Trekking to the Konzhakovsky stone is one of the most popular tourist routes, accessible, due to its remoteness, mainly for hikers. The length of the walking part of the trail is about 21 kilometers one way. The trail to Konzhak passes through the Job's plateau.
Iovskoe plateau is a mountain plateau located at an altitude of 1100 to 1200 meters above sea level, at the foot of the Konzhakovsky stone mountain. The plateau is interesting not only for the view of the surroundings that opens from it, but also for the abundant "herbs". During the period of active flowering of grasses, the plateau becomes like a green carpet, iridescent with different colors ...
Walking along the plateau, in fact, as well as throughout the entire mountain range, you need to be careful: grasses and moss grow on stones - kurumnik, enveloping the stone and the space between the stones - it is quite possible to stumble and get hurt. During the period of snow melting and after rains, water flows between the stones in abundant streams, heading from the lower point of the Job Plateau, the Job's Gap, replenishing the Job River that originates here ...
On the plateau, especially from the height of the foothills of the Konzhakovsky stone, you can see a small patch - a lake. The lake is not simple. Once upon a time, 200 years ago, on the site of the lake there was a quarry in which platinum was mined.
The dunite deposits found at the foot of the mountain, on the territory of the Iovka plateau, laid the foundation for the development of a quarry, and as a result, the laying of a road for transporting the extracted material. By the way, dunite is a rock consisting of olivine with an admixture of chromite, used in industry as a refractory material. It is assumed that the quarry will be no more than 500 meters in diameter and up to 30 meters deep.
The photos clearly show the outlines of the future quarry (click on the photo to enlarge) ...
Actually, the presence of a road, not yet closed for ordinary tourists, made it possible to carry out a car trip almost to the foot of the Konzhakovsky stone.
Mount Konzhakovsky stone, located in the southern part of the Northern Urals, on the territory of the Sverdlovsk region, is one of the highest peaks of the Ural ridge. The height of the mountain is 1569 meters. The foothills of the Konzhakovsky stone are covered with a dense coniferous forest, which gradually disappears as you ascend to the top of the mountain. Starting from about 900 - 1000 meters, the slopes of the mountain are already covered with mountain tundra and stone placers - kurumnik.
The name of the mountain is associated with the name of the hunter - vogul Konzhakov, whose yurt stood at the base of the mountain many years ago.
Climbing the mountain does not require special athletic training, but a certain physical endurance will not hurt you. The trail goes along a flat path and along a kurumnik. In some places you have to move, jumping from stone to stone, and even climb up the stone massif. In June, there is still snow on Konzhak, so part of the trail goes on slippery falling snow. It is better and safer to follow the marked trail.
An excellent view of the surroundings opens from the Konzhakovsky stone. In clear weather, the entire ridge and gorges are visible at a glance.
No less beautiful views open up on the way to the Konzhakovsky stone.
The weather conditions are also impressive: within an hour you can get into a dense cloud front and see a rainbow spreading wide over the mountains of the Northern Urals.
The road to Konzhakovsky stone
The road to Konzhakovsky stone is more suitable for SUVs; Nissan X-Trail and Toyota RAV were spotted at the foot of the mountain. On the way, the VAZ "six" was also met ...
During heavy rain, as well as during intense snow melting, the road in places turns almost into a mountain river.
In some places on the sides of the road, especially on the darkened side of the mountain, there is snow.
How to get to Konzhakovsky stone by car, GPS coordinates
Coordinates of Konzhakovsky stone: N 59º37.915 '; E 59º08,052 '.
Konzhakovsky stone is the highest point of the Sverdlovsk region and one of the highest peaks of the Urals - 1569 meters. Part of the mountain range, represented by several peaks: Serebryansky stone, Trapezium, Tylaysky stone and others. The place is well-known and popular among tourists not only in the Urals, but also in Russia - the Konzhak marathon with a race to the top is held here every summer. In the depths of the mountain, minerals are hidden, which form magnetic anomalies in some places, knocking down the compass needle. Snow in small pieces, sometimes, does not melt all summer.
