Ice crossing (winter road) to Olkhon should be opened in mid-February

-


To get to the biggest island on Baikal - Olkhon in winter you have to take an ice-road from the mainland. It usually goes from one of the bays of the Small sea of Baikal. Now the thickness of ice on Lake Baikal in a place where usually ice crossing is opened does not exceed 45 cm. For the road to be officially opened and equipped for travelling ice thickness of  not less than 70 cm is needed.  If the temperature stays at the current level (about -20 degrees Celsius) during another 2 weeks, crossing will be opened for cars with a total mass not exceeding 10 tonnes. The ice crossing to Olkhon operates until about mid-April, its length is about 12 km.

Комментарии

Отправить комментарий

Популярные сообщения из этого блога

Обжиг - "Радость"

-
Изображение
Волшебным образом мне удалось попасть на мастер-класс по обжигу керамики с загадочным названием «обжиг раку». На самом деле он состоялся еще в июне, но так как я почти сразу же уехала, то только сейчас решилась написать. Как говорится, самые настоящие воспоминания - те, которые помнятся по прошествии времени. Так как к керамическим горшкам я неравнодушна уже давно, достав пыльный обожженный горшок который я крутила еще будучи в университете, рванула на маршрутке в Листвянку. Начало мероприятия было запланировано на 11 часов утра в усадьбе Тюрюминых http://baikalsled.blogspot.ru/ . Это место само по себе загадочное и манящее. Здесь живут и трудятся увлеченные творческие люди: каюры, кузнецы, любители лошадей, а теперь еще и гончары.Мастер класс проводили мастера по керамике Татьяна Ерошенко и Сергей Пуртян  http://vk.com/terraslon. Специально для мастер-класса на лужайке был установлен деревянный стол, где в окружении мирно пасущихся лошадей мастера гончары расписывали различны...
To read more...

Magical bay on lake Baikal - "Sagaan-Zaba".

-
Изображение
If anyone asks me about my favourite place on Baikal, I may talk about several places like that. But this bay "Sagaan-Zaba" is one of the most remarkable places and one of my favourite. Not many people have visited this place, as it is not so popular. But it is unique and has its own magical atmosphere. Cars cannot reach this bay, so you may get here only on foot or by boat from water-side. Dark cliff. White cliff. "Sagaan-Zaba" means "White Rock (cliff)" from the language of local people of Baikal. On the steep wall one may find petroglyphs - ancient rock drawings. When four hundred years ago, Cossack gangs invaded an unknown country and saw cave paintings, they decided that these were not just drawings, but letters left by its ancient inhabitants. That's why they called them "scribes" or "written stones." Indigenous people considered these rocks sacred places of their ancestors, drawings - works of spirits and surrounded them with...
To read more...

A new trip "Baikal winter dream"

-
Изображение
I'd like to invite you for a trip to winter Baikal. During this trip you’ll see the most beauties of wintry Baikal, ride over the ice of frozen Baikal by snowmobile and feel its vastness, experience dog-sledding on Baikal and spend night at the warm wooden houses, try Russian Banya, explore icy grottoes of Olkhon island, try ice-fishing and have a UAZ-car excursion to the northernmost of Olkhon island. It is a nice combination of activities and leisure at the same time! To read more... Day 1: Arrival to Irkutsk, meeting with your guide and transfer to Listvyanka by car.  On the way to Listvyanka you’ll have a stop in the open air Taltsy museum of wooden architecture which is located at the picturesque shore of Angara river. Your next stop will be near the Shaman rock  - a sacred place among local people. It stands in the widest river mouth in the world – the place where Angara river flows out of Baikal. In Listvyanka you’ll be accommodated at the hotel. Lunch. Si...
To read more...