On a unique place Altai Walk

• on a unique place Altai Walk

Ukok Plateau in the south of Altai - unique place. High plateau, which keeps a lot of secrets and unsolved mysteries. Mummy, burial mounds, UFO line of cosmic energy - all mixed into a kind of hodgepodge, which is described by the tabloids, such as AIDS information. But if you lose the husks remain a beautiful place, with hundreds of lakes and rivers, snowy mountains and the cool wind from the glacier.

We continue to talk about our trip on the Ukok Plateau. It turned out very nice and varied. Despite the small size of the plateau, it is fraught with a lot of landscapes and species. We drove through the most beautiful, and I hope that it was possible to remove a lot of beautiful stuff.

Lake Drive was to happen almost at the other end of the plateau, where you had to cross the river. When they had come to her, this infection has done us a nasty surprise. There was so much water that it washed away all traces of the ford. In normal summer river boost without any problems in almost any off-road vehicles, and here the level rose dramatically. Yes, and even scored a river of mud from melting glacier and literally turned into milk.

In the Ukok we went to two "loaf". This mega-machine traversed! What we took the hills, puddles, marshes ... She does not care. Eat and not choke) I think this is the best machine for the harsh Russian reality. There is a pile-Zyl 131 and Gas-66. These are the best off-road machines. In general, we did not find a ford. The water was too much. So we turned around and went in the opposite direction, to go around the river.

By the way, both through the primer ran the Wolf. Skinny, young. While traveling, the wolf did not pay attention to us. Only stopped as he stood for a moment - and darted down the slope. Obviously pursuit of hikers we met on the road))

Finally, we got to the parking lot. We quickly set up tents and do dinner. Sunset did not bode - all cloud instantly inflated.

A little sunset light fell on top of Tabyn-Bogda Ola. But a cloudless sky presaged a good night shooting!

The Milky Way. shooting parameters: F2, 8, iso 4000, 30 s.

Our hospitable house and lures, and lures in the darkness of the night ...

The next morning was wonderful. Around Milk silence and blinding peaks in the misty tears!

The fog light carried by the wind. He looked like the waves of the sea, it will wash, then retreat back. Soon the top disappeared into the misty veil.

And the sun was trying to cut through the foggy mist, but could not get it.

On the grass lay frost.

After a couple of hours by fog or no trace remains. But in the bright morning sun it was clearly seen that the lake is too milky. The whole lake of milk! Drink it - do not want to)

The river, whose banks were shackled by ice. Sun has made a unique ice sculpture. Yes, and the river water was surprisingly warm, so that did not want to get out of it.

A beautiful place.

On the night stopped at a small lake, from which just took the start of the river with icy shores. Quiet, peaceful place, with beaches covered with cotton grass. Pushitsaaaaa !!! I love this plant! How many of the photographic potential of her) I think my colleagues will understand.

In the water stream, which flows into the lake bloomed hornwort - is known aquatic plant. Bloomed thick, floating on the water surface integer islets white.

Wild clouds over the lake.

I'm not talking about that on the Ukok Plateau in the southern Altai just a huge population of marmots and ground squirrels? Groundhog Day, remember? The film with meaning. So, imagine that such a darkness marmots running around the plateau. Sometimes you do not even pay attention to us, lazily running from mink to mink. In the grass trampled down the whole road, highway, on which to race these tolstozhopiki.