On SUVs to the lake Hurla-Kol

Lake Hurla-Kol in Karachay-Cherkessia is unique in its age, scientists determine it to be fifteen thousand years old. Hurla-Kel is rightly called the patriarch among the lakes and the museum of nature, since relict plants of the ancient glacial era have been preserved in the water area of the reservoir and around it. The lake is located in an intermountain basin at an altitude of two thousand meters. In summer, it warms up to 18-22 degrees, the maximum depth of the lake is 10 meters. There are many comfortable meadows around, on one of which you can camp for the night. Above the lake is a group of mineral springs Tohtan and Tohtan-Suu.