- 6 years of experience in organizing ascents to the Konzhakovsky stone
- Dozens of climbers of different ages who have visited the summit
- Upon completion, a certificate of ascent is issued, as well as a commemorative badge of the tourist club
Mount Konzhakovsky stone is located 400 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg. It is a popular destination for beginner hikers and climbers. Climbing the Konzhakovsky stone in November is an interesting and exciting adventure, which is suitable not only for those who first get acquainted with the hiking life, but also for those who want to warm up before a more serious route. A camping stove will fill a special winter tent with warmth, and preparing the camp for the night will allow you to look at yourself and others from a new perspective.
Overnight stays during the ascent will be in a tent with a stove that is heated all night. Therefore, it will be warm - we will not freeze!
Due to the short duration of the route, you can safely go on the route with families: both with teenagers and slightly younger participants (having previously discussed this issue with the organizer).
Having been in the mountains just once, you will strive again and again to the place where you can touch the clouds. But if you have never been to the mountains yet, then it's time to think about a mountain trip. For example, take part in the ascent to the Konzhakovsky stone.
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1. Route and requirements 2. Hike plan 3. Cost of participation 4. Recommendations for equipment
Yekaterinburg city - Krasnoturinsk city - Konzhakovka river - "Glade of artists" - Iovskoe plateau pass - Konzhakovsky stone mountain (1,569 meters) - Iovskiy dip pass - Konzhakovka river - Krasnoturinsk city - Yekaterinburg city.
Required documents: passport, medical insurance policy
Requirements for the physical training of participants: it is desirable to have good physical shape, the absence of chronic diseases. The summit is also suitable for beginners.
Participation rules and safety precautions when climbing the Konzhakovsky stone
1 day
The whole group meets at 08:00 local time at the Marins Park Hotel in the center of Yekaterinburg (map). Prelaunch photo, seating and departure to the north of the Sverdlovsk region. To the desired place is almost 450 kilometers, or 8-9 hours with stops at roadside cafes. Before reaching the village of Kytlym, near the Konzhakovka river, we set up a camp, collect enough firewood to heat the stove at night. Dinner.
2nd day
Breakfast. We collect the camp and move to the clearing of the Artists. To the top of Konzhak (1569 meters) about 21 km from our first camp. There are 13 of them to go through. Usually the trail is well trampled by snowmobiles, so it goes well, the feet do not fall into the snow. If you have drags, you can take them with you and carry your backpack in them. On the way to the glade of Artists, you will need to cross small rivers several times. There are log bridges in both places, but they are icy and you need to be careful and careful when crossing. After a small ascent and descent, the road finally takes up and gradually gains height to the very Job plateau, where we will go tomorrow. Depending on the weather conditions and the preparedness of the group, the transition to the glade of Artists can be made either without lunch or having a snack halfway before it. Upon arrival at the clearing, we set up a camp, set up tents, prepare firewood, settle down - here we have to spend 2 nights.
Day 3
Day of the summit. Breakfast, packing. We take with us thermoses with hot tea / coffee, a snack, spare gloves and hats (for this you can take a small backpack with you or empty a compression bag) and set off. From the camp to the top, you need to gain about 770 meters of altitude, or about 8 km on foot. The slope at the initial stage is quite steep, the snow is not so trampled down, it is more difficult to go. Having climbed the Iovskoe plateau, you can take a break, look around the surroundings from a height of 1100 meters and take a picture with the monument to the 300th anniversary of the Ural metallurgy. Then we continue our way to the top. In November, this is a completely snow-covered route, in some places under the snow you can feel boulders, and in summer you have to go not only along the path, but also along the kurum. Ascent usually takes 3-4 hours. The highest point of Konzhak (1569 meters) is marked with a tricolor and a metal cross - you can't miss it. In good weather, a magnificent view opens up from the highest point of Konjak. After a photo session and a snack, we begin our descent from the top. There is no need to rush - the slope is steep in places. The descent will take about 2-3 hours. If you love and know how to ride a snowboard or downhill skiing, you can take them with you on the route and go down from the top on them. Upon returning to the camp, dinner and rest.
