Weathering pillars or Manpupuner or Mansi blockheads - a geological monument in the Troitsko-Pechora region of the Komi Republic of Russia.
Weathering pillars are located on the territory of the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve on Mount Man-Pupu-ner (in the Mansi language - “small mountain of idols”), in the interfluve of the Ilych and Pechora rivers. The second name is "Bolvano-iz", which is translated from the Komi language as "Mountain of idols". From here came the popular simplified name of the remnants - "Doodles".
Ostantsev - 7, height from 30 to 42 m. Numerous legends are associated with the Manpupuner, before it was the object of the Mansi cult.
The Manpupuner weathering pillars are considered one of the seven wonders of Russia.
About 200 million years ago, there were high mountains in the place of stone pillars. Rain, snow, wind, frost and heat gradually destroyed the mountains and, first of all, weak rocks. Hard sericite-quartzite shales, of which the remnants are composed, were destroyed less and survived to this day, while soft rocks were destroyed by weathering and carried by water and wind into relief depressions.
One pillar, 34 meters high, stands somewhat apart from the others; it resembles a huge bottle turned upside down. Six others lined up at the edge of the cliff. The pillars have bizarre outlines and, depending on the place of inspection, either resemble the figure of a huge man, or the head of a horse or a ram. In the past, the Mansi deified the grandiose stone sculptures, worshiped them, but climbing the Manpupuner was the greatest sin.
They are quite far from inhabited places. Only trained tourists can get to the pillars. To do this, you need to get a pass from the administration of the reserve. From the side of the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm Territory there is a walking route, from the side of the Komi Republic - a mixed route - automobile, water, foot route.
Ancient Mansi legend
“In ancient times, in the dense forests that approached the very Ural Mountains, the powerful Mansi tribe lived. The men of the tribe were so strong that they defeated a bear one on one, and so fast that they could catch up with a running deer.
In the Mansi yurts there were a lot of furs and skins of dead animals. From them, women made beautiful fur clothes. The good spirits who lived on the sacred mountain of Yalping-Nyer helped the Mansi, because the wise leader Kuuschai, who was in great friendship with them, was at the head of the tribe. The leader had a daughter - the beautiful Aim and son Pygrychum. Far beyond the ridge spread the news of the beauty of young Aim. She was slender, like a pine tree growing in a dense forest, and she sang so well that deer from the Ydzhyd-Lyagi valley came running to listen to her.
Heard about the beauty of the daughter of the leader of the Mansi and the giant Torev (Bear), whose family hunted in the mountains of Haraiz. He demanded that Kuuschai give him his daughter Aim. But she refused, laughing Aim, from this proposal. The enraged Torev called his brothers the giants and moved to the top of Torre Porre Iz in order to seize Aim by force. Suddenly, when Pygrychum was on a hunt with a part of the soldiers, giants appeared in front of the gates of the stone city. The whole day there was a hot battle near the fortress walls.
Under clouds of arrows, Aim climbed a high tower and shouted: - Oh, good spirits, save us from death! Send Pygrychum home! At the same moment, lightning flashed in the mountains, thunder boomed, and black clouds covered the city with a thick veil. - Insidious, - Torev growled, seeing Aim on the tower. He rushed forward, crushing everything in his path. And only Aim had time to descend from the tower, as it collapsed under the terrible blow of the giant's club. Then Torev again raised his huge club and struck at the crystal castle. The castle crumbled into small pieces, which were picked up by the wind and carried all over the Urals. Since then, transparent fragments of rock crystal have been found in the Ural Mountains.
Aim with a handful of warriors hid under the cover of darkness in the mountains. In the morning we heard the noise of the chase. And suddenly, when the giants were already ready to grab them, Pygrychum appeared in the rays of the rising sun with a shiny shield and a sharp sword in his hands, which were given to him by good spirits. Pygrychum turned the shield towards the sun, and a fiery sheaf of light hit the giant in the eyes, who threw the tambourine aside. Before the eyes of the astonished brothers, the giant and the tambourine thrown aside began to slowly turn to stone. In horror, the brothers rushed back, but, falling under the beam of Pygrychum's shield, they themselves turned into stones.
