To the foot of Belukha and All Katun

Mountains have always amazed people with their grandeur, inaccessibility and unpredictability. From their slopes, people admired picturesque valleys and gorges, noisy waterfalls and stormy rivers.

Mount Belukha (4509 m) impresses with the severity and steepness of the ice and snow walls. It has long been covered with a halo of myths and legends, with it are associated tales about the wonderful country of Belovodye and the mysterious Shambhala. Traditions say that here is the “navel of the Earth”, energetically connected with the Cosmos, giving people a charge of vivacity and health, opening new knowledge.

Katun (translated from the Altai "Kadyn" - hostess) - the largest river of the Altai Mountains. It originates on the southern slope of the Katunsky ridge near Belukha Mountain (4509 m) from the Gebler glacier at an altitude of about 2000 meters. The length is 688 km. When merging with the Biya River, the Ob River is formed.

This alloy passes along the upper and middle part of Katun, starting with. Tungur (translated from the Altai "Tungur" - shaman tambourine), ending in the village of Chemal. The upper section of Katun includes a complex cascade of rapids of the "Akkem breakthrough", in the middle course of the river there are rapids "Ilgumen", "Shabash", "Kadrin pipe", "Teldekpen".