Chuya - Katun
Description:
Pt, 1 day: t / k "Taizhnik" - the mouth of the Booka River, 300 km car
Place of gathering of the group - t / k "Taizhnik". Collection time is 0930 (local time).
Journey along the oldest path of Siberia - Chui tract.
Along the way, tourists will learn about the history of the Altai Mountains, about the traditions of its indigenous population. Tent accommodation. Instruction, preparation for the march.
SB, day 2: Booki River - T / B "White Bom", raft 30 km
Beginning of the water part of the route. Instruction on safety on the water, rules for the use of water equipment. On the route along the Chuya River, the group is accompanied by a car to transport the main part of the cargo, so that the most difficult thresholds pass “lightly”. On this day, tourists become real “conquerors of White Water”, they have to overcome the first water obstacles, the thresholds of “Petrel” (IV c.s.) and “Erbalik” (II c.s.). Then pass the threshold "Behemoth" (V c.s.) - a two-stage threshold with a length of 800 m, which is characterized by narrow drains, deep "barrels" and a high speed of water flow. Before the passage, a preliminary examination of the threshold, insurance is provided. Further, tourists are waiting for the rapids: "Classic" (III c.s.) and "Slalomny" (IV c.s.), which follow each other, representing a huge number of stones and "barrels" and do not allow you to relax for a second on a 5-kilometer stretch of the river.
Overnight on the shore of Chui on t / b "White Bom". It is possible to visit the bath (for an additional fee).
All, day 3: t/b "White Bom" - pore. "Turbine", raft 30 km
Excursion in the Kalbak-Tash tract, where the largest cluster of ancient petroglyphs in the Altai Mountains is located.
Transfer to the place of overnight stay on the right bank of Chui, just above the threshold "Turbine".
Mon, day 4: pore. "Turbine" - mouth r. Chuya - Laguna glade, raft 41 km
On this day, tourists pass the thresholds: "Turbine" (V c.s.) and "Horizon" (V c.s.). Threshold "Turbinny" is located in the place of narrowing of the river and is a waterfall area. The Horizon Threshold is a cascade of plums with a very strong bulk on a rock. Completing the rafting along the Chuya, the group goes to the mouth of the river, where it flows into one of the most beautiful and largest rivers of the Altai - Katun. Then measured rafting along Katun to the clearing below the mouth of the Yaloman River.
Watt, day 5: Laguna glade - mouth p. Large Sumulta, raft 46 km
The first serious obstacle of the day - the threshold "Big Ilgumen" (IV c.), length of 500 m and ramparts up to 3 m. Further, the conquest of the threshold "Kadrinsky breakthrough" (IV c.s.) - 6 km of large waves, "barrels" and a huge whirlpool "Gadfly". With the passage of the threshold "Shabash" (IV-V c.s., the length of 700 m) in the veins of the team will burrow pure adrenaline!
Sr., 6 days: Big Sumulta – village of Orokta, raft 41 km
From the very morning, the Shivers and barrels of the Kayancha rapids (I-II k.s.) will begin, preparing the team for a new test - the threshold of the Big Ayulinsky (III k.s.).
In the afternoon - a walking tour to ancient rock paintings - petroglyphs.
Ht, 7 day: village Orokta - village Yelanda - t / k "Taizhnik", raft 18 km, car 90 km
On the final day, tourists are waiting for new obstacles - the thresholds of "Teldek-Pen" I and II (III k.s.), which is translated from Altai - "rise mountains". These are canyon-type rapids, with a chaotic pile of jets, funnels and “mushrooms” with a width of Katun 20 m.
Further, the river valley expands noticeably, obstacles are simplified: the thresholds of "Biyk" (II cm), "Yelandinsky" (III-IV cm).
Moving to T/C Taezhnik. Bath. Farewell bonfire.
Pat, 8th day: Departure