Those who like to travel to beautiful placeswith a backpack on his shoulders, a place in the Crimea, which is called the Chernorechensky canyon, is well known. It is a deep gorge in the mountains. Its height reaches several tens of meters, its length is 12 kilometers. A black river with clear and transparent water flows along the bottom of the gorge.
The popularity of tourists canyon deserved thanksbeauty and picturesque. It is located near Sevastopol, on the western edge of the Central Ridge of the Crimean Mountains. The beginning takes from the rock of Kizil-Kaya, located on the very edge of the Baidar valley. It ends near the outskirts of the village Chernorechye. The river, starting on the territory of the Baidar Valley, continues its journey along the Inkerman Valley and flows into the Sevastopol Bay of the Black Sea.
Chernorechensky canyon - the longest inCrimean mountains, it is considered impassable not because of the complexity, but because of the length of the route, the total length of which is 16 km. The canyon itself stretches for 12 km. Someone comes here with an overnight stay, others cross it in a day, starting a campaign in the morning, in time for the last bus, which leaves at 6.30 pm from the village of Chernoreche to Sevastopol.
Можно зайти в каньон из села Широкого, путь там nearer. But from 9 o'clock at the entrance to it is usually worth water protection post. Having passed this section before the beginning of the working day, you can avoid unwanted meetings. In order to avoid incidents, you can start the journey from the village of Native, by making a small detour, or from the village of Chernorechye and go up against the current. But the vast majority of tourists go down.
Chernorechensky Canyon - a monument of nature, histerritory declared zakaznikom. In addition, the conservation area of the Chernorechensky reservoir, the water of which is the main source for the supply of the city of Sevastopol, begins from the Baidar Valley.
At the entrance to the canyon there is a shield, the inscription on whichwarns that the entrance to the reserve is prohibited, but go without fear. On the way, you can meet foresters who will charge you an entrance fee.
Those who first wish to pass Chernorechenskycanyon, the route may seem rather complicated. Do not be afraid. The impressions received are worth the effort you have to make. You just need to understand that this is not a pleasure walk or picnic. We'll have to climb the rocks, ford the river, walk along the crumbling mountain paths, overcome the rubble.
The hardest thing to face isthe so-called clamps, where the water comes close to the rocks, and to pass them, you need to climb up or pass along the trunks of trees that lie above the water itself.
In this case, you must abandon the transition of the river.ford, since it is here that the current can be quite strong, and the water is rather cold. The best way to get around obstacles is to climb the mountain and go along the gentle top. But courageous and confident free will pass difficult sites.
The first question is for those who decide to go for the first time.Chernorechensky canyon: how to get to the starting point of the route? From Sevastopol you need to get to the village of Native. There is a bus from the 7th kilometer where the main Sevastopol bus station is located. Before reaching the village itself, you need to get out and follow the dirt road to the hills that are seen far away. You will have to walk a few kilometers along the road, then by forest reach an elevation above the river. The route starts from the Kizil-Kaya cliff.
Then go down to the river, where the most passablewill be the left bank. To do this, you will have to wade it and walk some distance to the glade, called the Partisan, where you can stay for the night. However, the paths go on both sides of the river. Not far from the glade are the remains of the destroyed bridge, which was built here by the Germans during the war. It is called Tank.
The first part of the Chernorechensky canyon will go onforest, which is located between the mountains along the river bank. Then on the way begin to fall clamps. They appear in those places where the river rests against solid rocks of the shore, such as granite or basalt, as a result of which it makes a sharp turn, called the “loop”.
Проходить прижимы можно по проложенным вдоль shores of logs, rather of logs, half a foot wide, but rather strong, holding onto rocks, or trying to go around them, climbing up loose paths into the mountains. The difficulty of the hike lies in the fact that there is no path from above, and you have to wander, resting on rocks or wandering into a thicket of forest, going down to the river.
Despite its name - Black - the river hasamazing color, which varies depending on the light and depth of water. It can be silver-turquoise, bright blue, of any shade of green, but not black. They say that it received its name from the old name of the river - Cher-Su, which is translated from the Turkic as "mountain water". The water in the river of crystal purity and extraordinary taste.
Carrying your water through the canyon in wide places wherethe mountains make way for her, she is smooth and stately. And when it is squeezed from two sides granite rocks, boils and beats about them. The nature here is beautiful. In the canyon grow giant trees that tend upward, trying to reach the sun. Especially good here in spring, when nature blooms. The air is saturated with the smell of thyme and juniper.
Reaching two cliffs, whicharc trying to connect with a friend, the water begins to seethe and beat about them. Climbing the hill, you can walk to the natural observation deck, which offers indescribable beauty overlooking the canyon. It is called the "Gate".
After that you need to climb a little up the slope andwalk a few kilometers to the track. On the way, you will see an old tower of the 14th century. Behind remains Chernorechensky canyon (Crimea). How to get to Sevastopol from the village of Chernorechye? From him the bus goes to Balaclava. If you didn’t have time for it, you will have to walk a few more kilometers or catch a ride and get to the Yalta highway.