Since then, for thousands of years, they have been standing on the mountain, which the people called Man-Pupu-Nyer (Mountain of stone idols), and not far from it rises the majestic peak of Koyp (Drum).
Another ancient Mansi legend tells of seven giants who walked across the plateau in order to destroy the Vogul people. But when they reached the top of Man-Pupu-Nera, they saw the sacred Vogul mountain Yalping-ner in front of them. The sight of it horrified the giants, and they turned to stone, and the drum, thrown aside by their leader-shaman, turned into a mountain peak south of Manpupuner - Koip, in Vogul - is the name of a percussion musical instrument.
Excursions to the Pillars of Weathering
In 2016, the reserve was closed for hiking. Driving on vehicles is also prohibited. Helicopter excursions have become an alternative; a helipad is being prepared.
Manpupuner is a hard-to-reach, uninhabited object of nature, but in combination with unforgettable beauty - its remoteness from the infrastructure creates an unusual egregor around stone boulders.
The virgin forests surrounding the reserve, legends floating in the air that the pillars are idols and the habitat of various spirits leave a truly fabulous, inexplicable impression of the greatness of this place.
The Man-Pupu-Ner plateau is called the Ural Stonehenge. And indeed, seeing weathering pillars, this is the word that comes to mind. There are beliefs that the plateau is a refuge for spirits.
Attractions around Manpupuner
Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve
One of the oldest reserves in the Urals was founded in 1930 to protect virgin forests, which are today included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List. Objects of protection in the protected area of the Komi Republic, covering over 720 thousand hectares.
The flora of the reserve is represented by almost 660 plant species. The animal world includes over 230 species of birds and almost 50 mammals - brown bears, ermines, otters, wolverines, beavers, elks. Birds are especially numerically represented by the grouse family - hazel grouse, capercaillie, black grouse. Among the inhabitants of the water depths, salmon, grayling, and taimen are of value.
Losefarm
From the first years of the founding of the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve, the world's first farm for the domestication of elks was created. Animals were quite easily tamed. Initially, they were planned to be used as mounts in teams. During the existence of the moose farm, more than 300 animals have been raised, significant research work has been carried out to study the animal, and the population of moose in the reserve has been increased. Smart animals living in the forest come to the farm before the appearance of offspring. You can see beautiful giants and little elk calves all year round.
Bear cave
The location of the natural and archaeological monument near the mouth of the Jordanian Log in the territory of the reserve has been known since 1960. Traces of the Upper Paleolithic site of an ancient man were found in a cave at a depth of 2-2.5 m. People lived in a shelter about 30 thousand years ago. Scientists have found numerous bone and stone artifacts, as well as the bones of fossil animals - tiger, ungulate lemming, musk ox, woolly rhinoceros, mammoth.
Weathering pillars or Manpupuner or Mansi blockheads - a geological monument in the Troitsko-Pechora region of the Komi Republic of Russia.
Weathering pillars are located on the territory of the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve on Mount Man-Pupu-ner (in the Mansi language - “small mountain of idols”), in the interfluve of the Ilych and Pechora rivers. The second name is "Bolvano-iz", which is translated from the Komi language as "Mountain of idols". From here came the popular simplified name of the remnants - "Doodles".
Ostantsev - 7, height from 30 to 42 m. Numerous legends are associated with the Manpupuner, before it was the object of the Mansi cult.
The Manpupuner weathering pillars are considered one of the seven wonders of Russia.
About 200 million years ago, there were high mountains in the place of stone pillars. Rain, snow, wind, frost and heat gradually destroyed the mountains and, first of all, weak rocks. Hard sericite-quartzite shales, of which the remnants are composed, were destroyed less and survived to this day, while soft rocks were destroyed by weathering and carried by water and wind into relief depressions.
