Country of Lakes
Description:
1 day: Group gathering, rest
The gathering place of the whole group is Ust-Koks village. Tent accommodation. Getting equipment. Instruction. Dating night.
Lunch and dinner at the cafe. It is possible to visit the bath (for an additional fee, rent a bath from 1500 rubles per hour).
2 days: Ust-Koksa - village Multa-Maralnik - Akchan river, car 41 km, walk 13 km
Exit to route around 0900. Local time. After a short relocation - the beginning of the pedestrian part of the route. Transition to the Akchan River. Rise along the river.
Breakfast in the cafe, lunch and dinner - hiking kitchen. Pack horses are used to transport group equipment and products.
Day 3: Transition to the Sarybel River Valley, 15 km on foot
Overnight in a base camp near two picturesque lakes located on the northern slope of Mount Kolban.
Hiking kitchen. Pack horses are used to transport group equipment and products.
Day 4: Radial exit to the valley of nine lakes, walking 12 km
Hiking kitchen.
Day 5: Radial exit to Oz. Kyrgyz, 11km walk
The lake is located at an altitude of 2150 m above sea level, the water transparency reaches 7 meters.
Hiking kitchen.
Day 6: Climb to the Oz. Akchan, walk 12 km
Lake Akchan, with a turquoise color of water, is surrounded by a huge chimney and is located under the mountain Kolban (3145 m). The Altai people consider this mountain sacred and ascribe to it many interesting and romantic legends.
Hiking kitchen.
Day 7: Radial access to the Severy Pass and to Lake Alla-Askir, on foot 14 km
The pass connects the rivers Akchan and Ala-Askir (cat. complexity 1B).
Hiking kitchen.
Day 8: Oz. Akchan. Kuyguk (complexity category 1A, height 2520 m) - Oz. Kuyguk, walk 9 km
The road passes by a mirror lake and a cascade of small waterfalls along the grass of the alpine tundra. Mount Kolban (3145 m) is clearly visible from the pass. Overnight at the waterfall Kuyguk, whose height reaches 30 m.
Hiking kitchen.
Day 9: Return to the village of Ust-Koksa, walk 16 km, car 41 km
Descent down the Multa River. Transfer to Ust-Koksa. Rest. Farewell evening.
Breakfast, lunch - hiking kitchen, dinner - in a cafe. It is possible to visit the bath (for an additional fee, rent a bath from 1500 rubles per hour).
Day 10: Rest, departure.
Delivery of equipment. For those who wish, horseback riding tours are organized in the vicinity and a 2-hour alloy (for an additional fee).
After lunch - an excursion to the village of Upper Uimon - one of the oldest villages of the Ust-Koksinsky district, which still preserved the traditions of the Old Believers. There are two museums in the village: the N. Roerich Local Lore Museum and the Old Believers Museum.
Breakfast, lunch at the cafe, dinner on the way at your own expense.