The Mzymta River is at least 50 km of the channel, banks and slopes torn apart by violent pre-Olympic construction: new roads and railways to Krasnaya Polyana, Olympic buildings. The hydrological regime of the river, already complex, has been disturbed in a significant part of the catchment area.

The new road "Adler - Alpika-Service" - the combined road and railroad Adler - Krasnaya Polyana, in fact, along the Mzymta River is absolutely dead-end, like the old Sochi-Krasnaya Polyana road, which runs a little further, higher from the Mzymta River.

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A whole complex of artificial structures was built in the riverbed: 12 tunnels and several dozen bridges and overpasses.

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Mzymta is a river in the Krasnodar Territory. The length of the river is 89 km, the area of ​​its drainage basin is 885 km². The most long river Russia from flowing directly into the Black Sea.

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From the Circassian languages ​​"Mzymta" can be translated as "mad" or "having no brakes."

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It originates on the southern slope of the Main Caucasian Range at an altitude of 2980 m, in the upper reaches it flows from the alpine lakes Maly Kardyvach and Kardyvach, lower on the river - Emerald waterfalls. In the middle course, it breaks through the Aibga-Achishkho ridge, forming the Greek Gorge, below it passes through the Akhtsu Gorge, the Akhshtyr Gorge.

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The river almost throughout its entire length has a stormy mountainous character; during the snowmelt season in the gorges, the water horizon sometimes rises to 5 meters. It flows into the Black Sea at Adler, forming an extensive alluvial cone. The largest tributaries are Pslukh, Pudziko (Achipse), Chvizhepse, Laura, Tikha.

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There are numerous mineral springs in the Mzymta basin. In the middle course in sheer cliffs on the right bank of the river in the Akhshtyrskaya cave - parking ancient man.

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The village of Krasnaya Polyana, the villages of Estosadok, Kazachiy Brod and others are located on the river. Near the village of Krasnaya Polyana, the Krasnaya Polyana hydroelectric power station stands on the river.

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Interestingly, during high water, how in Krymsk this canal assigned to the river will be able to let through all the water?

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According to a number of environmental and other public organizations, during the construction, the river was seriously polluted, vegetation was massively destroyed on the surrounding slopes.

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The river bed, squeezed into concrete, is practically invisible from the window of the train.

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The fact of significant pollution of the river was recognized by the Minister natural resources RF Yu. Trutnev. It was noted that the construction does not take into account the turbulent nature of the river, as well as landslide and karst phenomena common in the Mzymta valley.

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Ecologists drew attention to the work carried out without permits, as well as to the illegal removal of pebbles from the river bed by builders.

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It was also mentioned that a number of hotels and guest houses built to receive vacationers in the upper reaches of the Mzymta drain wastewater into the river without treatment that flow to the resort town of Adler. River in Adler.

The obstinate Mzymta River is loved by both lovers of extreme sports and ordinary travelers. The seething streams of the river, combined with the beautiful nature of its banks, create an unforgettable experience. The name from Kabardino-Circassian is translated as "mad". Its fresh waters flow into the Black Sea, this is the most major river flowing into the sea.

The length of the river is 90 kilometers. It originates high in the mountains. The mouth is located in the Adler lowland. The river, due to melt water and rains, can rise to a level of up to 5 meters in spring. There are several settlements along the river. And also built near Krasnaya Polyana Krasnaya Polyana Hydroelectric Power Station, thanks to this hydroelectric power station, the city of Sochi is supplied with electricity.

Of the places that you can visit, there is a well-known trout farm on the banks of the Mzymta River.

The streams of the river are so turbulent that they have repeatedly brought problems to the inhabitants of the city. This includes the flooding of overpasses during a flood, the destruction of buildings.

For lovers of rafting, there are very difficult routes on the river. According to the category of difficulty, they reach levels 5-6. For example, the most difficult rapids can be found in the Greek Gorge.

But there are places where non-professionals can make rafting. It is easy to find travel companies offering rafting on the Mzymta River.

Fishing on the Mzymta River

If you want to go fishing, then on the Mzymta River it is allowed in almost all places. It is enough to find out in a fishing travel company where it is better to fish and where it is exactly allowed to do it.

In Adler, thanks to the Olympics in 2014, the banks of the Mzymta River also changed. Improvement was carried out in the city, embankments appeared. Near the river there is a park area, alleys, benches are placed everywhere.

At the confluence of the river with the Black Sea is located a large number of cafes and restaurants in the mall.

How to get there

It's hard not to notice the Mzymta River in Adler. The most interesting thing in Adrel is the mouth of the river. Getting to the embankment is not difficult, these are boats, buses, trains that run very often.

From the Olipiysky Park, you can walk to the river embankment in 40 minutes. At the bus stop from the same Olympic Park you can take buses to the embankment. A lot of them.

The Mzymta River in Adler and throughout its entire length is of incredible beauty, its picturesque banks cannot leave anyone indifferent. They enchant with fantastic landscapes - mountain slopes covered with forests, majestic peaks rushing up. But outwardly, the beautiful and peaceful river, despite the rapid flow, is very capricious and not devoid of treachery, which only spurs rafting enthusiasts who consider it the best for rafting throughout Russia.