One pillar, 34 meters high, stands somewhat apart from the others; it resembles a huge bottle turned upside down. Six others lined up at the edge of the cliff. The pillars have bizarre outlines and, depending on the place of inspection, either resemble the figure of a huge man, or the head of a horse or a ram. In the past, the Mansi deified the grandiose stone sculptures, worshiped them, but climbing the Manpupuner was the greatest sin.
They are quite far from inhabited places. Only trained tourists can get to the pillars. To do this, you need to get a pass from the administration of the reserve. From the side of the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm Territory there is a walking route, from the side of the Komi Republic - a mixed route - automobile, water, foot route.
Ancient Mansi legend
“In ancient times, in the dense forests that approached the very Ural Mountains, the powerful Mansi tribe lived. The men of the tribe were so strong that they defeated a bear one on one, and so fast that they could catch up with a running deer.
In the Mansi yurts there were a lot of furs and skins of dead animals. From them, women made beautiful fur clothes. The good spirits who lived on the sacred mountain of Yalping-Nyer helped the Mansi, because the wise leader Kuuschai, who was in great friendship with them, was at the head of the tribe. The leader had a daughter - the beautiful Aim and son Pygrychum. Far beyond the ridge spread the news of the beauty of young Aim. She was slender, like a pine tree growing in a dense forest, and she sang so well that deer from the Ydzhyd-Lyagi valley came running to listen to her.
Heard about the beauty of the daughter of the leader of the Mansi and the giant Torev (Bear), whose family hunted in the mountains of Haraiz. He demanded that Kuuschai give him his daughter Aim. But she refused, laughing Aim, from this proposal. The enraged Torev called his brothers the giants and moved to the top of Torre Porre Iz in order to seize Aim by force. Suddenly, when Pygrychum was on a hunt with a part of the soldiers, giants appeared in front of the gates of the stone city. The whole day there was a hot battle near the fortress walls.
Under clouds of arrows, Aim climbed a high tower and shouted: - Oh, good spirits, save us from death! Send Pygrychum home! At the same moment, lightning flashed in the mountains, thunder boomed, and black clouds covered the city with a thick veil. - Insidious, - Torev growled, seeing Aim on the tower. He rushed forward, crushing everything in his path. And only Aim had time to descend from the tower, as it collapsed under the terrible blow of the giant's club. Then Torev again raised his huge club and struck at the crystal castle. The castle crumbled into small pieces, which were picked up by the wind and carried all over the Urals. Since then, transparent fragments of rock crystal have been found in the Ural Mountains.
Aim with a handful of warriors hid under the cover of darkness in the mountains. In the morning we heard the noise of the chase. And suddenly, when the giants were already ready to grab them, Pygrychum appeared in the rays of the rising sun with a shiny shield and a sharp sword in his hands, which were given to him by good spirits. Pygrychum turned the shield towards the sun, and a fiery sheaf of light hit the giant in the eyes, who threw the tambourine aside. Before the eyes of the astonished brothers, the giant and the tambourine thrown aside began to slowly turn to stone. In horror, the brothers rushed back, but, falling under the beam of Pygrychum's shield, they themselves turned into stones.
Since then, for thousands of years, they have been standing on the mountain, which the people called Man-Pupu-Nyer (Mountain of stone idols), and not far from it rises the majestic peak of Koyp (Drum).
Another ancient Mansi legend tells of seven giants who walked across the plateau in order to destroy the Vogul people. But when they reached the top of Man-Pupu-Nera, they saw the sacred Vogul mountain Yalping-ner in front of them. The sight of it horrified the giants, and they turned to stone, and the drum, thrown aside by their leader-shaman, turned into a mountain peak south of Manpupuner - Koip, in Vogul - is the name of a percussion musical instrument.
Excursions to the Pillars of Weathering
In 2016, the reserve was closed for hiking. Driving on vehicles is also prohibited. Helicopter excursions have become an alternative; a helipad is being prepared.
Manpupuner is a hard-to-reach, uninhabited object of nature, but in combination with unforgettable beauty - its remoteness from the infrastructure creates an unusual egregor around stone boulders.
The virgin forests surrounding the reserve, legends floating in the air that the pillars are idols and the habitat of various spirits leave a truly fabulous, inexplicable impression of the greatness of this place.
