The Manpupuner plateau, on which the weathering pillars are located, is located in the Komi Republic on Mount Man-Pupu-Ner. These pillars are a unique and inimitable landmark of the Urals.
There are various legends about the appearance of these mysterious pillars. Weathering pillars are also called Mansi logs. In total, on the Manpupuner plateau there are 7 pillars with a height of 31 to 42 meters.
About 200 years ago, on the site of the Manpupuner pillars there were mountains. Many millennia have passed. Rain, snow, and winds destroyed the weak rocks, but the sericite-quartzite schists that made up the pillars remained. This is where the name “weathering pillars” came from.
In winter, the pillars are white and resemble crystal vases.
The legend of the Mansi people about the Manpupuner pillars.
The Manpupuner weathering pillars at a certain time were an idol for the Mansi people. Legends and myths were made about them.
According to one legend, in ancient times there lived a powerful Mansi tribe. Any man of this tribe could kill a bear with his bare hands. Such prosperity and power for the people was ensured by the spirits who lived on Mount Yalping-Nyer. The ruler of Mansi was Kuuschai, he had a daughter, Aim, and a son, Pygrychum. The giant Torev learned about the beauty of his daughter. He decided that he would take Aim as his wife at any cost. But the beauty refused him. When Pygrychum went to the mountains to hunt, taking some of the soldiers with him, Torev called his brothers, and together they went to the fortress where the beautiful Aim lived. With a large club, the giant destroyed both the tower where Aim cried out to the spirits for help, and the crystal castle, which shattered into thousands of fragments. By the way, since then, rock crystal fragments have been found in the Ural mountains. The girl had to hide under cover of darkness in the mountains with a handful of surviving warriors. At dawn, Aim heard the tramp of approaching giants, but it was at that moment that her brother Pygrychum arrived in time, who had returned from the hunt. The light that reflected from Pygrychum's shield hit the giants, and they turned into stones. The giants remained here forever and were called the “Mountain of Stone Idols.” Torev turned into a separate stone that resembles an inverted bottle.
In fact pillars on Manpupuner plateau much more, this group is just more crowded. In the Mansi language, weathering pillars are called Small Blockheads. Geologists believe that the seven pillars are kekurs. Kekurs are rocks that stand not in a mass, but separately, and have the shape of a pillar. People who have been near the pillars say that they were overcome by fear of such a height and the open space around them.
There is information that these places are places of worship, and rituals were held here. Tourists say that in this place you don’t want to eat, communicate, or drink.
The weathering pillars on the Manpupuner plateau in the Komi Republic are one of the 7 wonders of Russia, and every year more and more tourists visit this unusual place.
And so . Before continuing to describe our further path to the Manpupuner plateau, it’s probably worth explaining why we still went here.
One of the reasons is the difficult category route, another is the beauty of the Northern Urals. All this is certainly important, but you can find and create many challenging routes with beautiful nature in other places. In this case, the route was interesting because we visited two serious attractions at once: the Manpupuner plateau. I have already written about the Dyatlov Pass, but not yet about the plateau.
Manpupuner is one of the seven wonders of Russia, located in the Komi Republic on the territory of the Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve. This mountain is mentioned in Mansi legends and is, if not sacred, then certainly a religious place for this people. The name Manpupuner is translated from the Mansi language as “Small Mountain of Idols”. Another name for the mountain, but with almost the same meaning, in the Komi language sounds like Bolvano-iz. But it is not the mountain itself that is interesting for Mansi and tourists, but the fact that there are stone remains or Weathering Pillars on it. By the way, from the name in the Komi language, these remnants are sometimes called blockheads. It was these weathering pillars that we were aiming for, since they are truly an unusual miracle of nature. From photographs on the Internet it all looked like this: on a large plateau there are very tall pillars of stone, narrow at the bottom, widening towards the top. So, to see them with our own eyes, we had very little to do - resolve the issue with the reserve inspectors and walk to the Manpupuner plateau.