4th day
Waking up (possibly early), breakfast, packing up the camp. We pass 13 km along the road that leads to the clearing of Artists. We have lunch, wait for the ordered transport, sit down and go home. The journey also takes 8-9 hours, 450 km. The bus will take the group to the Marins Park Hotel. Estimated arrival time is 20:00.
The route or the schedule of movement along the route can be adjusted on the spot, based on weather conditions, the preparedness of the group and other circumstances.
Program cost: 8 900 rub.
Included in the price:
- Transport Ekaterinburg - Konzhakovka river and back (by car)
- Meals on the route (we cook ourselves on a fire, burners)
- Group equipment (tent-hangar "Arctic", stove, gas, burner, pharmacy)
- Instructor
The price does NOT include:
- Meals at a roadside cafe during the trip
Clothes and footwear:
- Trekking boots, insulated boots;
- Leggings or shoe covers with galoshes;
- Socks: 2-3 pairs of cotton, 1-2 pairs of woolen or warmed;
- Thermal underwear top + bottom;
- 2 pairs of pants, trekking trousers (cotton, membrane, fleece, etc.);
- Windproof pants, raincoat;
- T-shirts 2-3 pcs, warm jacket or sweater 2-3 pcs;
- Jacket with a hood, anorak, down vest;
- Warm down jacket with a hood;
- Gloves, insulated gloves or mittens;
- Several hats, a cap or a bandana, balaclava;
Kerzhaks are representatives of the Old Believers, carriers of the culture of the North Russian type. They are an ethno-confessional group of Russians. In the 1720s, after the defeat of the Kerzhensky sketes, they fled east to the Perm province, fleeing political and religious persecution. They have always led a rather closed communal life due to strict religious rules and traditional culture.
Kerzhaks are one of the first Russian-speaking inhabitants of Siberia. Here the people were the basis of the Altai masons, they opposed themselves to the "racial" (Russian) later settlers of Siberia. But gradually, due to their common origin, they were almost completely assimilated. Later, all Old Believers were called kerzhaks. In remote places to this day there are Kerzhatsk settlements, which practically do not contact the outside world.
Where live
From the Urals, the people settled throughout Siberia, to the Far East and Altai. In Western Siberia, people founded villages in the Novosibirsk region: Kozlovka, Makarovka, Bergul, Morozovka, Platonovka. The last two no longer exist. Today the descendants of the Kerzhaks live in Russia and abroad.
Name
The ethnonym "Kerzhaki" comes from the name of the river Kerzhenets, which is located in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Number
Due to the Soviet transformations of society, the influence on it of such factors as collectivization, atheism, dispossession, industrialization, many descendants of the Kerzhaks ceased to observe ancient traditions. Today they consider themselves to be an all-Russian ethnos, they live not only throughout the territory of Russia, but also abroad. According to the population census conducted in 2002, only 18 people ranked themselves as Kerzhaks.
Religion
The people believed in the Holy Trinity of the Orthodox Church, but in their religion they retained faith in various unclean spirits: brownies, water spirits, goblin, etc. The “worldly” - adherents of official Orthodoxy - were not allowed to pray on their icons. Together with the Christian faith, the people used many secret ancient rituals.
Each morning began with a prayer, which was read after washing, then they ate food, went about their business. Before starting any business, they also said a prayer, overshadowed themselves with two fingers. Before going to bed, they offered up prayers and only then went to sleep.
