Skating on the ice of Lake Baikal. Active tour

Air and railway tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

Additional medical insurance is not included in the price of the tour. If desired, you can apply for insurance on the website of a Large Country without commission directly from insurance companies.

• We do not recommend taking children under the age of 14 on this tour. Teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 can only participate if accompanied by their parents or legal guardians. The participation of teenagers is strictly by prior agreement with the organizers BEFORE the conclusion of the contract
• Drinking alcoholic beverages on our tours and using drugs are not welcome. This is both a security measure and a measure of cultural recreation.
• We estimate the complexity of the tour as "Average". If you have no hiking experience, you do not burden yourself with systematic sports activities and all your travels before that took place in warm countries with accommodation in comfortable hotels, then it is worth thinking about. Baikal on skates, even with accommodation in camp sites, is a tour with serious running loads, ascetic conditions of sleep and rest.
• Special training is not required for participation, but it is worth remembering that the tour program provides for long hiking (skating) in difficult weather and climatic conditions (low temperatures up to -35 ° C). Of course, before the start of the skating part of the program, we will conduct an instruction and training, but we strongly recommend that participants visit the ice rink or go roller skating at least 3-5 times 1-2 months before the tour date.
• Participants should pay special attention to collecting equipment and take our requirements regarding this issue seriously (see "What to take with you" below).

Irkutsk has an airport where planes fly from different regions of Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The gathering place of the group at the railway station (at the address Chelnokova Street, c1) can also be reached by train or by car.

Our tour starts in Irkutsk, from where we take the participants to Olkhon Island by minibus.

The participants independently arrive at the gathering place of the group in Irkutsk.

Professional guides-instructors with extensive travel experience, special training and first aid certificates

- A group first aid kit with a wide range of medicines and dressings

- The group is registered with the Ministry of Emergency Situations

- Mobile communication is present on more of the route

First of all, don't worry about it. Before going on the route, we study and train for 60 - 90 minutes, usually this is enough for most participants. It is advisable to practice skating before arriving at Lake Baikal: take a few classes or just rent roller skates or regular skates and go to the ice rink. If you still couldn't manage your skates and you realized that it was "not mine", then you can walk in the "ice floes" accompanied by a second instructor. Walking, of course, is a little slower than skating, but it is also quite acceptable.

The average temperatures in February-March are about -15C degrees, but at times they can drop to -30C. The air on Lake Baikal is dry, so low temperatures are relatively easier to tolerate than in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

The thickness of the ice in February-March is usually about 1 meter, which makes it safe to walk on it and even drive a car. But there may be cracks, washouts near rocks and holes in seals, so you need to be careful and strictly follow the safety precautions and instructions of the instructor.

We have 3 running days and 1 day with a radial route: 1st day - 12 km (radial), 2nd day - 11 km, 3rd day - 25 km and 4th day - 15 km.

The main operators catch on Olkhon: MTS, Megafon, Beeline, Tele2. In settlements and close to them, communication is better, further away from them it is worse. In general, there is some kind of connection every day and on all sections of the route.

These are sleds, which are mainly used by fishermen and tourists. They are a plastic tub, which is attached with a 2-3 meter rope to the belt. A backpack with your belongings is "riding" in the travois. They walk very easily on the ice, sometimes you even forget that they are attached to you. It's a little more difficult in the snow, but it's still easier than carrying a backpack on yourself. Of course, the sledge is dragged through the ice hummocks on its back: for this, the backpack is placed in them with straps outwards. Each participant carries his own travois independently.

The format of the trip is a skating trip with overnight stays at tourist bases. Participants will carry their belongings (backpacks) with them on special sledge-sleds tied to a belt with a long sling – this is a common and convenient way of transporting cargo on winter hikes over flat terrain. Daytime trips between camp sites are within the power of most active people, but it is important to be able to skate.