-week hike - to the Celestial Teeth. The summer travel season lasts from mid-June to the end of August (in the Subpolar Urals and in the north of Baikal - from mid-July, south of Baikal the best time is August, before that it is rainy, monsoon winds blow from Lake Baikal).

For this article, I will focus exclusively on summer hiking and mountain travel, although some hikes are best done in winter. For example, it is easier to get to Munku-Sardyk (Eastern Sayan) in winter on skis along frozen rivers than in summer to wade through windbreak and elfin. And on Lake Baikal winter ice skating trips are interesting.


Types of travel. First, let's define the terms used. Traveling in mountainous terrain is on foot, if climbing and ice climbing equipment is not used. Mountain travel, if ropes are used, including for organizing river crossings. Mountain tourism differs from mountaineering in Altai and Siberia in goals. A mountain tourist, as a rule, travels through several valleys, passing between them through passes and climbing some peaks along the most simple routes. The climber, on the other hand, "throws himself" along one valley to the base camp in the simplest way possible (for example, on horseback), then makes acclimatization walks and makes ascents to the peaks. Moreover, the ascent path is important for him. He can climb the same peak several times along more and more difficult routes. The ascent and descent can take up to 24 hours, but the climber will definitely go down to spend the night at the base camp. The mountain tourist observes the regime of the day more. He will spend the night where it is safe to pitch a tent, for example, on a small area on the pass. For a climber, the main thing is the view from the top, for a mountain tourist, lakes, waterfalls, canyons are also attractions. In general, a climber is more of an athlete, and a mountain hiker is more of an explorer, he learns to live in the territory on which he walks.

Recently, another term has appeared - trekking. This is a hiking trip along mountain paths, although there may be individual obstacles in the form of kurum (the Ural-Siberian word for rocky talus) and even a simple glacier. As a rule, trekking routes go through villages and camp sites, so there is no need to carry food and tents. I travel with pleasure as a trekker in the Himalayas, but I hope that in Siberia all this infrastructure will not be developed for a long time. There should be a place for us where we can rely only on ourselves and our team in order to feel the fullness of life.

So, let's focus on summer autonomous hiking or mountain travel, that is, hiking with complete separation from civilization. How long should I go for a hike? The classic option is two weeks, which include entering the first valley of the river, setting up a camp, radials (light walks) to attractions, a day trip, crossing the pass to the second valley, radials in the second valley, an extra day, going out. Radials can also represent ascents to peaks. I prefer three-week hikes (on average, I visit as many valleys as there are weeks in the hike). In three weeks it is better to "get used" to the area and thoroughly bypass the entire ridge, while in two weeks you can only see the main attractions. I consider it easy to travel two weeks without the use of mountain (rock climbing or ice climbing) equipment. Medium travel lasts two weeks with special equipment or three weeks without special equipment. The arduous journey lasts four weeks or three weeks with special equipment. With the current level of technology, only athletes who are constantly exercising will be able to carry a great burden. Therefore, it is better to break routes for a long time into two or three "rings" with a "bookmark" device, that is, hide the products on the next "rings". In fact, we are talking about several journeys that coincide in terms of time.

Most tourists can only afford one trip per summer. If you are a professional traveler, then it is quite possible to do 2-4. We must not forget about rest. At least once a week, you need to arrange a daytime, because this is the usual mode of life of a working person. Some leaders recommend doing a day on the fourth day, because beginners go on enthusiasm for the first three days, and then strength ends, and further advancement is the result of calculated strength. When it comes to "docking" travel, then I advise you to rest between parts in as many days as there are parts in the hike. For example, if you combine two ten-day hikes together, then rest two days between them, and if three ten-day hikes, then rest for three days. If we are talking about several trips over the summer to different areas, then, from my point of view, it is most harmonious after the trip to rest for as many days as the trip lasted. I also traveled in this mode for five years: I spent a two-week hike in Altai in the last week of June - the first week of July, then I rested for two weeks and spent a three-week hike further across Siberia.

What sources to use when developing a route? We will not consider "aerobatics" when it is necessary to plot a new route, possibly with first ascents, and when the source is only a map and images from space of the program "Google Earth". We will assume that descriptions can be found on the Internet.