Food
Kerzhaks were cooked according to old recipes. They cooked various jelly, from the first courses they ate thick kerzhatsk cabbage soup with kvass with barley grits. Sour dough was used to make open pies "juice shangi", which were smeared with hemp juice. Porridge was made from cereals and turnips.
During the fast, fish pies were baked; it is noteworthy that the fish was used whole, not gutted. It was only cleaned, rubbed with salt. The whole family ate such a pie, made a circular cut on it, removed the top "lid", broke the pie into pieces, and ate fish from the pie with forks. When the upper part was eaten, they pulled over the head and removed it along with the bones.
In the spring, when all supplies were running out, Great Lent began, during this period they ate fresh greens, leaves with shoots of horsetail, bitter turnip (rape), pickled whitewash, and gathered nuts in the forest. In the summer, when haymaking began, rye kvass was harvested. On it they made green okroshka, radish, drank with berries. Vegetables were harvested at the Dormition Fast.
For the winter, kerzhaks harvested berries, soaked lingonberries in tubs, ate with honey, fermented wild garlic, ate with kvass and bread, fermented mushrooms and cabbage. Hemp seeds were roasted, ground in a mortar, added water, honey and eaten with bread.
Appearance
clothing
For a very long time, the people remained committed to traditional clothing. Women wore kosoklinny sarafans made of fabrics (dubas). Sewed them from painted canvas, satin. They put on light canvas shaburs, leather cats.
Life
They have long been engaged in agriculture, growing grain crops, vegetables, hemp. There are even watermelons in the gardens of the Kerzhaks. Sheep are raised from domestic animals, and marals are raised in the Uimon Valley. The people were very successful in trade. They sell livestock products, products based on maral horns, which are considered very useful and healing.
Weaving, making carpets, sewing clothes, making accessories, ornaments, household items, souvenirs, weaving baskets, making wooden and birch bark dishes, pottery and leather production are widespread crafts. Burlap was made from hemp, oil was squeezed out of seeds. They were engaged in beekeeping, carpentry, laying stoves, artistic painting. The elders passed on all their skills to the younger generation.
They lived mainly in large families of 18-20 people. Three generations of the family lived in one family. Family foundations in Kerzhak families have always been strong. The head was a man-highway, helped by the hostess-bolshoi, to whom all the daughters-in-law obeyed. The young daughter-in-law did not do anything around the house without her permission. This obedience continued until she had a child or the young separated from their parents.
From an early age, children were taught a love of work, respect for elders, patience. They never brought up with a cry, they used instructive proverbs, parables, jokes, fairy tales. The people said: in order to understand how a person lived, you need to know how he was born, played a wedding, died.
Dwelling
Kerzhaks built chopped huts, with gable roofs, mostly rafter. The frame of the dwelling consisted of intersecting logs stacked one on top of the other. Depending on the height and method of joining the logs, different joints were made in the corners of the hut. They approached the construction of a dwelling thoroughly so that it would stand for centuries. They fenced the hut and the courtyard with a wooden fence. There were two boards as a gate, one outside the fence, the other from the inside. First we went up the first board, crossed the top of the fence and went down the other board. On the territory of the courtyard there were buildings, premises for livestock, storage of implements, tools, feed for livestock. Sometimes they built houses with covered courtyards, made sheds for hay "booths".
The situation inside the hut was different, depending on the family's income. The house had tables, chairs, benches, beds, various dishes and utensils. The main place in the hut is the red corner. There was a shrine with icons. The shrine must be located in the southeast corner. Under it were kept books, lestovki - a type of rosary of the Old Believers, made in the form of a ribbon made of leather or other material, sewn in the form of a loop. The ladder was used to count prayers and clones.
Not every hut had wardrobes, so things were hung on the walls. The stove was made of stone, installed in one corner, slightly receding from the walls in order to avoid a fire. On the sides of the oven, two holes were made for drying mittens and storing seryanka. Above the table there were small shelves, cupboards, where dishes were kept. We lit houses using the following fixtures:
- splinters
- kerosene lamps
- candles
The concept of beauty was closely connected with the cleanliness of the home of the Kerzhaks. The mud in the hut was a shame for the hostess. Every Saturday women from early morning started cleaning, thoroughly washed everything, cleaned with sand for the smell of wood.