The Man-Pupu-Ner plateau is called the Ural Stonehenge. And indeed, seeing weathering pillars, this is the word that comes to mind. There are beliefs that the plateau is a refuge for spirits.
Attractions around Manpupuner
Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve
One of the oldest reserves in the Urals was founded in 1930 to protect virgin forests, which are today included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List. Objects of protection in the protected area of the Komi Republic, covering over 720 thousand hectares.
The flora of the reserve is represented by almost 660 plant species. The animal world includes over 230 species of birds and almost 50 mammals - brown bears, ermines, otters, wolverines, beavers, elks. Birds are especially numerically represented by the grouse family - hazel grouse, capercaillie, black grouse. Among the inhabitants of the water depths, salmon, grayling, and taimen are of value.
Losefarm
From the first years of the founding of the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve, the world's first farm for the domestication of elks was created. Animals were quite easily tamed. Initially, they were planned to be used as mounts in teams. During the existence of the moose farm, more than 300 animals have been raised, significant research work has been carried out to study the animal, and the population of moose in the reserve has been increased. Smart animals living in the forest come to the farm before the appearance of offspring. You can see beautiful giants and little elk calves all year round.
Bear cave
The location of the natural and archaeological monument near the mouth of the Jordanian Log in the territory of the reserve has been known since 1960. Traces of the Upper Paleolithic site of an ancient man were found in a cave at a depth of 2-2.5 m. People lived in a shelter about 30 thousand years ago. Scientists have found numerous bone and stone artifacts, as well as the bones of fossil animals - tiger, ungulate lemming, musk ox, woolly rhinoceros, mammoth.
“Weathering pillars on the Man-Pupu-Ner plateau, a geological monument, is located between the Ichotlyaga and Pechora rivers, Troitsko-Pechora region, Northern Urals. Weathering pillars are one of the winners of the Seven Wonders of Russia competition.
Weathering pillars are one of the most striking sights of the Komi Republic and Russia, one of the wonders of Russia.
There are many legends around the origin of these monumental stone giants, and indeed the Komi Republic itself is a land of mysteries, legends, mystical coincidences.
Every place in Russia is one continuous mystery, a world shrouded in a veil of innuendo. True or fiction, at least one legend about the origin of mountain idols - we will never know, but, you see, it becomes uninteresting if we accept that these are just naturally formed rocks? Need a riddle!
According to one of the legends, a long time ago an old shaman wanted to marry a young girl, she refused him, having rebelled, he went to fight her family in order to steal her, but her brothers came out to protect the girl, their sister prayed that everyone they miraculously escaped in this battle, and now all of them - the girl and her brothers - turned into stone monuments, according to legend, their souls were saved, etc.
Beautiful fairy tale, right? So, you walk among these boulders, you go up to one, you imagine that it is a person, to another - that it is a beautiful girl ...
Before moving on to a detailed story about our geological monument, it is worth first remembering what the Komi Republic is.
The Republic of Komi (Komi Komi Republic) is a republic within the Russian Federation, a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the Northwestern Federal District.
The capital is the city of Syktyvkar.
The area of the region is 416,774 km²
Population - 856 631 people,
Population density: 2.06 people/km²
The climate is temperate continental. Winter is long and cold, summer is short, warm in the south, cool in the northern regions.
Average January temperature: -20 °C (in the northern part) and -17 °C (in the southern part)
Average temperature in July: +11 °C (in the northern part) and +15…+17 °C (in the southern part)
Precipitation: from 700 mm per year.
Here, depending on the region, it can be very cold (below 50 degrees Celsius), but rarely hot, even on the most active summer days.
There are many natural and geological monuments on the territory of the republic (in 2009 there were 95 natural monuments), for example: "The ruins of the ancient city" on the plateau of Mount Torre-Porre-Iz, several caves, the "Ring" on the Sharyu River, etc. There are also many beautiful places in the republic, virgin forests, protected rivers, national parks, nature reserves, "habitats of spirits", etc.