These qualities attract tourists here. Some to admire the simply fabulous beauties of the local nature, others to saturate their blood with adrenaline, especially when this beauty begins to show a difficult and unrestrained character. Of all the rivers of the Northwestern Caucasus, the Mzymta is popular with all categories of connoisseurs of hiking - aesthetes, thrill-seekers and fishermen.

Where is the Mzymta River on the map?

It flows only on the territory of the urban district of Sochi, originates at Lake Kardyvach, and its mouth is located in the Adler region.

Geography and nature of Mzymta

Mzymta is born, like other rivers in this region, on the southern spurs of the Greater Caucasus Range, at the impressive heights of Mount Loyub even for mountain arteries - almost 3000 m above sea level.

One of its main features is its source, unlike other rivulets, scorched by the confluence of glacial streams, it begins a rapid run to the Black Sea, flowing from one of the highest located in the Caucasus. One more thing: the Mzymta is the only one of all the mountain rivers in the southern part of Russia that flows directly into the Black Sea basin, where its mouth is located - one of the few calm sections along its entire length.

But before reaching its banks, the Mzymta River in Adler, ending its journey, and creating an extensive beach near the village of Kepsha, overcomes a considerable distance, first in a northerly direction, and then, near Krasnaya Polyana, turns sharply to the southwest. The source is just the same frantic pressure, fully justifying its name, turning below into the most beautiful of waterfalls, falling with a roar from a rocky ledge.

The emerald waterfall with a fall height of 15 m is the most beautiful section of Mzymta, but far from the only one that can cause incomparable delight in the viewer. In the middle channel, the river rushing forward cuts through the Aibga-Achishkho rock massif, forms the Greek Gorge, which is equally unique in aesthetic terms.

With a total length of 89 km, it is the fastest and longest river in the mountains on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, even in the lowlands retaining its high-mountain character, which makes it seem milky white. The narrow river valley contributes to the rapid flow, which does not allow the Mzymta to overflow in width, which accelerates its already unrestrained run.

During rainstorms and during the period of snowmelt on the Caucasian peaks, saturating up to high water, it literally boils and can rise to a 5-meter mark, representing a real natural disaster. On the way to the Black Sea coastline, Mzymta takes in the waters of Achipse, Pslukh, Laura, Tikha and, its largest tributaries.

Rest on Mzymta: fishing and rafting (rafting)

Rafting down the stormy river with a difficult and unpredictable character attracts adherents of extreme entertainment from all over Russia to the local shores. Some rafting sections of the river have 5th and 6th difficulty categories, which for unprepared rafters is tantamount to suicide - it does not forgive mistakes.

The most extreme one starts in the Narzans area, some fans of such entertainments beware of it, preferring to start at the confluence of the Mzymta and Pslukh, the beginning of the route behind the scenes marks the bridge thrown over the river. It is conditionally divided into six zones:

• From the upper rapids to the Greek Gorge. The most difficult run, consisting of 3 steps. It is short, its length is 2 km, here many travelers finish their rafting - the terrain is unusually rough, full of obstacles in the form of large stones, ledges and rifts. It is difficult to tack, and watercraft are difficult to control due to high speed;
• Below the threshold of the Mudflow to the Greek cleft. It differs little from the previous one, except that the protrusions are simpler. The Mzymta here levels off, but its channel becomes winding, sometimes changing direction. The surface of the water is replete with huge boulders, at high speed it is difficult to dodge them so as not to run into them, this requires the coherence of the actions of the entire crew. One of the longest routes, its length is 12 km;
• Along the Greek Canyon. The distance of the path is about 4 km, it is also quite difficult, where the boats are thrown from side to side, throwing them onto the walls. Here, too, coordination and attention are needed;
• Through the shivera. Here, although the thresholds become smaller, but the current is fast. A run distance of up to 10 km, if there are no unforeseen circumstances and no mistakes are made, is overcome quickly;
• Through the gorge Ahtsu. An exciting stretch of 4 km, the flow slows down a bit, and there are fewer obstacles. It is remembered by the final, representing a “piece” of about 75 m of a continuous labyrinth of boulders sticking out of the water, ending with a fall from the Ahtsu waterfall, 6 m high;
• Path to the sea. In the direction of Adler, a calm zone 25 km long, along which you can relax and admire the picturesque coastal edges of Mzymta.

Fishing on the "mad" river

A more relaxed form of leisure, of all that Mzymta has to offer, is fishing. But fishing is not allowed everywhere. So, there is a ban on fishing in the area of ​​​​the mouth, you cannot approach it with a fishing rod closer than a kilometer. To avoid misunderstandings and possible problems, it is better to immediately clarify where the corners that are subject to the ban are located.

Fishing is paid for almost the entire length of the river, but these are quite justified expenses, fish are caught well at any time of the year, both in winter and in summer, it is in abundance here. In the upper reaches there are a number of varieties, in the rest of the majority: grass carp, buffalo, crucian carp, carp, carp, silver carp and other species, some individuals weighing 10-15 kg.

How to get (get) to the mouth from Sochi?

It is not difficult to do this - the most diverse transport goes in the direction of Adler. Here and minibuses, and buses, and boats, and trains, and electric trains, and Swallows.

By car, you can get here in this way:

Note to the tourist

• Address: Adler, Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, Russia.
• GPS coordinates: 43.646522, 40.345109.

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The Mzymta River is the largest river. The length is 89 (eighty nine) kilometers. This is the largest waterway Russian Federation falling into .