Culture
An important place in the folklore of the Kerzhaks is occupied by lyrical drawn-out songs, accompanied by a very peculiar voice lead. They are the basis of the repertoire, some wedding, soldier's songs can be attributed to it. The people have a lot of dance, round dance songs, sayings, proverbs.
Kerzhaks living in Belarus have a peculiar singing style. Their culture was influenced by life in this country. One can easily hear the Belarusian dialect in singing. The musical culture of the settlers also included some genres of dance music, for example, cool.
Traditions
One of the strict religious rules of kerzhaks is the crossing of a glass when it was taken from someone else's hands. They believed that evil spirits could be in the glass. After washing in the bathhouse, they must turn over the pots, into which the "bath devils" could move. You need to wash until 12 o'clock at night.
Children were baptized in cold water. Marriages among the people were strictly allowed only with fellow believers. One of the features of kerzhaks is their attitude to the truth and the given word. The following words were always spoken to young people:
- go to the barn and joke there alone;
- do not light up, carcasses, until it flares up;
- you will dissemble, the devil will crush;
- you stand on the truth, it is difficult for you, but stop, do not turn around;
- pledgea nedahe - sister;
- Slander that coal: it will not burn, so it will stain.
If the kerzhak allowed himself to say a bad word, to sing an obscene ditty, he dishonored not only himself, but all his relatives. They always said with disgust about such a person: "With the same lips, he will sit down at the table." It was considered very indecent among the people not to say hello even to a person whom you know little. After saying hello, you need to pause, even if you are in a hurry or busy, to talk with a person.
Of the nutritional characteristics, it should be noted that the people did not eat potatoes. He was even called the "damn apple" in a special way. Kerzhaks did not drink tea, only hot water. Drunkenness was strongly condemned, they believed that hops lasted 30 years in the body, and it was very bad to die drunk, you would not see a bright place. Smoking was condemned and considered a sin. People who smoked were not allowed near the holy icons, everyone tried to communicate with him as little as possible. They said about such people: "He who smokes is worse than dogs." They did not sit down at the same table with the "worldly" ones, did not drink, did not eat from someone else's dishes. If a non-believer entered the house during a meal, all the food on the table was considered defiled.
In the families of Kerzhaks, the following rules existed: all prayers, knowledge, conspiracies must be inherited by their children. To older people, you cannot transfer your knowledge. Prayers must be memorized. You can't tell them to outsiders, the kerzhaks believed that this would make the prayers lose their power.
Traditions closely related to work were very important for the Old Believers. They are based on respect for work, which is considered good for the land and nature. The hard life of the Kerzhaks, the persecution, contributed to the respect for the land, as the highest value. Laziness and careless owners were strongly condemned. Often these were paraded in front of a large number of people. They always took care of the harvest, the health of the family, livestock, tried to pass on all their life experience to the future generation. It was considered a sin to sit down at a dirty "filthy" table. Before cooking, each hostess baptized dishes, suddenly devils jumped on it. If a stranger came into the house, they would wash the floor and wipe the doorknobs afterwards. Guests were served separate dishes. All this is due to the rules of personal hygiene. As a result, there were no epidemics in the villages of Kerzhaks.
After work, special ceremonies were carried out that returned the spent strength to the person. The land was called a mother, a wet-nurse, a grain-grower. Kerzhaks consider nature to be a living being, they believe that she understands a person, helps him.