Technical reports on sports trips. They most objectively describe the geography, route thread, timing and obstacles passed. If you are going to pursue a sporting “career” in tourism, then such reports are the main source of information. If for you, like for me, certificates, titles and regalia are not the main thing, and you are primarily interested in sights and so that the trip as a whole was interesting, then you need to know the following about technical reports:

1) Most likely, reports on hikes of 1-3 category of difficulty will suit you, hikes of 4 and 5 categories of difficulty will be too difficult. Pay attention to the main obstacles. The passes of the first category of difficulty mean that you can pass them in one day without using special equipment (pass 1b means that you may need to hang one rope), passes of the second category will require the use of special equipment and training participants in the necessary skills, even more difficult obstacles - systematic workouts. There is a methodology for calculating the difficulty category of the hike as a whole. If we make a rough estimate of travels in the Urals and Siberia, then the hike at a normal pace (20-30 km in the Urals, 15-20 km in Siberia, 10-15 km per day in Altai) and with the passage of the passes of the first category will have such a category as the hike lasts for weeks.

2) Scams can be encountered in the reports. For example, if on the last or first day the mileage is 40-50 km, then you need to think about whether the group really walked or was given a lift. If there are photographs of participants on the passes, but there are no photographs at some pass (it is written that the weather was bad and the photo did not work) and this pass is located aside from the main route (that is, its passage is not necessary and does not affect the passage of the entire journey ), then you should think, did the group really pass this pass?

3) Sometimes the route contains excessive "winding" of the passes in order to increase the difficulty category of the hike, for example, the route goes around a mountain with three passes. You need to think about whether you should go through this ring with backpacks for three days, are there really interesting sights around the mountain, or maybe it is worth setting up a camp and doing two radials?

Commercial route programs. As a rule, they pass through really beautiful places and are described in terms of the beauty of the sights. A conscientiously designed commercial route is designed for people with an average skill level and is likely to work for you. It is worth comparing it with a sports report to think about how to complete the route in a shorter time than described in the commercial program. Generally, commercial hikes are limited to two weeks and may not include attractions worth seeing. Therefore, you need to carefully look at the attractions near the route and think about increasing the duration. For example, the most famous hike in Altai "Kucherla - Karatyurek - Akkem" in commercial programs can include 1-2 radials in the Kucherla valley, although there should be at least 4 radials. Often, commercial firms offer an unrealistic hike to some "brand" peak, knowing in advance that the group members will abandon the hike when they see on the spot what they have to go through. For example, we saw how the groups going to the highest peak of Altai and the whole of Siberia - Belukha, turned around and left before the Delone pass. Therefore, if a technical ascent or a pass of a high category of difficulty is declared in a commercial program, it is worth considering whether the program itself is realistic.

Informal descriptions. These are descriptions of the impressions of the hike, made by its participants, usually with photographs. From them you can glean information about what is worth seeing on the route. As you read the description, you need to pay attention to whether the group is similar to yours. And take into account that the narrator's opinion about the area can be very subjective. For example, in the descriptions I read about the terrible swamps near Manaraga, if you go to its foot along the classic route from the Kar-kar pass. In my opinion, these swamps do not represent a serious obstacle. In any case, our speed was at least 4 km / h.

When reading reports, one should pay attention to travel dates and river crossings. Concentrating on the peaks and passes, tourists often do not pay attention to the rivers, although in mountain tourism most of the accidents happen just at the crossings. And if in a sports trip tourists crossed the river knee-deep, then this is not a guarantee that you will not plunge to the waist. The good thing about commercial routes is that they simply won't go through risky crossings. Although there are no guarantees either. So, in Altai from Kucherla one of the most widespread radial paths to Lake Darashkol. All ford Kucherlu. In 2010, for several days I could not decide to go to Darashkol because of the high water in Kucherla, replacing this walk with other radials. When there was no time left, we made a horse crossing. And they were not mistaken. A tourist was killed while wading across the river (he was knocked down and pulled under a blockage of logs).

Geography of trips and strategies for drawing up a long-term schedule for several years.

The Ural stretches from north to south and in a broad sense includes the mountains of Novaya Zemlya, Pai-Khoi, Polar, Subpolar, Northern, Middle and Southern Urals and Mugodzhary (Kazakh Urals).

An interesting mountainous section of Siberia from the point of view of travel begins from Altai (besides the Russian Altai, there is also the Kazakh, Mongolian and Gobi Altai). North of Altai - Kuznetsk Alatau, east - first Western Sayan, then Eastern Sayan. To the south of the Sayan - the mountains of Tuva.

To the east of the Sayan Mountains there are mountains around Lake Baikal. To the west and north-west of Bakal - the Baikal ridge, to the south - Khamar-daban, on the east coast - the Barguzin ridge. Further to the north-east - Stanovoe Upland.

