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Barguzin mointains, July 2015

Kostya Beketov, Yuri Galachjants, Slava Zavjalov.

Detailed report about the trip (in Russian): http://slazav.xyz/lib/barg15.htm'

Beginning of our route -- Kiron station on BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline) railroad. Wide valley of Upper Angara river between Barguzin and Upper-Angara mountain ranges. Hot weather, lots of mosquitoes, smog because of forrest fires.

There are meadows, swamps, lakes in the valley. There are roads and such constructions made by shepherds or fishermen.

We use a lightweight self-made catamaran to cross Upper-Angara.

We floated three kilometers down the river, it was a very nice part of the trip.

We are going to walk up this ridge.

mountain Kiron

Walking from the river to mountains

It is very hot, but we donQQt want to take off our coats because of pests.

Finally we went out of the forest. There is a nice view to Upper Angara valley.

a snow patch near our camping place -- a source of water

the camping place

Rhododendron camtschaticum

A good places for walking. White flowers are ledum (labrador tea).

The mountain is called Dead ManQQs Nose, it is the first high mountain (2654 m) near our way. Air is smoggy and we decided not to go to the top.

The mountain looks like a half face of a man

the nose

dwarf birch

rose

There is no good way on top further and we have to go down to Ilokaluj river along this small tributary.

crossing the tributary

On our way we got to dense bushes of siberian dwarf pine.

Ilokaluj river

Next morning the weather is rainy. We are walking up the river. There are small icings on it.

a cube

Upper reaches of the river. We came into a cloud and finding our way between small lakes, rocks, bushes.

a sand beach

a scree shore

We came close to the pass and camp under such nice rocks.

Cooking kasha, drying some woods for making fire in the morning.

a tiny lake in a stone crack -- our source of water

the same place

our pass (in the left part of the picture)

From the large lake we came to a step of the valley close to the pass.

A raindeer is running nearby. Then we see that it sweems across the lake.

Ascending the pass. Snow is good for walking.

The pass leads to Upper Akuli river, but we are not going there. We are walking along a ridge to a neighboring pass which leads to Svetlaya river. The ridge continously become narrow.

We go from the ridge to a scree under the next pass.

Descending to Svetlaya river.

weather gets better

bumble-bee and rhododendron aureum

we go round a large lake

There is a small watershed behind the lake, which leads to a next tributary of Svetlaya river. We are going to the rocky mountains behind it. Our next pass is near rocks which are seen in the background on the right.

a river beginning at the lake

a view down Svetlaya river

We found an old ruinous cabin and camp near it.

This is our next pass at a distance, between rocks. To the left of it there is a funny rock pinnacle.

evening view down the valley

Next morning the weaher is excellent.

Through a small watershed we came to a cirque with our pass. Very nice place with a frozen lake and plenty of snow surrounded by rocks.

ascending the pass

a view down Svetlaya river

It is again a double pass. The first one leads again to Upper Akuli, but we go to the second one which leads to river Aku.

descending the pass

capes and islands in a large lake

Through a watershed we finally came to Upper Akuli river.

We was here in 2004. In the center there is Amulimashkit mountain (2437 m) which we climbed at that time.

The next pass to Tala river.

Valley of Tala river with rocky mountains. We were here in 2009. Now we are going to the pass in the right part of the picture.

a convenient way down

Tala valley

a view down the river

rocks in an evening light

In the morning we meet the first bear.

onion

our next pass

and the previous pass

a snow ledge above the pass

There is a watershed behind the lake and wide Tompuda valley behind it.

Weather is very hot, we are swimming every day starting from this moment.

ascending from the lake

Tompuda valley. Our next pass is seen in the center.

Rocks on the left side of the valley. ItQQs the same ridge which we saw from Tala river.

and this is a mountain on the right side of the valley

rocks in a tributary valley

deers

a view down Tompuda river

swamp

on the pass

upper reaches of Tompuda valley

rocks at a distance

The pass leads to a deep valley of Froliha river. Behind the lake dense bushes and forest start.

the lake and the pass

beginning of dense bushes

there are also canyons on the river

and larde stones

We came to Froliha river. There is a trail along it.

After some time we are leaving Froliha river and walking uphill again.

The valley is covered with bushes.

In the evening we came to a platou with lakes and stopped here. A mountain cirque with rocks is seen in front of us.

Deep Froliha valley is behind us.

Aquilegia pyrenaica

our next pass

The last camping place. Funny willow trees on pebble.

burned forest on the other side of the valley

Ulugna river

Early in the morning we are walking to Ulunkhan village on good roads in a pine forest.

buddhist stupa in Ulunkhan village

Barguzin valley. We missed the morning bus in Ulunkhan and was moving by hitchhiking and random buses to Alla, Kurumkan, Barguzin, Ulan-Ude and finally to Irkutsk.

Kurumkan village

a picture in Kurumkan