It was already getting dark, but in the northern white night the silhouette of the building of the reserve inspectors could be seen. We went to him. We passed the full house marking the border of the reserve and moved further along the well-worn rocky road. The first was TLK78 with Yura at the wheel. We moved at some distance from them. And so, after driving about a kilometer, our first car stopped and was surrounded by several people in uniform. A little further away, on the top there was another one with a rifle.
Approaching them, I saw that the people in uniform were armed, it seemed like machine guns. One of them introduced himself and showed his ID to Sergei. We went out and started talking. It turns out that these are the reserve inspectors, about whom all the hikers and motor tourists warned us. The same ones who fine everyone and turn them back, never allowing them to see one of the seven wonders of Russia - the Manpupuner plateau.
When we got out of the car, our guys pointed to me as the leader of the road trip. The senior inspector came up to me and said that we had crossed the border of the reserve and had already broken the law. And the fact that further travel is prohibited.
I said that we were going to their building to present our passes. The inspectors, it seemed to me, were surprised that someone actually arrived with passes. And I started looking for passes, and they were in a small black backpack in the trunk. Before this, after unloading the full house from the trunk, we packed our things back very quickly so as not to waste time. Therefore, it was very difficult to find anything in the trunk. I looked for my backpack with passes for several minutes, but could not find it. There was a suspicion that we might have forgotten it in front of a full house. A black backpack in the dark could easily go unnoticed. At that moment I felt uneasy; it wasn’t far to return to the full house, but it was a waste of time. So Regina decided to double-check. After searching the entire trunk, she found a backpack at the very bottom.
The inspectors were presented with passes, passports, a route book, a letter from the company that issued the passes about the full house, and a letter from the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Belarus. The senior (Sergey) called Yekaterinburg via satellite phone, clarified and checked all our data. Everything was confirmed there. After talking on the phone, two problems emerged. Firstly, the square on the map for which we were issued passes did not coincide slightly with the route to the Manpupuner plateau, and secondly, the date did not fit, we were supposed to go to the plateau only in 2 days, but we arrived faster.
In this case, the inspectors accommodated us and turned a blind eye to these minor inaccuracies. We agreed that tomorrow at 11-00 we will approach the inspectors’ building on foot, they will provide us with a guide to Pechora, where another person will be waiting for us. At the moment, we can only spend the night outside the Pechora-Ilychsky Nature Reserve, so we must carefully, in reverse, drive along the rut beyond the full house. They also showed us the best place to camp. And they explained where to go for water. Although it is far away, the water will be clean, from the source of Pechora.
We drove out very carefully, since the fines for causing damage to the landscape here are very high.
We did just that, set up tents, and started preparing food from the water we had with us. Seryoga and Oleg took the empty canisters and went to look for the source of the Pechora to get water.
When we parked the cars, a problem was discovered on Vitaly’s TLK80 - the steering wheel began to turn hard and with each turn it only got worse. They lifted the hood, checked the Dexron level, it wasn't there. Having heard this, I already knew what the problem was, since I had a similar situation on a test trip to Atamanovka.
The problem was fixed by adding power steering fluid from RAVENOL.
And let's go eat. A little later, tired Oleg and Seryoga came, they found the source and collected water. But he turned out to be one and a half kilometers away from our camp, and they had to go uphill too.
After all the work was done, we went to bed.
In the morning, getting up was scheduled for 9 o'clock, so everyone more or less got enough sleep. I decided that it would not be difficult to walk 20 kilometers lightly to the Manpupuner plateau and back, so when we came back, we would immediately have to go back, pass the swamp and stop for the day. The motivation was that if it rained, we would have to pass through the swamp for a very long time, perhaps more than one day. This plan met no objections; everyone wanted to return as soon as possible. Therefore, we quickly packed up the camp, got into our cars and drove to the border of the reserve.