The people had a reverent attitude towards fire and water. Forests, grasses and water were holy in their mind. They believed that fire cleanses the body and renews the soul. Bathing in healing springs was considered a second birth, a return to original purity. The water that was brought home was taken upstream from the rivers, if it was intended for medicine, it was taken downstream, while a conspiracy was pronounced. Kerzhaks never drank water from a ladle, they always poured it into a mug or glass. It is strictly forbidden for the people to pour dirty water on the banks of the river, take out garbage. Only the water that was used to wash the icons could be poured out, it was considered clean.
It was considered a sin to cry, to lament at a funeral, the people believed that the deceased would drown in tears. 40 days after the funeral, you need to visit the grave, talk to the deceased, remember him with a good word. Parental commemoration days are associated with the funeral tradition.
Kerzhaks who live today continue to observe religious rites. The older generation devotes a lot of time to prayers. There are many old icons in the homes of Old Believers. To this day, the people are trying to preserve their traditions, rituals, religion, moral foundations. They always understand that they should rely only on themselves, their skills and hard work.
Konzhakovsky Kamen is the highest mountain in the Sverdlovsk region, a popular tourist attraction. This peak is located in the Northern Urals, near the village of Kytlym.
The mountain got its name from the name of the hunter Konzhakov, a representative of the Mansi people, who lived earlier in a yurt at the base of the mountain. Konzhakovsky Stone is usually called by tourists simply Konzhak.
The height of the Konzhakovsky Stone is 1569 meters above sea level. The stone massif is composed of pyroxenites, dunites and gabbros. It consists of several peaks: Trapezium (1253 meters), South Job (1311 meters), North Job (1263 meters), Konzhakovsky Kamen (1570 meters), Ostraya Kosva (1403 meters) and others.
Interesting is the Iovskoe plateau, which is located at an altitude of 1100-1200 meters. There is a small lake on it (at an altitude of 1125 meters). From the east, the plateau drops abruptly into the valley of the Poludnevaya River with the Job's Gap.
From the Konzhakovsky Kamen massif, the Konzhakovka, Katysher, Serebryanka (1, 2 and 3), Job and Poludnevaya rivers originate.
The highest point of the mountain at an altitude of 1569 meters is marked with a metal tripod with various pennants, flags and other commemorative signs.
Altitude zoning is well traced on the Konzhakovsky stone. A coniferous forest grows in the lower part of the stone. Further, the taiga is replaced by forest-tundra. From an altitude of 900-1000 meters, a zone of mountain tundra begins with stone placers - kurums. There is snow on the top of the stone even in summer.
The unforgettable view from the top and the slopes of the Konzhakovsky stone will impress anyone. From here you can see the most beautiful mountain ranges, taiga. The view of Kosvinsky Kamen is especially beautiful. There is excellent ecology, clean air.
The way to the top of Konzhakovsky stone is best to start from the Karpinsk-Kytlym highway, where the so-called "marathon" runs - a marathon trail with markings and kilometer markings. Thanks to her, getting lost here will not work. The length of the path in one direction is 21 kilometers.
Konzhakovsky Kamen is good both for not very experienced tourists and for sports tourists. Quite complex categorical trips are also possible here. It is best to go to Konzhak for a few days with a tent. You can stop at the "clearing of artists" in the valley of the Konzhakovka river.
Since 1996, every year on the first Saturday of July, the Konzhak international mountain marathon has been held here, bringing together many participants from all over the Urals, from other regions of Russia and even from abroad. The number of participants reaches several thousand. Both champions and ordinary travel enthusiasts, young and old, participate.
How to get to Konzhakovsky stone:
Konzhakovsky Kamen is located in the north of the Sverdlovsk region, 45 kilometers west of the city of Karpinsk. From Yekaterinburg by car, you need to go along the Serov highway to Serov, then through Krasnoturyinsk to Karpinsk and along the road to the village of Kytlym. The road to Kytlym is not important. Before reaching Kytlym, at the bridge over the Katysher river there will be a turn to the right - to the Konzhakovsky stone.
By public transport you can take a bus to Karpinsk, then by suburban bus to the village of Kytlym to the place described above.