Toponym Mzymta (Mdzimta, Midzimta, Mezyumta, Mizimta)

Mdvaa, Abkhazian; Mdavay, Adyg - the Medozyui tribe, who lived along the banks of the river. Ta, Adygo-Abkhaz. - valley, gorge That is, Mzymta is the valley (of the tribe) of the medozyuevs.

The left tributary of the upper reaches of the Mzymta is the Azmich River, if the decoding of the toponym Azmich is extended to the entire Mzymta River, we get:

Mzi, ubykh - a child; chi, ubyh - a child. Those. Mzymta is the valley of the river born in the snow.

Dzi (dzi), abkh. - spring, spring. Those. Mzymta is a sunny valley.

Mzymta's food is mixed: rain and ice. The Mzymta River is fed by 4 (four) glaciers on the southern slope of the Pseashkho ridge and 6 (six) glaciers on the northern slope of the Aibga ridge. The Mzymta is the only river in the Sochi Black Sea region that has high water during the period of active snowmelt (spring-summer). The water level in the river can rise up to 5 (five) meters.

Lake Kardyvach - the source of Mzymta

. Flowing out of the lake, the stormy Mzymta pacifies and hides from human eyes. A whole kilometer of the river's waters go underground and appear in the sunlight only during the period of active snow melting. Further in the riverbed is the Emerald waterfall. In its run to the sea, Mzymta crosses 3 (three) powerful gorges - Greek (passes through the Southern side ridge), Akh-Tsu and Akhshtyrskoe. Mzymta flows into the Black Sea near the village of Adler, forming a powerful alluvial cone.

The valley of the Mzymta River is full of sights. There are several weakly mineralized narzans, a group of mysterious dolmens, in the area of ​​the Akhshtyr gorge there is an ancient man's site. The ruins of Genoese fortresses are located in the villages of Monastery and Esto-Sadok. Historical monuments have been preserved that testify that the Mzymta river valley was in ancient times a very busy place where the Great Silk Road passed and caravans went to Byzantium.

Economic use

In the bed of the Mzymta River there is the Krasnopolyanskaya HPP, which provides electricity to the village A and life support facilities: the city hospitals of Sochi, Adler and Khosta, as well as the Trout Farm. The trout farm is Sochi's leading institution specializing in breeding river trout. Here, 3 (three) varieties of trout, sturgeon, and carp are grown in cages.

In 2013, a new highway was put into operation, combined with railway oh, with a length of 43 (forty-three) kilometers, linking the Olympic facilities of the mountain and coastal clusters.

In the middle reaches of the river, near the village of Esto-Sadok, there are 3 (three) ski resorts. The largest of them, Rosa Khutor, positions itself as a tourist center in the summer. In the channel of the Mzymta, rafting is carried out. Rafting in the lower reaches of the river in the area of ​​the Akhshtyr Gorge is also very popular.

Before construction in the floodplain of Mzymta new highway, combined with the railway, the canyon of the Ah-Tsu gorge was used by kayakers for training swims.

Main tributaries:

• Kepsha river, 27 km
• Chvezhipse river, 31 km
• Monashka river, 40 km
• Beshenka river, 42 km
• Laura river, 50 km
• river Pslukh, 57 km

Technical reference

Water body code - 06030000312109100000790
Location - Black Sea
The length of the Mzymta River is 89 kilometers. Flows into the Black Sea
Catchment area - 885 km²
Belongs to the Kuban basin district.
River basin - rivers of the Black Sea
Water management site - r rivers of the Black Sea basin from the western border of the Shepsi river basin to the river. Psou (Russian border with Georgia)

Mzymta is a river in the Krasnodar Territory. The length of the river is 89 km, the area of ​​its drainage basin is 885 km². The longest river in Russia flowing directly into the Black Sea.

It originates on the southern slope of the Main Caucasian Range at an altitude of 2980 m, in the upper reaches it flows from the alpine lakes Maly Kardyvach and Kardyvach, lower on the river - Emerald Waterfalls. In the middle course, it breaks through the Aibga-Achishkho ridge, forming the Greek Gorge, below it passes through the Akhtsu Gorge, the Akhshtyr Gorge.

Mzymta flows into the Black Sea

The river almost throughout its entire length has a stormy mountainous character; during the snowmelt season in the gorges, the water horizon sometimes rises to 5 meters. It flows into the Black Sea at Adler, forming an extensive alluvial cone. The largest tributaries are Pslukh, Pudziko (Achipse), Chvizhepse, Laura, Tikha.

The feeding of the river is mixed; characterized by spring-summer floods and rain floods. The average annual water flow near the village of Kepsha is about 50 m³/s (the highest is 764 m³/s).

There are numerous mineral springs in the Mzymta basin. In the middle course in sheer cliffs on the right bank of the river in the Akhshtyrskaya cave is the site of an ancient man.

Mzymta river

origin of name

What does the name of the river "Mzymta" mean? Not "crazy" by any means.

There is no such translation from any "Circassian". The wide distribution of this version was facilitated by the reference book of Sochi guides "On the paths of the mountainous Black Sea region" (Efremov). On the first pages of the book, the author tells about his first trip to Krasnaya Polyana and the excursion on which the guide brought this “translation”. Then, already in the middle of the book, when Efremov tells how he himself became a Krasnopoliansk guide, he indignantly recalls that first excursion, where all the information turned out to be empty stories. The most plausible version of the name Mzymta comes from the name of the local residents Medozyuev. The name Medoveevka also came from their name. Well, Medozyui, in turn, can be translated as "people born in the snow."