Siberia includes still inaccessible areas of the Putorana plateau and the mountains of Yakutia, the number of which is equal to all the previous ones. I think that over the next ten years, we will see an increase in tourist interest in these areas. In the meantime, let's focus on the mountains up to Transbaikalia for one more reason. The transfer to Yakutia is long and, perhaps, the journey there will be more expensive than, for example, Iceland.

So, before us is a huge Mountain country... Where to go first, what to leave for later? I suggest three strategies:

1) One 2-3 week expedition over the summer
2) Two trips over the summer: two weeks in Altai and three weeks in Siberia
3) 2-4 interconnected trips per summer.

I will describe the travel details in the third strategy. When describing the first two, I will only list the ridges.

Strategy # 1. Suppose you want to spend 2-3 weeks of summer vacation on one trip around the Urals and Siberia, visiting a different mountainous region every year. This strategy is suitable for most tourists.

I offer five "hit" hikes, from the category of "must-see":
1) Subpolar Urals. Yugyd-va natural park. People's Mountains, Manaraga
2) Kuznetsk Alatau. Tigirtysh Ridge (Celestial Teeth)
3) Altai. Katunsky ridge. Rivers Kucherla, Akkem, Kara-Turek pass
4) Western Sayan. Ergaki ridge
5) Baikal ridge. Rivers Kurkula, Molokon, Bird Peak

These hikes introduce you to key sites in different mountain ranges. The order for the inhabitants of European Russia is exactly the same, since it is associated with a gradual movement to the east. For residents of the Urals (Perm, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Chelyabinsk) it is easier to get to Altai and Kuznetsk Alatau than to the Subpolar Urals. It is easier for Siberians to start hiking from places that are closer to them, as shown in the following table:

Table of mountain ranges, cities and stations

You can limit yourself to these trips if you think that the Earth is big, and our country is also big. And you still need to visit the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Kola Peninsula, Tien Shan, Yakutia, Kamchatka and Kuril Islands... One more reason in favor of these places is that they need to be visited before they finally "pop-up". We, accustomed to the wild expanses of our Motherland, are unlikely to want to see equipped trails, cafes, cable cars, hotels and motels on our itinerary.

Each hike in the vicinity of Lake Baikal can be ended with a rest on the shore of Lake Baikal. In particular, those who travel by train to Irkutsk or Slyudyanka can arrange a week's rest on Olkhon Island.

For residents of European Russia, there may be another beginning of long hikes:

0A) South Ural. Taganay natural park, Turgoyak lake or Zyuratkul, Nurgush and Iremel natural parks.
The South Ural is close, accessible, there are many cities at the foot of the ridges - an ideal place to start tourism. Residents of the Urals do not make sense to spend their vacation on these places, where you can go on a weekend along several routes. But before moving on to Siberia, they should make the following trips before that:

0B) Northern Urals. The main Ural ridge.
And the hike to Manpupuner, which opens the second cycle of travel:

6) Northern Urals. Manpupuner.

I have a tourist encyclopedia, on the cover of which there are photographs of Paris, Easter Island, Kamchatka volcanoes and Manpupuner rocks. It is very clear where it is worth visiting from the calculation of trips all over the Earth.

7) Altai. Iolgo and Uymensky ridges, Teletskoye lake. 77 Altai mountain-taiga route. This is the very beginning of Altai with accessible mountains, but on the horizon you will be attracted by pointed peaks with snowfields, and you will dream of further hiking in Altai.
8) Tuva. Mongun Taiga. The peculiarity of hiking in Tuva: you need to take into account the crime situation.
9) Eastern Sayan. Tunkinskie loaches

Third cycle of travel:
10) Subpolar Urals. Ridge Sablya
11) Altai. Severo-Chuisky ridge. Shavlinsky lakes.
12) Western Sayan. Aradan ridge.
13) Eastern Sayan. Tofalaria.
14) Transbaikalia. Barguzinsky ridge.

Fourth cycle of travel.
15) Altai. South Chuisky ridge.
17) Tuva. Shapshalsky ridge.
18) Eastern Sayan. Valley of Extinct Volcanoes. Topographers Peak
19) South Shore of Bakal. Hamar-Daban.

Fifth cycle of travel.
20) Altai. Ukok plateau, Tavan-Bogdo-Ula mountain
21) Western Sayan. Abakan ridge.
22) Transbaikalia. Kodar.
23) Transbaikalia. Severo-Muisky ridge.