They left their cars right next to a full house on the road. Most of them only had bottles of water with them. Sergei and his son Sanya took a backpack with boots, this surprised me a little, but in general it was their business. At the end of the journey, Oleg took this backpack from him to unload and help him. Everyone, as soon as they were ready, walked towards the inspectors’ building.
They were already waiting for us there, they assigned our group an accompanying person and everyone moved on. The pace and preparation were different for everyone, so the column stretched quite a lot. I walked up the rear with Sergei and Sanya, sometimes we caught up with Vitaly, who was waiting for us on purpose, and then caught up with the rest again.
From the inspectors’ module the road went down; at the beginning it was a rocky slope, an old track from cars that used to drive straight to the Manpupuner plateau. Low trees gradually appeared and soon a real mixed forest began, I noticed many coniferous trees.
We walked quietly along a rut away from cars; in some places there were fallen trees on the road that had to be walked around along small paths. The trees were knocked down, most likely so that now no one could pass here. If it weren’t for these trees, it would be quite possible to drive there, since the main difficulty was in some places deep puddles and slightly swampy areas.
We walked down almost without stopping, at some point we heard the screams of the rest of the group. Who shouted, as it seemed to me: “Arthur.” I decided that the guys had reached some stream or Pechora and were waiting for us. So we sped up a little.
After a while we left the forest, something happened that we never expected. We were met by Vitaly and two other men. They asked, where is the rest of the group? This question puzzled me, since all of our people should have already been in place. And it is simply impossible to get lost in this forest, there is only one track.
One of the men who met us, Sergei Kunshchikov, the founder of the company that issued us the passes, remained waiting, and we walked to Pechora. The second man, our guide Alexey, went to look for another part of the group.
There is a small stream in front of Pechora, apparently it merges with the main river in spring or in rainy weather. Now it was barely flowing, we walked through it among the tall grass and came out to Pechora.
This is not at all how I imagined this river. But having already seen many of the large rivers of Bashkiria not far from their sources, I was not surprised at Pechora. The width of the river in this place is about 2-3 meters. A log is thrown across Pechora, some people walk across it, while others take off their shoes and wade through the refreshing water.
On the other side of the Pechora there were four guys sitting, these were student volunteers. They responded to an invitation on the Internet that people were needed to help improve the reserve. As far as I remember, the girl and the guy were from Perm, the guy from Yekaterinburg and the girl from Yaroslavl.
While we sat and waited for the remaining group to be found, we listened to the conversations of the volunteers. It turns out that they are laying a gravel path from the post on the Manpupuner plateau to the stone outcrops themselves. And on this day they had a day off and they asked to go for a walk.
We waited for about half an hour - an hour until we heard familiar voices. And then people from our team began to appear among the tall grass.
When everyone gathered, we heard their story. It turns out that the inspector who was leading our group decided to go around the fallen tree. He walked around, but did not return to the main track, but went further into the forest along a narrow path. And the further he walked, the narrower the path became, and then it disappeared completely. Most likely, he wanted to take a shortcut, but as I later found out, he was a novice, and therefore led people in the wrong direction to the source of the Pechora, through a windfall. At some point, he told everyone to wait for him and left to look for a way. After some time he returned and left the group again and left silently. He walked for a long time, so the guys started calling him: “Inspector”, and then they called me “Arthur”. We heard these screams.
Without waiting for the inspector, the guys, using the tracks in the navigators, returned back to the track and reached Pechora themselves. There was a sea of emotions, this whole adventure turned out to be where it was not expected.
When everyone calmed down, we went to the Manpupuner plateau. The guide Alexey led us, followed by three volunteers, then our group, of all ours I was again the last, followed by one volunteer and Sergei Kunshchikov.
The road along which we walked from Pechora to the Manpupuner plateau is new, it was only paved this year in 2016. The old path is very muddy and, as Sergei said, much worse. The new road is a continuous ascent. You need to go along a walking path, through the forest and tall grass. There was mud underfoot in some places, here Sergei and Sanya changed their shoes to boots. In general, the trail is good; we crossed the streams that flow into Pechora below three times. Therefore, the guys had no problems with water; they filled their bottles every time. I didn’t drink water until the very top.