The translation of the name “Mzymta” as “mad” also looked doubtful. On old maps, in articles and reports, they wrote: “Mdzimta”, “Midzimta”, “Mezyumta” (Map of Lieutenant Rodionov, 1838) and, finally, “Medzyumta”. The latter led so close to the name of the same medozyuev that it was suggested whether it was from them that the genealogy of the name “Mzymta” should be traced (And in one of the ancient sources, was it not Mzymta mentioned among the Black Sea rivers called Midzigon, through which, too, as it were “ the Byzantine ambassador Zemarch, returning from the Turks, named certain Misimians among the mountaineers of the Western Caucasus - this is also consonant with the medules). It was clear that "mad" had nothing to do with it. - "The paths of the mountainous Black Sea region" (Efremov).

Economic use

The village of Krasnaya Polyana, the villages of Estosadok, Kazachiy Brod and others are located on the river.

Near the village of Krasnaya Polyana, the Krasnaya Polyana hydroelectric power station stands on the river.

There is a large farm for breeding river trout on the river. Fish farming began before 1917.

Mzymta is popular with lovers of water sports, especially rafting. The slopes of the mountains in the upper reaches of the river are popular with lovers of skiing and snowboarding. In the riverbed and floodplain, in the 2000s, construction of a combined road and railroad was carried out to transport participants from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana, which will connect the venues of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

According to a number of environmental and other public organizations, during the construction the river was seriously polluted, vegetation was massively destroyed on the surrounding slopes. The fact of significant pollution of the river was recognized by the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Yu. Trutnev.

It was noted that the construction does not take into account the turbulent nature of the river, as well as landslide and karst phenomena common in the Mzymta valley. Ecologists drew attention to the work carried out without permits, as well as to the illegal removal of pebbles from the river bed by builders. It was also mentioned that a number of hotels and guest houses built to receive vacationers in the upper reaches of the Mzymta drain wastewater into the river without treatment.

In the future, it is planned to build the Krasnopolyanskaya HPP-2 on the river.

Mzymta river, Black Sea, Adler

Water Register of Russia

06030000312109100000790

Pool code 06.03.00.003

GI code 109100079

According to the state water register of Russia, it belongs to the Kuban basin district, the river basin of the river is the Rivers of the Black Sea basin, the river sub-basin of the river is absent, the water management section of the river is the river of the Black Sea basin from the western border of the Shepsi river basin to the Psou river (border of the Russian Federation with Abkhazia ).

According to the geoinformation system for water management zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation prepared by the Federal Agency for Water Resources:

The code of the water body in the state water register is 06030000312109100000790

Code for hydrological knowledge (GI) - 109100079

Pool code - 06.03.00.003

GI volume number - 08

Issue on GI - 1

upper reaches of the Mzymta river

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MZYMTA RIVER

The main tributaries are the rivers Achipse - 16.5 km and its tributary Laura - 14.5 km, Pslukh - 15 km, Chvizhepse - 19.0 km, Kepsha - 9.8 km, Tikhaya - 9.5 km, other tributaries are insignificant. All of these large tributaries flow into the Mzymta from the right bank, and only the Tikhaya flows from the left bank at the thirteenth kilometer from the source.

The river bed is winding, slightly branched, the banks are ledges of terraces up to 10 m deep. The valley in the upper reaches of the river is V-shaped. The steepness of the slopes is 30-35°, in places it increases to 40-50°. Throughout the slopes are heavily dissected by deep ravines and valleys of small tributaries. The bottom of the channel is rocky with boulders. In the middle and lower reaches - pebble or pebble-boulder.

At the exit to the Adler lowland, the river. The Mzymta flows through a wide, well-developed valley of the type of lowland river valleys, where the slopes are 0.004-0.0055. Fluctuations in the levels of the Mzymta River are quite significant. The annual amplitude of the level fluctuation reaches 2.32 m, as the river approaches the mouth, the amplitude of the fluctuation decreases somewhat and in Adler does not exceed 2.23 m.

The speed of water currents in the Mzymta River in the section from the Moldovsky Bridge to the mouth reaches 2.6-3.5 m/sec.

The Mzymta River is a mountain river with a flood flow regime. The river is fed by precipitation falling on the catchment area and glaciers of the Main Caucasian Range. In the flat part, the role of rain and soil nutrition increases. This river is characterized by a well-defined flood during the warm period of the year, frequent autumn floods and a stable winter low water. In total, in the basin of the river. Mzymta there are three glaciers with a total area of ​​2.58 km2, which is 0.32% of the total area of ​​the river basin.

In spring, the river is fed by water formed due to snowmelt processes in the upper part of the catchment area. During this period, up to 42-50% of the annual flow of the river passes. The amplitude of level fluctuations, according to observations of the Kazachiy Brod post (15 km from the mouth), is the highest 277 cm in 1977, the average 203 cm, the lowest 134 cm in 1986. runoff. IN autumn period passes up to 15-17% of the annual runoff.

The duration of the flood depends on the intensity and duration of rains that fall on the territory of the river basin. During the passage of floods, the river transports a significant amount of entrained and suspended sediments. The amount of sediments is set by the conditions of their receipt from watersheds.