“In the Northern Urals, 32,800 km² are covered with virgin forests. A unique territory is the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve.
Such virgin forests, not affected by human activity and technogenic impact, have not been preserved in Europe.
In 1985, the reserve was included in the list of biosphere reserves.
Ten years later, by decision of UNESCO, the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve with protected and buffer zones and the Yugyd Va National Park, united under the common name "Virgin Komi Forests", were included in the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites.
The Yugyd Va National Park is located in the Northern and Subpolar Urals in the southeast of the Komi Republic. In the south it borders on the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve.
Komi is a place where there are no rats, as the villagers themselves assure. Shamans also rule here, crocodiles are found and there are many manifestations of the other world (UFOs, anomalous phenomena, fireballs, etc.), the Mountain of the Dead, or the famous Dyatlov Pass, is not far from here.
Film NTV. Mysterious Russia "Republic of Komi. Baseextraterrestrialcivilizations?»:
The people, in whose language many objects on the territory of the republic are designated - Mansi - are pagans, there are many shamans among the bottom, mountains and places for them are not just nature, but the house of spirits, idols.
“Weathering pillars are located on the territory of the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve on Mount Man-Pupu-ner (in the Mansi language - “small mountain of idols”), in the interfluve of the Vychegda and Pechora rivers. Ostantsev - 7, height from 30 to 42 m.
The official version of the appearance of stone idols says that they were formed by natural changes from the mountains that were in this place as much as 200 million (!) Years ago.
“Rain, snow, wind, frost and heat gradually destroyed the mountains and, first of all, weak rocks. Hard sericite-quartzite shales, of which the remnants are composed, were destroyed less and survived to this day, while soft rocks were destroyed by weathering and carried by water and wind into relief depressions.
One pillar, 34 meters high, stands somewhat apart from the others; it resembles a huge bottle turned upside down. Six others lined up at the edge of the cliff.
The pillars have bizarre outlines and, depending on the place of inspection, either resemble the figure of a huge man, or the head of a horse or a ram. In the past, the Mansi deified the grandiose stone sculptures, worshiped them, but climbing the Manpupuner was the greatest sin.
Documentary film "The Eternal Beauties of the Upper Pechora" (in the second part, a little about the Pillars of weathering):
It is not easy to get to the geological monument, it is far from inhabited places and you need permission from the administration. For illegal entry into the territory of the reserve, a fine is provided, for example, in 2014, 95 violators were caught.
“Only trained tourists can get to the pillars. To do this, you need to get a pass from the administration of the reserve. From the side of the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm Territory there is a walking route, from the side of the Komi Republic - a mixed route - automobile, water, foot route.
However, according to the information on the website of the reserve, in 2016 the reserve is closed for pedestrian visits, it is impossible to get into it on "one's own two", and movement on vehicles is also prohibited. Helicopter excursions have become an alternative; a helipad is being prepared.
When hiking trails were opened, tourists first got to Syktyvkar, then by train or car to Troitsko-Pechorsk, then to the village of Yaksha, from Yaksha 200 km by motor boat, then on foot 40 km ...
Video guide for a helicopter expedition to the plateau of the Mansiysk stone idols Man-Pupu-Ner. "Northern Ural. Manpupuner. Small Mount of Idols. Man-Pupu-Ner":
Manpupuner is a hard-to-reach, uninhabited object of nature, but in combination with unforgettable beauty - its remoteness from the infrastructure creates an unusual egregor around stone boulders.
The virgin forests surrounding the reserve, legends floating in the air that the pillars are idols and the habitat of various spirits leave a truly fabulous, inexplicable impression of the greatness of this place. Time stops here, there is no fuss, as if these 200 million years have frozen in an eternal pause.
“The Man-Pupu-Ner plateau is called the Ural Stonehenge. And indeed, seeing weathering pillars, this is the word that comes to mind. There are beliefs that the plateau is a refuge for spirits.