Sixth cycle of travel.
24) Altai. Katunsky ridge. Multinsky lakes
25) Eastern Sayan. Tofalaria. Western part
26) Transbaikalia. South Muisky ridge.
27) Altai. Terekta ridge.

It turns out that it takes 27 years to get around interesting ridges to Transbaikalia, and then, probably, the same amount to get around Yakutia and the Far East? If you love the Urals and Siberia, the second strategy will suit you.

Strategy # 2

Go on two trips over the summer: one - two weeks in June-July in Altai, the second - three-week in July-August in Siberia and the Urals. I can say that Altai fascinates everyone who has visited it. Many tourists consider Altai the most beautiful mountains... I was told that it is more beautiful than the Tien Shan and the Himalayas. I tend to agree with this. Altai is very diverse. During a hiking day, you can change several climatic zones and see many sights. I know tourists who go to Altai every year, and they don't need anything else. According to this strategy, the trekking plan is as follows:

Strategy # 3 designed for those who are engaged in tourism professionally or are so passionate about tourism that they are ready to travel all summer. This strategy is suitable for tourist clubs, which can organize three to four hikes in nearby areas so that tourists after finishing one expedition can move on to the next. As for the "New Nomads" tourist club, I can say that we have a lot of tourists who are ready to go on three trips in a row. And if you think about it, then this is not fanaticism, but completely. In full accordance with the name of our tourist club ("New Nomads"), some of our tourists go hiking with the onset of summer and return home when it is winter in the mountains. This method of planning requires strategic thinking from the club management and the well-coordinated work of the campaign leaders.

A great trip to the South Urals

The peculiarity of the hike is that there are settlements along the route, so there is no need to carry all the products on yourself. The trip includes the following hikes:

1) Natural Park Taganay (1 week). Start in Karabash, finish in Zlatoust.
2) Urenga (3 days). Start in Zlatoust, finish in the village of Zyuratkul.
3) Natural Park Zyuratkul (1 week). The Zyuratkul, Uvan, Nurgush ridges. Start in the village of Zyuratkul, finish in Tyulyuk.
4) Zygalga (4 days). Start in Tyulyuk, finish in Aleksandrovka, return to Tyulyuk.
5) Iremel, Avalak (4 days). Start in Tyulyuk, finish in Nikolaevka, transition to Verkhnearshinsky.
6) Kumardak, Inzerskiye Zubchatki, Yalangas (1 week). Start in Verkhne Arshinsk, finish in Beloretsk.

The difference from the Southern Urals is that the border of the forest runs much lower, so the mountains at the same height seem more impressive. There are many blood-sucking insects in July. The climate is much cooler. Includes routes of the most popular hikes in the Northern Urals:

1) Mountains near Konzhakovsky Stone (1 week): Serebryansky, Konzhakovsky, Tylaysky, Kosvinsky Stones, Three Bugra, Semichelovechia, Sukhogorsky (Kazansky) Stones.
2) Main Ural Ridge, Kvarkush Ridge with Zhigalan Waterfalls (1 week).
3) To the rocks of Manpupuner and Torreporreiza (3 weeks, if without Torreporreiz, then 2 weeks). Dyatlov pass - Holatsakhl - Otorten with Lake Lunthusaptur and Poritaisori waterfalls - Motevchakhl - Yanyghachechakhl - Yanyvondersyakhl - Pecheryatalyakhchakhl (source of Pechora) - Manpupuner - Torreporreiz.

A great trip to the Subpolar Urals

This is the very heart of the Urals. Despite the fact that I was at Baikal, Altai, Sayan, Himalayas, Kamchatka, the view from the highest peak of the Urals, Mount Narodnaya, I consider the best view in my life. Traditionally, tourists go to the Subpolar Urals for a week from the Zhelannaya geological base with an ascent to Narodnaya and Manaraga (some then raft from Manaraga along the Kosyu River).

I took the group on a three-week trek, which was a ring: Zhelannaya - the foot of Narodnaya, climbing Narodnaya - Kar-kar pass - the foot of Manaraga, climbing the Small Tooth of Manaraga - the foot of the Bell Tower, climbing the Bell Tower - the Reindeer Breeders' plateau, climbing Zashchita and the peak Komsomol - the Reindeer breeders pass - the Khobe-western pass - the Blue Lakes pass - the ascent to Karpinsky peak - the Zhelannaya base. The planned ascents to Bluchera, Mansiner and Ugra did not take place due to bad weather. I think the hike went well as we visited five peaks in good weather, which is often rainy in the Subpolar Urals. Since there are white nights in July, there is an opportunity to “catch” good weather during the day and start the journey at least at 2 am.

The great trip to the Subpolar Urals that I propose consists of the following parts:

1) The auxiliary part - the transfer of products from the Zhelannaya base through the Kar-Kar pass to the Manaraga river valley. In good weather - climbing Narodnaya.

2) The ring around the mountains Narodnaya, Bluchera, Ugra, Mansiner, Protection with a call to the Parnuk plateau to collect amethysts. If you do not carry out the auxiliary part, then return to the Desired base for food for the next part. Will take about 2 weeks.

3) Passage through Kar-kar to the Manaraga valley. Climbing Narodnaya and Manaraga, going to the Bell Tower and climbing it. Trekking to Saber and climbing to Saber, exit. Duration - 3 weeks.

A great trip to the Kuznetsk Alatau and Western Sayan

Sayan is an endless sea of ​​taiga with round caps of loaches towering above it. There are also ridges in the west of Siberia that rise above the taiga with pointed peaks. And they have the appropriate names: Tigirtysh (Celestial teeth) and Ergaki (fingers) with the adjoining Aradan ridge, which is included (together with Ergaki) in the natural park of the same name. Mountain rivers flow into blue lakes (there are especially many of them in the Golden Valley of the Celestial Teeth). There are graceful waterfalls. There are small glaciers on the Kuznetsk Alatau.

The hike consists of three parts:

1) Aradan (two weeks). Nistaforovka river - Rovny stream - Valley of nine lakes - radially to the pass of Minusinsk tourists and Aradansky peak - Prohodnoy pass - Lake Emerald guitar - Vodopadny stream - radially to Polytechnichesky pass - Unexpected pass - Grebnevoy pass - Lake Zerkalnoe - Lake 1627 - Maraliy stream - Lower Small Kazyr-Sug - Osypnoe pass - Aradan lakes - Medvezhiy pass - Lake plateau - Prapor Yunosti pass - Red Lake - Baklanikha pass - Celestial lake - Tushkanchik camp site. This most common route runs along the eastern part of the Aradan Range. The ridge itself is much longer and includes still less visited central and western parts with the same sharp peaks and lakes.

2) Ergaki (two weeks). Ring over the Ergak passes with radials. Tourist base "Tushkanchik" - Lake Mramornoye - Western Kursantov pass - Lake Artists, a radial to the Lake of Mountain Spirits and the Zvezdny pass - Lake Malachite Bath - Arrow parking, a radial to Tsvetnoye Lakes and Pikantny pass, a radial to Lake Ledyanoe - Taigishonok River - Lake Vosmerka - Tumanny-1 pass - Skazka lake, radial to the Bogatyr and Gratsia waterfalls, radial to the Stone Castle - Skazka pass - Lazurnoe lake, radial to Mother Sayan peak - Taigish-1 pass - Maloe Buibinskoe lake - Tarmazakovsky bridge. From the arrow you can go to Lake Bolshoye Buibinskoye and climb the Metugul-Taiga ridge. Also of interest are the lakes south of Ergak: Bolshoe and Maloe Bezrybnoe, Zolotarnoe and Svetloye. In this case, it takes 3 weeks to complete the route.

3) Kuznetsk Alatau (two weeks). The route "The Big Ring along the Celestial Teeth": Luzhba - the Glukhariny shelter - Amzas - the Marukha pass (900m) - the Celestial stream, viewing the waterfalls, swimming in the radon "bath", Radialka to the Lake Graduates, climbing the Big Tooth (2046m) - the sources of Belso - Hodovoy pass (1110m) - Turalyg river valley - Kozyi Vorota pass (1806m) - Kharatas lake. From the pass you can walk light-handed to the Staraya Krepost (2211m) and Upper Tooth (2178m) mountains. Walking light-handed along the Golden Valley, viewing lakes and waterfalls, climbing the Silver Peak (2063m). lake Kharatas - lake. Hunukhuzukh (Golden Valley) - lane. Karatash - r. Maly Kazyr - the mouth of the Vysokogorny stream. Radialka to the valley of the Vysokogorny and Vodopadny brooks. Climbing No. 2 to the Big Tooth or to the Small Tooth. Kupriyanovskaya Polyana - per. Kazyrsky - Alguy - Amzas - Luzhba. From the Origins of Belsou, you can take an optional weeklong hike in the Rocky Mountains.