The runoff of suspended sediments is directly dependent on the runoff of water: the greater the flow of water, the greater the runoff of sediments and vice versa. The average annual runoff of suspended sediments is 488.2 thousand tons and traction sediments is 141 thousand tons. The granulometric composition of bottom sediments is dominated by fractions from 30 to 60 mm (60%).

Any economic measures affecting the natural hydraulics of the flow or limiting the mobility of alluvium can upset this natural balance, which was reflected in the reduction of the fan of the Mzymta River and the approach of the Mzymtinsky Canyon to the general coastline of the sea. IN last years sampling of pebbles and sand from the river bed. Mzymta for construction purposes has reached an unprecedented scale. It takes 10 - 15 years to make up for these losses with the solid runoff of the river. Due to the deficit of sediments, their runoff to the coastal zone has actually stopped.

Mzymta in the cinema

The scene of bathing in the mountain river Shurik and Nina (film "Prisoner of the Caucasus", 1967) was filmed on the Mzymta River.

Memoirs of N. Varley, who played Nina in this episode:

Gaidai had an idea that Nina, before jumping into the water after Shurik, first rides a horse, then a donkey. But after I fell off my horse in front of the film crew ...

And Gaidai decided: stop taking risks. The water is especially icy, it is easy to catch a cold. At first they wanted to shoot a stuntman - well, it didn’t go into any gates, I could not agree to such a substitution. Then they found a girl similar to me in figure, she said that she was a master of sports in swimming. She jumped and ... began to sink - she didn’t know how to swim, it turns out, but she really wanted to act.

And in the end I was allowed to jump off the cliff myself. By the way, I remember not the bath itself, but how Sasha Demyanenko and I sit after the bath and tremble. We tremble for real. The thing is, we have to look wet on the screen. But the day was hot, and the moisture evaporated from us instantly. Therefore, we were poured with water from the river, and it was seven degrees. After this execution, they poured me alcohol and forced me to drink so that I would not get sick. How I got to the camp site where we lived, I don’t remember ...

True, some sources say that only A. Demyanenko, who played Shurik, poured alcohol, and Varley was treated to hot tea, because. she was still very young.

Ecological state

IN Lately intensive development of transport, residential and sports sectors in the upper basin of the Mzymta River and in the river valley has led to environmental degradation.

These factors have caused deterioration of the river itself (i.e. self-cleaning capacity, regulation of water flows), loss of biodiversity (especially fish populations), destruction of natural habitats, including aquatic ones (i.e. functions of refuge, breeding and fodder), and on land (i.e. river boundaries, slope reduction) among other factors affecting the ecosystem of the Mzymta River.

It is well known that in the past the Mzymta River and its tributaries contained a wide variety of fish. Unfortunately, most of the natural habitats of fish located in the main stream, in the Mzymta River itself, have been degraded due to preparatory work for the Olympic Games and tourist facilities.

Wild salmonids, including the Black Sea trout (Trutta fario labrax) still live in the tributaries of the Mzymta River, where natural places habitats, and the genetic piggy bank is preserved in the local fish farm.

Mzymta, Krasnaya Polyana

Report on a water tourist trip II with e-mail. IV category of complexity on the Mzymta River, completed from July 24 - August 1, 2000

Head: Sidorenkov V.Yu. (Moscow)

Entrance to the route

Mzymta, starting in the mountains, flows almost perpendicular to the Black Sea coast and flows into the sea in the city of Adler, which is nominally a district of Sochi.

You can get to Adler by one of several direct trains (27-40 hours, from 230 rubles) or by plane (airport in Adler). It is advisable to choose a train not through Ukraine - it's cheaper, faster, calmer. The next task is to get to the village. Krasnaya Polyana (50 kilometers) or higher, to the so-called Narzanov - a mineral spring located 15 (?) Kilometers from Polyana, at the confluence of Mzymta and Pslukh, most groups start from there.

There is a regular bus from the bus station to the Polyana and even higher, to the so-called cable car (cable car) (to the last from the railway station there are several stops on the city bus). He goes several times a day, with an interval of about 1.5 hours, there are a lot of people, but it’s real to leave, it’s advisable to come up in advance and throw yourself into the one that has just arrived. It costs about 25 rubles. The road to the cable car is good. The primer comes from the cable car.

We walked from the cable car (with catamarans) and reached Narzanov in about two hours. You can catch a car, many recommend doing it right at the railway station, where a wide variety of taxi drivers will repeatedly offer their services to you. However, after the cable car, the national park begins, into which cars are either not allowed, or for money. Even we, on foot, paid five. There are many cars on the cable car, but not taxi drivers. Or rather, many taxi drivers, but driving back to Adler. But, probably, it is possible to agree, to go for a maximum of half an hour there and back (and then if you give 30 km / h). The passenger car, in principle, passes, but still something like an UAZ is better, streams cross the road, which, during rains, can probably be an obstacle.

Reference information about the travel area

R. Mzymta flows in the Krasnodar Territory, flowing down from the Main Caucasian Range, flows to the west - southwest approximately perpendicular to the Black Sea coast, very close to the border of Russia with Abkhazia (5-10 kilometers) and almost parallel to it. Nevertheless, it is separated from it by the Psou River, along which the border passes, and by the Aibga Range with the mountains adjacent to it. Partly because, partly because good relations The situation between Russia and Abkhazia is calm there, the proximity of the state border is felt weakly, no passes are needed. In the upper reaches of the Mzymta, mountains up to 3000 m high surround it. The summer is warm, the average temperature in July is from +13 in the mountains to 23 ° C on the coast. Precipitation falls. From 400 to 3200 mm per year (this is on the edge, we don’t know for sure). Mzymta is the most full-flowing and stable river of these places and practically the only one suitable for rafting. Probably, in summer it is helped to maintain a relatively constant consumption by glacial nutrition.

