trips - Backpacking in Siberia

Trip Info

Dates: 8/1 - 8/15/08
Trip Organizer: Victor
Location: The Sayan Mountains

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Description

We are going to make a budget hike to the Sayan Mountains (south-western Siberia) in August. This route for those who love wilderness areas, thirst for adventure and discovery, who aren’t afraid of passing through the mountains, crossing mountain rivers.

It’ll take two or three weeks (we haven't decided about exact dates). We’re going to ground a base camp (about 3 days away from the motorway) and make a rambles from the base camp to valleys and peaks which are located nearby.

Some words about the area: High-water rivers full of fish, beautiful lakes surrounded by virginal taiga and forbidding rocks, woods and mountains inhabited by wild animals (e.g. snow leopard - very rare species), luxuriant flowering of the alpine meadows and modest beauty of the mountain tundra, loads of the mushrooms and berries. You may see various forms of the relief: both smoothed and steep mountains with mountain height up to 9800 ft. (3000 m.). The climate is harshly continental, average summer temperature is 60 °F (16 °C), but the difference in temperature between bottom lands and mountains sometimes may achieve 68 °F (20 °C).

If you would like to join us please send an email to me bushkov@sibmail.com
Victor

Photos of the Sayans:
http://www.thebackpacker.com/pictures/album/vacv4ek2.php