Who knows whether this is true or not, but the special energy at the top is felt. Many of those who have visited Man-Pupu-Ner say that at the top the consciousness clears up, one does not feel like eating or drinking. Perhaps it is all pure mountain air and the impressions of what he saw, or perhaps this place really has some kind of power ...
Such a unique place has acquired its own myths and legends. One of these stories tells about seven giants who went through the plateau in order to destroy the Vogul people. But when they reached the top of Man-Pupu-Nera, they saw the sacred Vogul mountain Yalping-ner in front of them.
The sight of her plunged the giants into horror, and they turned to stone. There are about a dozen such stories. The main motive in them is the obligatory presence of bloodthirsty giants.
Tourist impressions:
«.. I was on the plateau saw pillars. impressions overshadowed the bad road, even when snow didn’t start right away, not a little, it didn’t lead to panic. you need to see the pillars and become a chosen person. who has visited the plateau. not everyone can afford it.
Stones cannot be told, they must be seen, touch and if good weather is your companion, what you see will bring you back to this place and you will find finances for the road, accumulate patience to touch these stones.
« Since we stepped onto the plateau, we have not left the feeling of something powerful for a long time., it's not for nothing that stone pillars in Komi are called "places of power". There is definitely a certain energy here.
The closer you get to the stone pillars, the more unusual they seem. One of them looks like an upside down bottle, and the remaining six are located on the edge of a cliff. It is not surprising that the Mansi people deified giant statues, worshiping them. However, climbing the Man-Pupu-Ner plateau was considered the greatest sin.
Weathering pillars have a special energy. Alexander Borovinsky, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Komi Republic:
“The energy there is somehow not simple, you leave from there and understand how small you, a person, are in this world ...”
Mikhail Popov, surgeon, tourist:
“The closer we approached these blockheads, the more we were seized with horror, fear, especially since we had read the legends of the Komi and Mansi peoples ...”
Of course, Manpupuner is not a place for those who are pampered by a glamorous life and are looking for bright entertainment, going to restaurants. Even at a time when hiking trails were allowed, tourists lived in tents, they had to take impressive supplies of something edible with them.
Today, excursions are prohibited, according to the administration - people have already violated the inviolability of the territory, thrown a lot of garbage. Even those who love such places, admire stone idols, as we see, behave in a very swine way, in connection with this, those who know how to preserve nature are temporarily deprived of communication with this place.
This is a very beautiful monument of nature, you should definitely visit it.
PILLARS OF WEATHERING ON THE PLATEAU MAN - PUPU - NER.On the Manpupuner plateau in the Troitsko-Pechora region of the Komi Republic there is one of the natural wonders of Russia - seven huge stone giants from 30 to 42 meters high, which are also known as weathering pillars or Mansi blockheads. It is believed that these pillars were formed by selective weathering and washing out of soft rocks.
Once upon a time, stone sculptures were objects of the Mansi cult. It was believed that spirits inhabited the plateau, and only shamans were allowed to visit them on the mountain. Manpupuner (Man-pupy-nyer) is translated from the Mansi language as "Small mountain of idols". According to one of the local legends, six giants were chasing the Voguls (Voguls is another name for the Mansi people) and almost overtook them, when suddenly a shaman with a white face named Yalpingner appeared in front of them. He raised his hand and managed to cast a spell, after which all the giants turned to stone, but Yalpingner himself also turned into stone. Since then, they have been standing against each other. Travelers who have visited the plateau say that the place is really unusual in terms of energy, all thoughts subside there and peace sets in.
Photo by Peter Zakharov:
The plateau offers a beautiful view of the virgin nature of the Northern Urals.
Photo by Peter Zakharov:
Photo by Sergey Makurin:
Despite the fact that Manpupuner is located in a remote area, this place is gaining more and more popularity among travelers and is becoming one of the most actively visited objects of sports tourism. To get to the plateau, tourists have to walk through the taiga for three days or hire a helicopter.
The growing popularity of the pillars is explained by the fact that in 2008 they took 5th place in the competition of 7 wonders of Russia and 1st place among the wonders of the Northwestern Federal District.