In 1924, to protect the alpine natural complex The Caucasus Reserve was created in the region, in which the balneological resort area Krasnaya Polyana stands out - a center of tourism and skiing with a museum of the flora and fauna of the Caucasus. (And also there is a KSS, the activity of which we, however, did not feel) Now Krasnaya Polyana is actively built up with elite hotels - boarding houses, in the mountains a little higher than it, but practically on the banks of the Mzymta there is a cable car - "Kanatka" - ski lifts and sports a multipurpose entertainment center where you can paragliding, rafting, as well as buy the magazine "Vertical World" and a jacket from Lowe alpine. Vladimir Putin likes to visit there.

Mzymta does not flow through the territory of the reserve, but crosses the Natural national park, for visiting which (that is, travel above the Cable Car) you have to pay a little.

As we all understand, the Krasnodar Territory is the main resort center of Russia with many healing springs and all that. Having visited Mzymta, you will also inevitably visit the second longest city in the world - namely Greater Sochi, which stretches for 145 km along the coast and includes Lazarevskoye, Khosta, Adler and Sochi itself. They say you can make a pedestrian "six" without leaving the boundaries of the city. Mzymta flows through Adler, flowing into the sea. The population of Sochi is multinational. Perhaps the Russians prevail, although there are many Armenians, Greeks, and near Krasnaya Polyana there is a settlement of Estonians - Estosadok, with a museum that we could not visit, and therefore we do not know how these Estonians ended up there.

Purpose of Travel

The purpose of the trip was to pass the sports route, and we also continued testing a new version of the ship we made (catamaran-2). In general, the river was of great interest to the group, they wanted to fix the old one and acquire new experience rafting on mountain rivers (previously, the group passed the Msta River (Tver Region), the Shuya River (Karelia), the Malka River ( North Caucasus), the river B. Zelenchuk.

Traffic schedule

Entrance to the "cable car", approach to the "Narzan", slipway.

Completion of the assembly of catamarans, launching. Threshold "Mudflow". Overnight in front of the "Kanatka". Passed 7 km.

Passing to the Greek Gorge, carrying it. Overnight stay right behind the gorge. Traveled 9 km

Passage to the gorge Ah-Tsu. Carrying the waterfall, passing the gorge, rafting to Adler. Passed 30 km.

Technical description of the route

The "Narzans" have parking places on the left bank along the road. However, it is rather difficult with parking, because there is a semi-stationary amateur camp for those who like to relax in nature and there are a lot of people. In the end, we found a patch on the bank of the Pslukh, on the way to Narzany proper, crossing the bridge over the Mzymta and moving about a hundred meters. There is no building timber. You can burn a fire.

Lotsiya river Mzymta from "Narzanov"

Most of the groups start rafting from the "narzans". However, they write, you can start even higher in order to pass the "Upper Canyon". The upper section is characterized by a low (into high water no more than 12 cubic meters per second) flow rate and a large drop. The river in this place flows in a narrow gorge, sometimes turning into a canyon with steep walls. We have not been there, but the water flows really little. We started directly from the bridge on the arrow of Mzymta and Pslukh.

The floating part of Mzymta (from "Narzans") has 6 characteristic sections:

Upper rapids (Sills) - length 2 km, flow rate 15-25 m3/s, slope 15m/km.

Run to the Greek Gorge - length 12 km, consumption 25-50 cubic meters. m/sec, slope 5-7 m/km

Greek Gorge 3-4 km. Consumption 10-30 m3/s, slope 25 m/km. (here, about 30 cubic meters per second goes into the HPP pipe)

Shivera - length 9-10 km, Consumption 60 cubic meters. m/s, slope 15-20 m/km.

Akh-Tsu Gorge - length 4 km, flow rate 60 cubic meters. m/km, slope 10 m/km.

Run to Adler (to the sea) - length 25 km, consumption 60-70 cubic meters. m/s, slope 3 m/km.

1. The upper rapids (the Mudflow threshold) are 2 km long.

Immediately after the bridge, after the confluence with the right tributary of the Pslukh, the Mzymta for 800 meters is a medium-difficulty chive (3 grades).

As usual, incidents begin immediately. On these 800 meters we broke 3 oars. It's time to grow up, it's time to switch to normal ones, stop torturing - kayak alterations.

Mudflow threshold /4 class/

View on the left bank. Above the mouth of the stream is a pebbly island. Passage along the right channel, chalka at the end of the islet into the catch at the left bank.

The threshold itself consists of three steps:

1 step

It starts 80 meters below the mouth of the stream. These are two drains located one after another. Perhaps their height depends on the water, they did not seem complicated to us. After 50 meters, the second step begins.

2nd stage

Drain and shiver. In front of the drain there is a large piece of rock near the left bank. In the previous report, they noted a bulk on it, we did not feel it. The main difficulty is the zigzag shiver. After the left turn, the step ends, its length is about 100 m.

3 step.