A great trip to Tuva

The trip to Tuva is a continuation of the trip to the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Western Sayan and can be done with it in one year. Unfortunately, the crime situation severely limits the tourist opportunities of this beautiful land. Recently, ecotourism has begun to develop in Tuva. It is worth visiting yurts with ethnic concerts ( throat singing) and the only shamanic clinic in the world in Kyzyl.

Trekking routes in Tuva:

1) Shapshalsky ridge (two-week trip). Bai-Tal - r. Khemchik - the mouth of the Chinge-Khem - r. Chinge-Khem - river mouth from Ak-Oyuk - Ak-Oyuk town (3613 m radially) - pass to the Chon-Khem valley - Wild Lakes, lane. Rocky (radially) - Pyramida (3477 m.) - r. Ak-Oyuk - the confluence of Ak-Oyuk and Shuya - lane. Shapshal, m. 3349 m. (Radially) - r. Shui - pos. Shui.

2) Mongun-Taiga - the highest peak of Tuva (3976m) - a two-week trip. The ascent to the summit is simple, but since the summit is covered with a glacier, climbing requires walking in ropes and crampons. During the trip, you can visit the Tolayty river valleys with waterfalls, Uzun-Khol and Hindiktig-Khol lakes.

Great Altai journey

Altai is probably the most colorful mountain system. From almost any glade on the route, you can admire all the colors of nature: green forest, blue lake or waterfall, multi-colored rocky talus, white snowfields and glaciers. This is one of the reasons why you can go to Altai every year.

1) Fragments of the legendary 77 route: Lake Teletskoye, Iolgo ridge and Karakol lakes, Uymensky ridge (2-3 weeks). This is the northern part of the Russian Altai. The mountains here are low and accessible for climbing, but from the peaks a view of the pointed snow-capped peaks opens up.

2) Katunsky ridge, valleys of the Kucherla and Akkem rivers, Kara-Turek pass, possibly climbing Belukha (2-3 weeks). Start and finish in Tungur and Kucherla. This is the very heart of Altai. Ascents to the highest peak of Altai - Belukha - are made by commercial firms, but it must be borne in mind that the mountain is insidious, according to weather conditions half of the ascents are canceled. Climbing requires endurance and climbing skills. But from the pass Kara-Turek opens a fabulous view of Belukha and other Altai mountains.

3) Severo-Chuisky ridge (2-3 weeks). Start and finish before Chibit. Valleys of the rivers Shavla, Maashi, Aktru. Pass Nizhneshavlinsky. Shavlinsky lakes, surrounded by walls with snow-white peaks, are one of the best views in Altai.

4) South Chuisky ridge (2-3 weeks). Start and finish in the village of Beltir. Valleys of the Elangash, Karaoyuk, Taldura rivers. Passes of Rublevsky, Udachny, Leningradsky. Climbing the highest peak - Peak Irbistu (3967m, 2A) - requires mountaineering training. This is an unusual ridge, on which there is little forest, but peaks are visible from everywhere. Locals breed yaks, which can be found in almost every part of the ridge, and camels near Lake Karakol.

5) Ukok Plateau (2 weeks). Start and finish in Jazator. This is the southernmost part of the Russian Altai. Steppe with Scythian mounds and lakes and pointed peaks. Climbing the sacred mountain Tavan-Bogdo-Ula requires the use of climbing equipment.

6) Terektinsky ridge (2 weeks). A little-visited, but promising ridge from the point of view of tourism. Most of the commercial firms offer horseback riding.

Travel along the Katunsky ridge in Altai

I singled out the trip along the Katunsky ridge as an expedition separate from the Big Altai trip, because if you visit all the valleys of this ridge, it will take almost the entire summer season and there may not be enough time for other Altai ridges. And the Katunsky ridge really deserves to walk on it all summer long! Diverse valleys with lakes and waterfalls on tributary streams and sparkling snow-capped peaks will leave no one indifferent. Among esotericists, at the suggestion of Roerich, this place is considered Shambhala. A typical two-week route looks like an entry along one river, parking on the lake, radials, crossing a pass of the 1st category of difficulty to the second valley, radials from there, going down the river to the village. If you combine three or more valleys, then it would be logical to carry products on horseback to the valleys in the middle of the hike. I cite only the rivers flowing from the northern slopes of the ridge, with the exception of the Katun. There is also the Kazakh river Berel and the southern rivers flowing to the Ukok plateau (it is logical to combine hiking there with hiking in Ukok).

1) The source of the Katun. Lakes Tikhoe and Talmen. Start and finish in the Kaitanake village. Through the pass Strong exit to the Multinsky lakes, through the Khazinikhinsky - to the Kuragan valley.

2) Cartoon. Transfer from the Multinsky maralnik. Radials on Travel Multi, Strong, Multi, Kuiguk. Through the Kuiguk pass, you can go to the Akchan valley and climb the sacred mountain Kolban, which has curum slopes and does not require special equipment. Routes include visits to beautiful lakes. Through the Krepky pass, you can go to the Tikhaya River, and from there to Lake Talmen and to the sources of the Katun. From Akchan - passage to the Kyrgyz lake and the Kuragan valley.

3) Kuragan, Ioldo. Transfer from the village of Katanda (ferry across the Katun). Through lake Kyrgyz, exit to the Kuiguk valley, then to the Multinsky lakes, through the Khazinikhinsky pass - exit to Lake Talmen and the sources of the Katun.

4) Kucherla. Start in the villages of Tyungur and Kucherla. Radials to Tsvetnoye lakes, Kuldur-Oyuk, Darashkol, Mushtuair, Konyaira. In my opinion, this is the central Altai lake, on which you can safely stand for a week and make radials that do not bother you. Camps on other Altai lakes are limited to 2-3 radials. Through Darashkol and the passes of Ioldoaira West and Ioldo, transition to the Kuragan valley. Through the Kara-Turek pass - to the Akkem valley.

5) Akkem. Start in the villages of Tyungur and Kucherla. Radials to the Ak-Oyuk, Yarlu valleys, to the Dukhov Lake, Tomsk sites on the Rodzevich glacier (Akkemsky). The climbing route to the highest peak of Altai and all Siberia - Belukha (requires the use of mountaineering equipment) begins from the Tomsk sites. Through the Kara-Turek pass, an exit to the Kucherly valley, through the Sarybel pass - to the Tekelu valley, then through the Tekeli pass - to the Suluayra valley.

6) The valleys of the Suluayra, Mensu, Yedygem, Kulagash rivers. Exit to the village Dzhazator on the Ukok plateau. These valleys are mainly used for horseback riding tours.

A great trip to the Eastern Sayan

The Eastern Sayan is less familiar to tourists than the Western Sayan or the mountains of the Baikal environs. However, there is something to see there. it high mountains, including extinct volcanoes, wild mountain lakes, hot and mineral springs, deep gorges.

1) Tunkinskie loaches. The best time to travel is August, when there is least rainfall. The routes require two weeks to pass, but it is better to allocate three weeks to stand at the Shumak mineral springs for a week and do radials. Among the esotericists, this area is another candidate for the role of Shambhala. There are warm radon baths and about 150 exits. mineral water from a variety of diseases. In the Tunkinskaya Valley, at the foot of the Tunkinskiye Goltsy, there are resort villages with mineral springs - Nilova Pustyn 'and Arshan. There are three popular routes in Shumak:

1a) Settlement Nilova Pustyn - Shumak pass - Shumak valley - Kitoy river - Arshansky pass - Arshan settlement. This is the easiest route to take in case of bad weather.

1b) Nilova Pustyn village - Shumak pass - Shumak valley - Narin-gol river - Yaman-gol river - Ara-Khubyty river - Khubytinsky pass - Nilova Pustyn village. I recommend this route in case of stable good weather and low water in the rivers. It includes the passage of the gorges of the Narin-gol and Yaman-gol rivers, which require about 40 crossings and in some places go straight along the river. This is a unique place for Siberia, where you can admire the steep cliffs of the gorges and waterfalls. The hike is compatible with a trip to Khamar-Daban, since you need to get to the same station - Slyudyanka.

1c) Nilova Pustyn village - Shumak pass - Shumak valley - Vetreny pass - Bilyuty river - Bepkan pass - Dinosaur pass - Arshan village. The route is recommended when high water makes option 1b impassable, but precipitation does not lead to the formation of snow cover on the passes.

2) Valley of extinct volcanoes, Topografov peak (climbing requires experience and ice equipment), hot springs Khoyto-gol and mineral springs Zholgan (3 weeks). The route introduces participants to various forms relief of the Eastern Sayan. The nearest settlement is Orlik, it requires an off-road vehicle.