We talked with Sergei Kunshchikov all the way; he turned out to be a very active traveler. I’ve been to all continents except Australia, but I’m not going there yet, because it’s expensive to get there due to the exchange rate of the ruble. He talked about where he had been and what he had seen. About the problems of the reserve, about how his company is working towards correcting these difficulties. I also told you where I had already been and where I was going. Of course, the conversation turned to prepared vehicles. So we slowly walked out of the forest while having a fascinating conversation.
In the distance we could already see the inspectors' house, so we went to it. There was grass and flowers all around, giving off a pleasant honey aroma. But besides all this, the main advantage was that mosquitoes disappeared in the open area, as the wind was blowing.
And so we climbed up to the house, sat for a few minutes, and drank some water. Even from here the pillars were not yet visible, only the top of the tallest pillar was visible. We rested and went further along the white gravel road to pick up a guide to the Weathering Pillars on the Manpupuner plateau.
It was about a kilometer to walk from the house to the pillars, but everyone walked easily, despite the path already covered. The proximity of the final goal was telling.
And so we climbed to the top and saw the stone outcrops on the Manpupuner plateau in all its glory. What we saw in photographs on the Internet turned out to be much larger and more beautiful in person.
We reached an area covered with the same gravel as the path. By the way, our guide made sure that no one left it and spoiled the soil.
At the site, of course, we took a group photo and listened to guide Alexey’s story about how this miracle of nature was formed.
And its history is as follows: 200 million years ago in this place there were mountains higher than those that exist now. Around that time, the entire Urals were taller and younger, because they had just finished forming. And over the next 200 million years, it only collapsed; it was affected by various natural factors, one of which was the wind. Over all these millions of years, the wind blew out all the soft rock and left untouched the harder rock, of which the Weathering Pillars on the Manpupuner Plateau are made.
Of course, I understand that, as in the case of the Dyatlov Pass, I disappointed readers; there is not a word in this story about aliens, Atlanteans and other mysticism. But I can’t do anything, I brought the official scientific version, which I believe in. For those who are not satisfied with it, they can read the Mansi legend about Manpupuner on the Internet. The legend is interesting, reminiscent of the Bashkir legends about mountains and rivers. But I won’t give it here in full, since I wrote so many letters. Its essence is that these are brothers who turned into stones, protecting their sister from a giant.
Walking past the weathering pillars, you feel small next to the stone giants, apparently this is one of the reasons for the invented legends of Mansi.
Having reached the last remains, some walked around them, but most lay down on the soft moss in front of the magnificent views. And they enjoyed nature, silence, and sometimes talked quietly with each other. So we spent about two hours on the Manpupuner plateau. In the distance, through binoculars, you could see the stone town of Torre Porre Iz.
Before heading back, we ate what we had. And we went back. I had a feeling of satisfaction that my goal had been accomplished. And some kind of lightness associated with the fact that for some time we simply lay and contemplated the miracle of nature.
I think others had something similar, except that Regina expressed that she did not have enough time to realize and enjoy this place.
At the hut we waited for the whole group, said goodbye to Sergei Kunshchikov and went down to Pechora.
We reached the river quickly, since we had to go all the way down. As always, I brought up the rear; Regina and Artem walked alongside me a couple of times, but mostly we walked again with Sergei and Sanya.
The path up from Pechora was unremarkable; we were just walking. Much more often we stopped to rest. In addition to Sergei and Sanya, Radis joined us. So the four of us walked slowly.
Already approaching the border of the forest, Sanya said that it was very difficult for him to walk. Severe flat feet took its toll. I tried to make sure that Sergei and Radis went further ahead, and Sanya and I could walk quietly and communicate. I know from myself, from my children and many other people how talking helps to distract oneself when it’s hard.