The most difficult in the threshold. It is a chive in the left channel, 100 meters long. The key place is at the exit, at the lower end of the island dividing the river. There, two large protruding stones form three passages. The left one is a relatively gentle, but heavily polluted drain, a shallow "tooth" sticks out in the middle. In general, everything seemed dangerous. The right one is narrow, steep and shallow. For the passage, the central one was chosen, which is an almost vertical drain about a meter high, located parallel to the main stream (that is, the line of movement in the drain is perpendicular to the shore). The difficulty lies in the fact that you need to get into the gate parallel to the flow, turn sharply 90 degrees and jump off the drain, rounding the left (upstream) stone and at the same time not crashing into the right (lower) stone. When passing, the first catamaran moved on the final area close to the right bank, in order to approach the drain at low speed, guaranteed not to crash into the left stone and not fall to the left, and it also seemed to help not to drive into the lower stone with acceleration. from the desired point, cross a narrow and not very powerful jet. However, they hit the ground with the right balloon, turned to the right and almost piled on the lower stone with the left (!) balloon. They also did not have time to jump off the desired drain with the stern, the jet dragged to the right. As a result, they fell headlong into the right, seemingly low-water passage and turned over.

the crew took pictures of the whole process with pleasure. After the liquidation of the consequences, the second crew successfully passed the drain "from acceleration". True, they did not have time to turn completely at the gate, they entered the drain halfway, but resisted.

Drive to the Greek Gorge.

Length 12 km.

After the Mudflow threshold, the slope of the Mzymta sharply decreases. There are no rapids for the first 8-9 km, but you should not relax. There are blockages on the river, which, combined with a still decent current (and a surprise factor), pose a real danger. We passed this section in the late afternoon, and the sun shone in our eyes so that a number of blockages (low-lying logs blocking the entire river) were recognized only at a close distance. As a result, one of these logs demolished half the crew on the front catamaran (the leader climbed onto the log, but did not have time to return to the ship), and the poorly controlled catamaran flew into the eversion located just below in the middle of the river so thoroughly that they filmed for two hours.

After the cable car, which can be seen on the left, it becomes easier. They write that in the area of ​​​​the bridges (6-7 km to the Greek Gorge) there may be construction rubbish, we did not notice anything like that. The last 3-4 km require attention. There are three thresholds of 3-4 grades here. The guideline for the first of them is a cable crossing with a cradle. More precisely, our predecessors noted the cradle, we didn’t observe it, we saw a booth on the shore. In general, there are a lot of cables over the river. In the place described, a path approaches on the right and buildings are visible, on the left, directly by the river, there is a low, fairly flat bank with convenient parking lots, then the river turns left and the bank rises sharply. Here is the first threshold.

First threshold.

At the left turn there is a long island that divides the river into two channels. The left one is shorter and more powerful, the threshold is in it, so viewing is on the left. The river breaks through the ridges of semi-drenched stones. Blockages are possible. In our case, in a key place, a log was lying around so inconveniently that after deliberation we decided to go along the right channel. It represents a shivera of medium difficulty. It was very small, nothing to see. At the confluence of the duct, the threshold ends. Further right turn and 800 meters of a simple shiver.

Second threshold.

A landmark for its beginning is a large island overgrown with trees, separated from the left bank by a low-water channel, hardly noticeable from the influx. At the end of the island, the threshold begins with a gentle meter-long drain through a stone ridge, the passage is on the left. Basically, it ends there. This threshold is distinguished by our predecessors, we ran to watch it, but we could calmly go on the move, it does not present any difficulty and, as it seemed to us, does not stand out against the background. After 400 meters the river makes a right turn and begins

Third threshold.

On the left side of the river there is a ridge of pouring stones with narrow passages, on the right side there are slanting plums with barrels. The length of the threshold is 200 meters. The threshold came gradually, we walked it in tandem without viewing, and we liked it.

After 500 meters, the current slows down, a small (400 meters) reservoir begins in front of the dam. Locals love to swim here by jet-skiing in front of the reservoir. You can ride for the dam or the entire Greek Gorge 100 meters before the dam on the right bank. They write that it is possible to go to the left bank (and a dirt road allegedly runs along it along a wide terrace almost to the end of the gorge), as we did at first, but from there we were driven by a watchman with a gun. He explained that there is no water in the Greek Gorge at all.

3. Greek Gorge.

Length 3-4 km, 5 with el. 6 k.s.

We did not pass, see other reports about thresholds. Everything is arranged there like this: from the dam, most of the water (always about 30 m 3 / s) goes into a hefty pipe, where the turbines of the power plant rotate. For some reason, this pipe crosses the channel several times on special arched bridges and at the end of the gorge releases water back into the river. Thus, only what was not taken into the pipe flows into the gorge, in our case it was a couple of cubic meters / sec., but sometimes more, which makes it possible to pass the difficult rapids of the Gorge. We walked with interest along one of the "pipeline" bridges and observed rapids of 5-6 k.s from above - majestic, formidable, absolutely dry. Thus, from the dam along the road we climbed to Krasnaya Polyana, spread over the Gorge, where we came across a kind guy in a passenger car, who threw our two katas in turn to the end of the gorge. Unfortunately, the descent to the water in the place where the pipe pours into the river is very difficult (supposedly there is a clearing near the water where you can get up, it is not visible from above), and we went down 2-3 km lower (according to the report of our predecessors -2, according to the time of our movement on foot 3-4), there is also a concrete road coming to the river, there are places for lodging for the night. In total, the run-off turned out to be 5 kilometers. Immediately after the exit of the pipe, the chive begins. We, starting below, caught a piece of it.