On the way to Manpupuner:
In order to preserve the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve (on the territory of which the pillars are located) in its original form, only 12 travelers will be allowed to visit Manpupuner at the same time, while the total number of visits to the plateau should not exceed 4 per month. If earlier tourists were free to come in the winter, now it will be possible to see the wonder of the world only from mid-June to mid-September. To control the number of visitors to the plateau, a wooden house 5x8 meters was built, where an employee of the reserve will be constantly located, checking the availability of permits for visiting. Tourists can stay in this house in case of bad weather. The house is heated with an economical stove, firewood for which will be delivered in winter by snowmobile.
Manpupuner Plateau, Komi Republic (Weathering Pillars)
The plateau is located in the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve on Mount Man-pupu-ner.
Seven isolated rock masses 30 to 42 m high are a unique geological monument and are considered one of the seven wonders of Russia.
In the Mansi language - Man-Pupu-ner - "small mountain of idols". The second name is “Bolvano-iz”, which from the Komi language is “Mountain of idols”.
The author of these stone sculptures is nature itself.
How to get to the Manpupuner weathering pillars
This natural attraction is located in a remote area in the Northern Urals, on the western slope of the Ural Range between the Pechora and Ichotlyaga rivers.
At the moment there are 5 routes to visit the plateau:
- A car route from the side of the Sverdlovsk region with a visit to the Dyatlov Pass, Mount Otorten and the source of the Pechora River.
- The route from the Republic of Komi through the cordons of the reserve.
- Walking route from the side of the Sverdlovsk region with a visit to the Dyatlov Pass, Mount Otorten and the source of the Pechora River. (The route has been closed since 2012 due to the unpreparedness of the trail, passes are not issued on foot, but can be obtained upon arrival on SUVs or ATVs (information is not reliable))
- Helicopter tours. Temporarily banned due to the lack of a helipad on the plateau.
- Ski route from three rivers on the east side.
All hikes must be coordinated with the administration of the reserve.
And the first step is to get to Yekaterinburg, Perm or Syktyvkar by plane or train.
How to get to Manpupuner from the Sverdlovsk region
By train Moscow - Ivdel:
by plane Moscow-Yekaterinburg:
in Yekaterinburg we take a train to the city of Ivdel, in the north of the Sverdlovsk region
Train timetable to Ivdel
From the village of Ivdel by bus to the village of Vizhay.
By the way, the Dyatlov group left the village of Vizhay.
The village of Vizhay is almost abandoned today, with transport there is problematic. Therefore, it is better to hire transport such as "Ural" in the village. Ivdel.
On the "Ural" you can get right up to the river Auspiya; if we confine ourselves to the UAZ, then we will have to go only to Ushma, and then another 26 km on foot.
Map-scheme of the route with overnight stays of a single ski trip to the Manpupuner plateau by Andrey Podkorytov 2015-2016..
Thread of the route (cast in italics): Ivdel - Burmantovo - Ushma - Ilyich base - Dyatlov pass - Lozva river - Otorten - traverse of the Main Ural Range (Mottevchahl - Yanyghachechahl - Yanyvondersyakhal - Pecherya-Talyakhchahl ) - Pechora River - Manpupuner Ridge - Pechora River - per. to the valley of the tributary of the Yanysos River - the Yanysos River - the Lutsoulya River - Three Rivers.
How to get to Manpupuner from the Komi side:
- By plane to get to Syktyvkar or Ukhta.
- Or by train Moscow-Vorkuta to Mikun station
- then from Syktyvkar or from Mikun station by train to Troitsko-Pechorsk
- from Troitsko-Pechorsk get by passing car to the village of Yaksha
- from Yaksha overcome 200 km by motorboat
- and on foot - about 40 km.
You can also contact the services of the Pechoro-Ilychsky Reserve, they have a range of services, but the prices are quite high.
Manpupuner on the map
Expeditions to Manpupuner by helicopter
Another option for those who like to be in a fairy tale with comfort is a helicopter trip.
An endless panorama of the taiga foothills of the Urals opens from the air, and the amazing weathering pillars themselves from a bird's eye view.
