Lake Baikal In Winter
Lake baikal usually freezes in the time frame from the middle of january to the beginning of february.
Lake baikal in winter. Lake baikal is beautiful in every season of the year. Biggest ice rink in the world. We invite you to visit lake baikal in winter to see picturesque landscapes. This means that the surface water freezes between january and may.
The average temperature in most parts of the lake during winter is about 19 c 2 f. Between ice caves located on the lake s islands and ice hummocks that create unusual shapes there s always something intriguing to see. If you come to lake baikal in winter you re likely to find yourself one to one with the raw elements. The surface is level and transparent which makes it perfect for ice skating.
Alex drone 294 522 views. Tops of mountains covered with snow boundless white spaces transparent and clean ice hummocks snow covered forest. More extreme travellers travel across the lake on skates taking with them a sledge full of supplies and a tent. Baikal in winter is also a wonderful natural ice rink with a slippery and uniform surface in places.
For ice skating and other winter sports including quadricycle rides skiing or ice fishing. Shamanka rock on olkhon island at. However winter is when lake baikal really comes alive. An average temperature in the winter is 20 22 degrees celsius.
During the winter the water transparency in open sections can be as much as 30 40 m 100 130 ft but during the summer it is typically 5 8 m 15 25 ft. The lake s surface transforms into a winter sports playground and the taiga wood surroundings are covered in a soft blanket of snow setting a truly enchanted scene. The lake in winter becomes a massive ice rink. The ice covering the lake during this period can be 0 5 to 1 4 meters 1 6 4 6 feet and in some places reach a thickness of over 2 meters 6 6 feet.
The ice the snow the grottoes the rocks and the silence. Published inlake baikal winter tours.