Eluga whale - the queen of the Altai - can not leave anyone indifferent , it is so beautiful, majestic and graceful, that in any cause a storm of feelings and emotsiy.Pervym mentioned Mount Belukha in his travel notes , which covered 1793 , the traveler P. Shangin . Lush, as the Siberian fur coats , snow apparel on the shoulders of Fine Belugas also made a lasting impression on him .
In the first half of the XIX century. traveler Friedrich Gebler opened here at the origins of the Katun , Altai glaciers first . One of them is named after him. Gebler made another discovery found that beluhskie top - the highest point of Altai. Later, the height of beluga whales identified in the 4506 meters above morya.Naibolee is difficult climbing route from the north - the so -called Akkem wall, steep area north side of Beluga whales between the eastern and western vershinami.Izdavna Beluha considered sacred . And yet considered it a haven formidable force and fear to even look at her. Common belief that her ice palaces and caves inhabited by an evil spirit Ehrlich , who will punish anyone who dares to climb the slopes of the Belugas : avalanches , rockfalls , landslides . It was said that anyone who dares to climb the Belukha lose vision. Much of this has now explained. For example , the first brave souls who attempted to climb the glaciers and snowfields without dark glasses , really blinded by the searing of the reflected light.