So, while talking, we left the forest and approached Sergei and Radis, who were resting. Then Sanya remembered that he was very tired and everything hurt. So Sergei and I took him by the arms and essentially dragged him to the top, to the inspectors’ module. My opinion is that he could have walked there himself, despite being very tired. A person often does not realize the resources of his body.
The inspectors gave Sanya tea, Sergei agreed with them to take his son to the cars on a quad bike. We all walked to the cars, and a little later the inspectors brought Sanya to us. And we went further on our own to get water. They drive strictly on the track and only in case of emergency. Thanks to them for their help!
We backed out for the second time and returned to our camp site. Here, almost the entire team told me that they were tired. And they won’t storm any swamp. This surprised me greatly, since the hiking was easy, constant stops, rest on the Manpupuner plateau. We walked 24 kilometers, 10 km uphill and 10 downhill. But since the navigators say they can’t go any further, that means they can’t. I pitched the tent and went to bed. Sergei and Yura went for water, then everyone had dinner. Later, Artem, Oleg and Sanya were still playing the guitar, some of the people sat until late. The inspectors came again, it turns out we installed the full house in the wrong place and they went to pick it up. The guys asked to take away the stones that they had signed. On the way back, the sold-out inspectors stopped to say goodbye. They still took the stones. For which special thanks to them!
But I don’t remember this anymore, because I was sleeping and gaining strength to set off on the return journey the next day.
The Manpupuner plateau, which is located on the territory of the Pechora-Ilychsky Nature Reserve on Mount Man-Pupuner in the Komi Republic, is a real natural anomaly.
200 million years ago there were impassable mountains in this place, but the scorching sun, strong winds and prolonged rainfall destroyed them day after day. Only tall stone pillars of bizarre shapes survived, which the Mansi tribes began to worship. Therefore, translated from the Mansi language, “Man-Pupu-ner” means “small mountain of idols.” The height of the pillars ranges from 30 to 42 meters.
According to one legend, these stone sculptures were once people from a tribe of giants. One of them wanted to marry the beautiful daughter of the Mansi leader, but received an open refusal. Becoming enraged, the offended giant and his relatives attacked the settlement where the beauty lived. The girl's brother arrived in time, and with the help of his enchanted weapon, received from good spirits, turned the giants into huge stones.
According to another legend, giants once lived in these parts who ate human flesh and no one could defeat them. One day the giants decided to cross the Ural Range to feast on the Mansi tribe, but the shamans called upon the spirits and turned the giants into blocks of stone.
It is also interesting that both legends feature the same mythical creatures and have the same outcome. Other sources even contain clarifications: the last giant tried to escape, but he too met a terrible fate - this explains why one of the pillars stands away from the rest.
Subsequently, the Mansi deified this place and worshiped it, but it was strictly forbidden for anyone other than shamans to climb the Manpupuner plateau.
Not everyone will be able to see the miracle of nature with their own eyes. The path to it lies along a raging river, through the remote taiga, under heavy winds and freezing rain. At some times of the year, only a helicopter can get there. A random or unprepared person will never get to Manpupuner - the stone giants reliably keep their secrets.
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The weathering pillars in Komi are classified as one of the seven wonders of Russia and are of natural origin. They are represented by seven vertical stone blocks ranging from 30 to 42 m in height, formed by hard shale rock. The softer sediments were washed away over millions of years of natural erosion.
A developed imagination draws figures of various creatures in the forms of stone massifs, being fertile ground for the emergence of rumors and myths.
The popularity of the plateau among tourists is due not only to its unusual and breathtaking views, but also to the centuries-old history of the place itself, which is of key importance in the legends of the indigenous peoples. Mount Manpupuner (“Mountain of Idols”), on which the pillars are located, belongs to the territory of the Pechora-Ilychsky Nature Reserve and is a nature conservation area.
Despite the beauty of natural places, tourist travel in the Urals attracts much less interest than routes in a milder climate. It is recommended to visit the plateau with stone sculptures in the warm season, mainly in summer. Autumn weather is poorly predictable, and snowfall can occur as early as the second half of September.