3) Tofalaria. A mountainous country with wild nature in the Eastern Sayan - the country of tofs. It is quite possible to make three trips along it, lasting 2-3 weeks: from the west from the Krasnoyarsk Territory to the Grandiozny Peak, from the northeast from the Agulsky and Medvezhye lakes to the Grandioznoye Peak, from the east to the Triangulators, Zaoblachny and Celestial Peaks.

A great trip to Lake Baikal

Baikal - unique place for outdoor activities. Surrounded by mountains on all sides, it allows you to combine a hike in the mountains with a vacation at sea (as everyone calls Baikal locals), visit the birthplace of shamanism - Olkhon Island. There are also hot springs on Lake Baikal - Khakusy and springs on the Goryachaya River.

1) The Baikal ridge (2 weeks) is located on the western shore of Lake Baikal. You need to get to Severobaikalsk. Visiting the valleys of the Kurkula and Molokon rivers, viewing the waterfalls on Molokon, the glacier at the foot of the Chersky mountain, climbing the Ptitsa peak (The bird is a spur of the largest peak of the ridge - Chersky mountain. Climbing Chersky requires the use of climbing equipment).

2) Hamar-Daban (3 weeks). The best time to travel is August, when clouds almost never come from Lake Baikal. Flat mesas in the west give way to sharp peaks in the east. A long hike, designed for hardy tourists (you need to walk about 20 km a day with a total climb of 1200 m). Start in Slyudyanka, finish in Vydrino. Route: Slyudyanka - Chersky Peak (ascent, inspection of Lake Chertova and Lake Heart and waterfalls on Podkomarnaya) - Bossan - Margasan Sopka - Margasan - Tumbusun Dulga - Utulikskaya Podkova - Perevalnoye, Patovoye, Galichye - Khan-Ula - Nukhen-Daban passes and Langutayskie Vorota - Taltsinsky peak - Teplye lakes - Sobolinoe lake - Vydrino. The shortening of the route will require crossings over the rough rivers. An alternative form of the hike is to enter from any railway station, radials, then moving to another station, etc.

3) The Barguzinsky ridge is the most powerful of the ridges surrounding Lake Baikal with many sharp peaks and alpine lakes. It is quite possible to organize several hikes along it, lasting 2-4 weeks. The routes can start from the Barguzin valley (the eastern foot of the ridge) and go through the passes to the eastern shore of Lake Baikal, or start and end on the shore of Lake Baikal at the mouths of different rivers. The routes often pass through the hot springs of Khakusa, Frolikha and Ukoinda lakes and in the upper reaches of the Tompuda River.

4) Olkhon Island. It is logical to end your trip to Lake Baikal with a rest on the island. You can stop in the largest village of the island - Khuzhir, from where it is easy to order transport for trips around the island, a boat, or in the Nyurgan Bay - a bay with a sandy beach in a larch forest (from there it is convenient to walk along the northern part of the island). A week's rest on the island is enough to visit all its attractions: the birthplace of shamanism - Shamanka rock, the northern tip of the island - Cape Khoboy and Uzury pad, bays east coast Hatku, Idiba and Tashkinei, lake with healing mud Shara-Nur, the highest peak of the island - Zhimu, southeastern bays and lakes Khonhoy, Muku-Nur, Nurskoe, archaeological site - Kurykanskaya wall.

4b) An alternative to the camp on Olkhon can be a camp on the Svyatoi Nos peninsula with a visit to the Khakusa hot springs and a boat trip to the Ushkany Islands.

A great trip across Transbaikalia

I singled out these hikes as a journey separate from the Great Journey to Lake Baikal, since all these hikes cannot be done in one summer. Various combinations of hikes from a trip to Baikal and Transbaikal, ending with a rest on Baikal, are possible.

I have not yet been hiking in Transbaikalia and have not worked out these routes, so I will make descriptions of these trips in the future:

1) Kodar with the Chara sands desert
2) Severo-Muisky ridge
3) South Muisky ridge
4) Upper Angarsk ridge

Conclusion

In a review article on the routes of the Urals and Siberia, I wanted to say that we have a huge mountainous country, which is quite enough for a summer vacation for many years. Commercial tours can be found along many routes, but they only provide a glimpse into these ridges. A full-fledged hike is possible with a well-coordinated and developing team of hiking friends. Systematic, from year to year, bypassing the Siberian ridges requires the organization of a tourist club. And this is quite justified: you will grow up together with your camping friends, your team will develop, and the Urals and Siberia will give you more and more beautiful views, becoming your homeland. In the tourist club "New nomads" there is a project "