Circumpolar Urals: hike to the highest peaks

From" Desired", where mined mountain quartz, there are trails to the highest peaks of the Ural mountains – Narodnaya (1894), Karpinsky (1878), Manarage (1820). Around them there are many routes with amazing mountain scenery, ridges and passes, turbulent rivers with many channels. Daredevils try themselves in climbing these peaks, as well as a large number of less high mountains and ridges-Saber, Defense, Impregnable.

Despite the fact that the passes and peaks have categories no higher than 2A, the set of obstacles and the length of the route determine its 5 category of difficulty.

After all, to see this Northern ruthless beauty, you need at least 3 weeks. During this time, hikers walk or ski more than 300 km.

Rains, fogs, broken roads, marshy swamps, wide floods of rivers, where even in the Ford-up to the middle of the thigh, and even to the waist-serious summer tests, even for well-trained tourists. In winter, it is easier to pass here, if of course, skiers are ready for the trail, which in some parts of their hike to the Urals reaches 80 cm, cracking frosts (up to-45 degrees) and gusty winds.

The most favorable period for summer trekking is the second half of July – the first half of August. But even in the height of summer, frequent weather changes: the air temperature can range from 0 to + 20 degrees, drizzling rain is replaced by rain, hail and even a Blizzard. Often there are snowfields and glaciers. In summer, up to 1000 mm of rain falls, reducing the permeability of tourist trails.

Ski trips are usually held in March and April. During this period, significant temperature differences are also noticeable – from 0 to-45.

On the territory of the national Park "Yugyd VA", where these natural attractions are located, travelers can wait out the bad weather in shelters, beams, huts, which sometimes occur on the way. The cost of the night – 200-250 rubles. per person, although more recently, these facilities were free shelters for tourists Hiking in the Urals. The exit from the route, as a rule, is carried out through The aranets pass and the village of Aranets, from where on foot or by boat (by agreement with the locals) you can reach the village of Kontsebor. Here 2-3 times a week goes public transport (bus) to the city of Pechora or you can catch a ride. Travel time is about 2.5 hours.

There is another "entry point" for a tourist route in the polar Urals – Vuktyl city, popular with tourists-water-transport workers.

Keep in mind! Despite the fact that on the official website of the Park "Yugyd VA" tourists are urged to issue a special permit and pay for each day of stay on its territory, such a fee has repeatedly been recognized as illegal by the court and the Prosecutor's office. The last decision of the Vuktyl city court of the Republic of Komi came into force on August 6, 2012 and was published on 24.10.2012 in the newspaper "Northern Lights".

The activities of the national Park "Yugyd VA" are increasingly commercialized every year. And today its management offers services in the organization of zabroski by auto, water and air transport (helicopter), publishes and distributes printed and souvenir products, charges for use of shelters, etc.offices of NP are located in the cities of INTA, Pechora, Vuktyl.