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Trekking in mountains of the Northern Urals

Duration - 9 days

Program of tour:
1 day
Arrival in Ekaterinburg
Transfer to hotel
Accommodation in hotel (double room). 
Lunch
Excursion program. Visit to museum.
Dinner
2 day
Breakfast in hotel
Transfer to the settlement Kytlym.
On the way: the town Neviyansk (visit the Neviyansk’s  Inclined Stone Tower), Nizhnij Tagil, Karpinsk.
Neviyansk is one of the oldest metallurgical centres in the Urals. This excursion is developed for everyone who is interested in the history of one of the richest regions in the world and for the guests of the Urals. The excursion presents you with an old town, the so-called town-plant, Neviyansk, situated 86 km from Ekaterinburg. You'll learn the history of the mining and metallurgical industry in the Urals and also about the famous dynasty of merchants of the 17th and 18thth centuries - the Demidov’s
You'll visit a unique monument of the past - the Inclined Stone Tower, which was Akinfii Demidov’s mint. There are a lot of myths and legends connected with the tower. One concerning the counterfeit coins of Akinfii Demidov which actually contained a greater percentage of silver than the government money – probably the only time in history where fake money was worth more than real money.
Start of trekking.
Accommodation in tent camp.
Dinner.
Spend the night in double tents
3 day
Breakfast.
Climbing the mountain Serebryanskij  Kamien.
Lunch near the top.
Trekking along the ridge towards Mt. Konzhakovskij Kamien
Accommodation in tent camp.
Dinner.
Spend the night in double tents
4 day
Breakfast.
Climbing the mountain Konzhakovskij Kamien - the highest top of the Sverdlovsk district.
Lunch on the top (1569 m).
Return to the camp. Russian Baths.
Dinner.
Spend the night in double tents.
5 day
Breakfast.
Trekking to the road.
Transfer to the camp near stream Zhigalan (100 km).
On the way:
The town Karpinsk
The town Severouralsk
On the way after the town Serverouralsk:
The first stop will be on the pass where the road crosses a small sub-meridional ridge “the Fur-tree ridge”. From here we can see the ranges of the main Ural ridge in the west and smooth outlines of the mountains Kumba and Zolotaya (in Russian  - “Gold”) in the east.
After “the Fur-tree ridge” our bus goes upwards on the main Ural ridge.
The following stop is near the obelisk marking the boundary of Europe and Asia.
Pass the Main Ural Ridge at the foot of the Mt. Kazanskij Kamien.
Lunch.
Accommodation in tent camp.
Dinner.
Spend the night in tents.
6 day
Early breakfast.
This day we will climb the plateau Kvarkush and see the 10 m high rocks - similar to those on the plateau Man-Pupy-Ner and visit the reindeer herdsman who lives at the foot of the Mt. Vogulskii Kamien – we  will climb this mountain.
Lunch
Accommodation in tent camp on the bank of the stream Zhigalan.
Dinner
7 day
Breakfast
Walk along the waterfalls on the stream Zhigalan.
Return to the camp.
Russian baths.
Dinner. Spend the night in tents.
8 day
Breakfast
Transfer to Ekaterinburg .
Lunch
Accommodation in hotel (double room)
Farewell dinner
9 day
Breakfast in hotel
Transfer in airport
Departure of tourists

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