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Kodar: The Siberian Alps. Trekking, optional climbing.
Region: Russia, South Siberia, Kodar Range
Activity: trekking, sightseeing, optional
climbing.
Trip Category: special
Difficulty: medium, no need of special
skills or gear (kids from 16 years old are allowed).
Dates: July - mid-September.
Kodar is mountain land (with
the same name range as a backbone) situated in South Siberia, to the North-West
from the Lake Baikal, near BAM railway. The feature of this area (besides
it's remote position- really uncrowded as one could ever imagine!)
is it's pure Alpine shape, with vertical walls peaks (the highest summit
- Peak BAM, 3072 m), glaciers, mountain lakes, alpine meadows with
myriad of flowers and even sands like in Sakhara!. Moreover, as a special bonus, the trekkers can visit
the wistfully famous Stalin's GULAG camp!
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Sakukan
valley.
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Peak
BAM (3072 m).
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Waterfall
in canyon.
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Deers
and local people.
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Peak
Azarova.
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Mountain
hut (old meteostation).
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Peak
Irkutianka.
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Mountain
lake .
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Peak
Polivanova.
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Valley
and the sky.
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Stalin's
GULAG camp. Watch-tower.
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Stalin's
GULAG camp. Trolley's trails.
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Stalin's
GULAG camp. Barracs and mines.
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