The total number of tourists per year does not exceed several hundred, so the routes are often deserted. It is best to travel in a group and have minimal tourist experience, since even a short hike through the taiga is very tiring.
How to get to the weathering pillars
There are several route options that differ in time, complexity of routes and financial costs:
- Helicopter flight is the most expensive event, but the fastest. You can get to your destination and return back within one daylight hours. This type of tourism is suitable for those who want to visit the most picturesque places, but are not ready for the difficulties of walking. At the moment, flights landing on the plateau are suspended due to the reconstruction of the helipad;
- Hiking – you can go to Mount Manpupuner from the Perm or Sverdlovsk regions. The most popular route is from Ivdel;
- combined trip from Troitsko-Pechorsk - includes river rafting on a boat or catamaran and further hiking.
In almost every tourist route you have to hire a car - a UAZ or a Ural, so you need to be prepared for additional expenses. The UAZ will not be able to go as far as the Ural, so part of its journey will have to be done on foot. It is better to upload a detailed route to GPS, especially if you have little experience walking in the taiga.
GPS routes can be found on thematic forums or websites. You can also use the coordinates of the most noticeable landmarks.
To assess the difficulties of the path on foot, it is worth reading the report on its passage.
Routes for amateurs and experienced tourists
Trekking to Mount Manpupuner from Ivdel.
The total length of the route is about 200 km. It is better to go in a group of at least 4 people - it will be safer and reduce transportation costs.
You can get to the plateau in several stages:
- first by train to Ivdel (Ivdel-1 station);
- in Ivdel we hire Ural, which will take us to the starting point - the mouth of the Auspiya River;
- From the mouth of the river, a pedestrian crossing begins - the main part of the route.
After visiting the plateau, you can return the other way or take an easier route and hire a motor boat to Troitsko-Pechorsk from the Ust-Lyaga cordon.
Combined route from Troitsko-Pechorsk.
Refers to a simpler type of hike if you rent watercraft rather than use your own. Main stages of the journey:
- We arrive in Syktyvkar (by plane or train), from which we head to Troitsko-Pechorsk (by train);
- from the city we take a bus to Ust-Ilych;
- we rent a boat and raft down the Ilych River to the Ust-Lyaga cordon;
- if you are lucky and manage to negotiate with someone at the cordon (the boat from Ust-Ilych will not be allowed further), you can approach the weathering pillars even closer through the water.
You shouldn’t count on this too much, so initially plan your supplies and time with the expectation of walking from the cordon. Depending on the distance traveled by water, you will have to walk 25-40 km.
Features of visiting the mountain
Since the final goal of the hike is located on the territory of the reserve, you must take care in advance to obtain permission to visit it.
Details of the application and information about environmental protection measures are posted on the website http://www.pechora-reserve.ru
If the route starts from Ivdel, you can expect to reach Mount Manpupuner without a pass. In the latter case, you need to be prepared to pay a fine of up to 5,000 rubles. for being in a protected area without permission.
What can and cannot be done on Mount Manpupuner?
The territory of the plateau belongs to a protected zone, therefore the management of the reserve prohibits any actions related to disruption of the ecosystem.
It is prohibited to set up a camp on the mountain itself, so to spend the night you will have to walk about three kilometers to the southeast to the bank of the river. Pechory. The territory of the plateau is completely visible from the observation post, so it is unlikely that you will be able to escape unnoticed.
No more than 10 people per week are allowed on Manpupuner. This decision is due to the fact that a rare variety of white moss grows on its top, adding only 5 mm per year. For the same reason, a special helipad is now being installed on the mountain.
Rarely will a tourist go on a hike to the same place twice, so don’t be lazy to capture the pillars from all possible angles on your way. 
The remaining photos and videos will be the best reminder of the journey and will inspire you to discover yet unexplored corners of our country.
