History, mountains and nature in an indissoluble union - Part 8

NORTH OSSETIA - TOURIST REGION (continued, ch.8) great interest is the campaign to tional police glacier. On steep slopes down to the valley of the giant mass of ice. The end of the glacier known as the "language". It ends with a grotto, from which escapes rapid Tseydon. "Language" tional police glacier descends to the level of 2200 m above sea level. This is the most accessible for inspection of the glacier. Here in the summer receive hundreds of tourists and sightseers to the eyes to look at the glacier. Visitors admire the deep fissures, windmills, ice pillars, jars, and numerous glacial rivers and streams flowing through the ice surface. Special impression leaves a fabulous spectacle icefalls - glacier, sliding from the steep rocky slopes, breaks, buying fancy shapes of pillars and blocks of ice. Tional police Morena glacier no less interesting for tourists trek to Sadonsky pass and the peak tourist. Boundless panorama of mountains, deep gorges, an abundance of colorful mountain flowers alpine and subalpine meadows, enduring all things. In mountain villages Tsey Upper, Middle and Lower Tsey Tsey can get acquainted with the life of the mountaineers, to view ancient watchtowers and fortifications of the Middle Ages. On the outskirts of the village of Lower Tsey begin mountain meadows and pastures. The road is gradually transformed into a narrow path and soon leads to a young pine forest, which is usually arranged the night in pup tents. In the evening, nice to sit around the campfire, sing songs hiking, talk about how passed-roads. And early in the morning - rise to the pass. Morning in the mountains, cool and crisp. Go to the pass easily. About two hours recovery - and that's achieved Saddle Pass, situated at an altitude of 2900 m above sea level. Near - Peak Tourist height 3100 m. From a great height in the rising sun was called indescribable picture of the mountains of the Greater Caucasus with the highest point tional police horseshoe of mountains - the top Uilpata. Genaldon Gorge in winter Zeh - the realm of blinding snow and the wonderful sunny weather. At this time, here come skiing. Swirl slide them along the steep slopes. Near Tseem - Zaramagskiye Basin. Here you can get on Kassarskomu gorge. Cassara - the narrowest place on the Ossetian Military road. Sandwiched between the rocks, roaring and tossing in a stormy river gorge Ardon. Itself Zaramagskiye Basin is located at the junction of five valleys. Slopes of the valley are covered with alpine and subalpine meadows. Here, on summer pastures grazed by flocks of sheep, cows and herds of horses, many collective farms the plains of the republic. To the numerous mineral springs in the summer vacationers come from towns and villages of our country. Tatartunsky minaret (XIII-XIV centuries.) 5 km from Zaramag in a small mountain village of Nar, was born in 1859, the Ossetian people's poet and social activist, KL Khetagurov. Tourist groups that come in Zaramag, by all means visit the house Suckle Costa Khetagurov. Talking about the sights of North Ossetia, one can not say about the mountain Digoria. Although now on Digoria travel only amateur tourists and intrepid climbers, the future of this wonderful area - tourist. Start material: Completion of material: