Arshan in winter is a fascinating and beautiful sight, in this short article I will tell you what winter Arshan really is, I will tell you a little about the road to the village in winter and what entertainments await you, and, most importantly, I post photos of winter Arshan.
Let's start, of course, with the road, namely, with the road to Arshan in winter. It is worth noting that in winter, roads in Siberia are a test of endurance and courage, not every tourist can go alone on ice in a car through the taiga.
Road to Arshan in winter
The road to Arshan in winter is more difficult than in summer if you are driving from Irkutsk to the village of Kultuk, then on your way you will come across a section of the M55 highway where serious consequences can occur. I mean the section from the Glubokaya station to the Kultuk village, where the ice is more insidious on the winding road.
The entire road from Irkutsk to the village of Kultuk twists like a snake, it is impossible to accelerate and overtake the car in front, plus the ice does not make you feel confident, even if your car has anti-skid.
I can say one thing, on this road I go very often to the Sobolinaya mountain ski resort, at every turn and every day something new happens, either a car in a ditch, or a truck's brakes fail, so do not drive and drive calmly, and most importantly, be prepared for anything.
After Kultuk, the road to the final point is almost straight, and there is almost no snow on the road, since in Kultuk the winds are constantly blowing and all the snow is blown out. Further, and to the village itself, the road is very good, here the asphalt has recently changed almost 70 kilometers away, so there is where to accelerate. But the essence of rest in winter is not on the road, so we will not dwell on this paragraph of the article for a long time, then we will consider the issue of rest and entertainment in Arshan in winter.
As for the meandering of the road, I advise you to look at Google maps in advance of the route in order to avoid problems and not understand the seriousness of the winter road.
Rest and entertainment in winter in Arshan
It should be noted right away that the prices in Arshan are a bit high in winter, there are almost no tourists, and you have to live on something, and therefore prices are growing. I rented housing near a park in the very center of the village, the cost of a house for one day cost me 900 rubles. For this money, you can rent housing in the winter time almost everywhere, you can find it even cheaper, and it is not at all appropriate to book housing here in advance in winter, here it is always free and quiet at this time.
Rest in Arshan in winter is not worse, one could even say better, the air is cleaner, there are almost no local residents, there are very few tourists, you can count on one hand in a day. You can start your rest with walks in the winter park, the path has already been trodden, so it is easy to get to the waterfall. What about other types of recreation?
Many tourists take cross-country skis with them and walk towards the Buddhist temple (Datsan). Also, many go to Zhemchug for hot springs, for those who do not know how to get to Zhemchug, this is another 40 kilometers along the highway after turning to Arshan.
How can you have fun in Arshan in winter? There is a lot of entertainment here, mainly a cafe with a nightclub disco and a club "New Age". I will not advertise, but for those who like to have fun here in summer or winter, these establishments are quite enough.
I note right away that I am not a fan of going to clubs, so I will not consider this type of entertainment in winter Arshan in detail. But how you can arrange a vacation in Arshan in winter in the fresh air, I will tell you in more detail:
- Winter walks in the park
- Clean mountain air
- Very quiet atmosphere to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city
- Cross-country skiing
- And of course, in the company of friends, fry a barbecue
Photos of Arshan in winter
Maybe you will still find something to do here, but I came here to take photographs of winter Arshan, and to take photographs not of those places that all ordinary tourists are used to seeing, but of wild places where the tourist's foot very rarely passed, for this I had to go along the trail about 15 kilometers to the mountains after the waterfall.
To be honest, rest in the wild places of winter Arshan is not very safe, you constantly have to be on the lookout and come up with escape routes in case of danger. To go far into the mountains of the Tunkinskaya valley for a few days I recommend only prepared tourists, a very difficult road! But what came of it, I will show you in the photos of the winter Arshan below.
In the mountains, you can fall not only into the river but also into the gorge, I was lucky, fell into the river. And by the way, when you buy boots at a sports store, don't believe what is written on the price tag. In my case, the waterproof material got wet in a few seconds.
The first sunset of my hike in the mountains of winter Arshan, very beautiful and fresh, in the top photo you can see a tent that I bought for hiking and after that I wrote an article about choosing a tourist tent on my blog, I recommend everyone who starts choosing a tent to read some useful information from my article.
For those tourists who are going to rest here in the summer, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the information in my article about rest in Arshan in the summer, here you will find information on how to get to this place, housing prices, weather and how to dress in the mountainous area, in general, interesting and an informative article for those who are traveling for the first time.
Well, that's all, he told about the rest in Arshan in winter, warned about the road conditions, you yourself will find entertainment on your own, the main thing is to get there and there you will already figure out what to do. I advise one, be sure to try to get out here and have a great time!