Whatever they call this beautiful and mysterious place Northern Urals: Manpupuner, Man-Pupyg-Ner, Bolvano-Iz, Mansi idiots... Tourists usually call them briefly - "Navel". Weathering pillars Manpupuner are considered one of seven wonders of Russia.
Origin and legend of the name
Translated from the Mansi language "manpupuner" means "Small Mountain of Idols". And indeed, there are seven of these remains in total. Six pillars are lined up on a flat plateau, and one stands slightly to the side. Their height is from 30 to 42 meters. They all have bizarre shapes.
For Mansi This place has long been considered holy; they forbade going here. According to one legend, the stone pillars were in ancient times seven Samoyed giants who walked through the mountains with the goal of destroying the Vogul people. But, having risen to the plateau, their leader-shaman saw in front of him the sacred Vogul Mount Yalping-ner. In horror, he threw his drum to the top (it is now called Koip - “drum”) and all seven giants were petrified with horror. Since then they have stood on this mountain plateau.
How were they formed?
Being here, it is truly difficult to believe that these mysterious pillars were formed simply due to the destruction of the mountains. Nevertheless, it is so. The pillars were formed over many millions of years as a result of weathering. The weak rocks surrounding them collapsed, but these, which turned out to be harder rocks, survived and formed this miracle of nature. Plateau pillars Manpupuner in 2008 were recognized one of the seven wonders of Russia. During the voting, more than one and a half million votes were collected for them!
The virgin beauty of this place has been preserved due to its remoteness and inaccessibility. There are no populated areas within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. For this reason, random people prone to vandalism, fortunately, do not come here. Hike to Manpupuner for unprepared people, it is only available during pick-up and drop-off by helicopter. In case of hiking, it is accessible only to experienced, well-prepared tourists. The walking route usually takes about two weeks.
Author of the photo: Yuri Ilyenko Pass, weather and clothing
The weather in these northern mountains is very cold and unpredictable. There are frequent fogs in which it is difficult to see the weathering columns and it is easy to get lost. The weathering pillars themselves are located on the territory Pechora-Ilychsky Nature Reserve and to visit them, in order to avoid problems, you need to obtain permission from his administration.
To do this, you need to write an application addressed to the director of the reserve. The application must indicate the expected duration of the trip, a list of group members, passport information and contact information. The reserve will issue you a pass and charge an environmental fee for it.
Author of the photo: Yuri Ilyenko Northern Urals- a harsh region, and therefore, when going on a winter trip to Mansi idiots, first of all, you need to take care of protecting yourself from extremely cold temperatures and wind, which can be very strong here. Particular attention should be paid to a windproof (storm suit), warm expedition jacket and shoes, which should be warm enough and protected from snow getting inside.
How to get there?
Geographically, weathering pillars Manpupuner are situated in Trinity-Pechora region of the Komi Republic, in the interfluve Pechora rivers And Ichotlyaga. It is very difficult to get to them because they are located in remote, inaccessible areas. Those with a lot of money can book a helicopter tour (however, the weather is not always favorable to tourists). The rest will have to walk for a long time.
For hikers there are two route options - from the side Komi Republic and from the side Sverdlovsk region. IN Komi Republic you must first get to the regional center Trinity-Pechorsk. There is a train from Syktyvkar. Then by car to Yaksha village, where to agree on a transfer up the Ilych by motor boat (almost 200 kilometers). After this, you have to walk another 38 kilometers. Assistance in transferring to Yaksha village can be obtained from the administration Pechora-Ilychsky Nature Reserve.
Author of the photo: Yuri Ilyenko Hike to Manpupuner from the outside Sverdlovsk region much longer and heavier. First you need to get to city of Ivdel(you can get there by bus or train from Ekaterinburg). IN Ivdel on the basis of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, you can agree on a transfer in an all-terrain vehicle up to Auspiya River. Having arrived, you need to walk along Auspiya River to the west about 20 kilometers, then climb the infamous