4. "Shivera" and run to Ah-Tsu.

Length 9-10 km, flow rate 60 m3/s.

It begins 50 meters after the confluence of the water used in the hydroelectric power station on the right. The water content of the stream increases dramatically (by 30 cubic meters, this is how much the hydroelectric power station takes). First there is a 200-meter section with ramparts and barrels, then a left turn follows. Behind it are numerous islands that break the river into channels, in which blockages are possible. Then the shafts and barrels begin again. But gradually everything calms down, the slope decreases, low terraces appear along the banks, suitable for overnight stays. The "Shiver" does not have a clearly defined ending, it can be conditionally considered that it ends at the confluence of a large right tributary - the Chvizhepse River. There are no serious obstacles further to the Ah-Tsu waterfall. 2.5 km after the confluence of the Chvizhepse, a small tributary flows on the left, after another 800 meters on the right on the bank a small village, here on the right a small stream flows into the Mzymta. This is an important landmark - after 500 meters the Akh-Tsu gorge begins.

5. Ah-Tsu Gorge - 4 km long.

Consumption 60 m3/s, slope 10 m/km.

The sides of the glade converge, the road running along the right bank rises to a ledge to a height of 10-15 m. Above the river. The left bank is bom, the right bank is steep, overgrown with bushes. The place for a chalka for carrying around the waterfall is 600 meters before the beginning of the gorge, there is a narrow pebble beach, the current is calm, the remains of wooden piles stick out of the water near the shore. 150 meters ahead you can see the rocky right bank and sharp turn rivers to the left is the entrance to the Ah-Tsu waterfall.

Ah Tsu Waterfall. 6+ k.s.

The length of the obstacle is 75 meters, the fall is 5-6 meters. A successful passage is unlikely, although in 1998-1999 Ah-Tsu successfully passed on a kayak, and local guides who ride tourists along the Limestone Canyon swore that they pass it on catamarans regularly. Nevertheless - for the vast majority of groups - run-out. To do this, along the path you need to get to the road that runs along the right bank. Above the waterfall (or rather, immediately after it), the road goes into a 100-meter tunnel. A 20-meter cliff stretches behind the tunnel for some time, after 200 meters after the tunnel, in principle, you can go down to the water along a steep scree slope. Our predecessors apparently did just that. We acted differently. From the end of the waterfall to the vertical wall of the canyon - two meters. A steep, but passable path from above leads to this point. We launched the catamarans along it and took turns starting from there. Here begins the threshold not described in the report we used, which we will conditionally call

Threshold "Gorge".

Approximately 4 k.s.

It starts directly behind the waterfall, pressing against the wall of the gorge. The pressure is followed by about 50 meters of relatively calm water at the most "canyon" point of the gorge, right under the tunnel. Next - a row of gates with plums of large stones. There may be logs. We passed mainly on the left. The strongest section is located on the first hundred meters behind the tunnel. Further to the end of the gorge there are obstacles, but there is nothing to worry about. Viewing the main section is possible from above, from the entrance to the tunnel.

For parking it is necessary to raft to the suspension bridge (shortly after the end of the gorge). On the right bank there is a trout farm (another, larger one is behind the Limestone Canyon). The predecessors mark a cafe there, but they drove us out of there without giving us lunch.

Run to Adler - length 25 km,

consumption 60-70 cubic meters / s.

The river is sharply simplified, the slope decreases, in 2 hours of rafting after Ah-Tsu there is a picturesque, but uncomplicated "Limestone Canyon". Behind it, the rafting is of little interest, the road departs from the river and up to Adler the landscape is industrial. The last kilometers along Mzymta is the airport, fenced with barbed wire (there were negotiations with armed guards, but nothing happened), then the river flows through the city. In total, from the Ah-Tsu gorge to the sea, the rafting takes 3-4 hours. Having tried to go a little into the sea, they dodged (one cat) and were thrown ashore: the excitement of about two points generates worthy surf waves. You can sort it out on the beach at the mouth, preferably on the right. Then ten minutes to the station by minibus or bus (and if someone goes to the airport - the same thing, but up the river, you just sailed it).

You need to decide in advance whether you need to pass the thresholds of 5-6 k.s. Greek Gorge. If yes, you need to quickly find out the water level this month, otherwise you can come to dry rapids. However, in general, the Mzymta among the rivers flowing in this area is distinguished by the constancy of flow. Therefore, a hydroelectric power station was installed on it.

If you do not go through these rapids and do not abuse local wine, the route is passed quite quickly (with all sorts of delays, we managed to meet three days, plus a day of approaches, if you count from Adler). Therefore, it is useful to provide some other cultural program so that the shaking time in the train does not exceed the time of the active part. You can fly paragliders with an instructor at the Ropeway, it cost 1000 rubles for that way 20-25 minutes of flight. You can just relax in Adler, it's not bad there, and you can live from 40 rubles / day. We climbed into the Vorontsov caves, to which from Adler, with a good combination of circumstances, even public transport two hours (and a day - if unsuccessful). But this is a separate story, see S. Galkin's report about our caving trip or any one about the Vorontsov caves.

We continued to test self-made "pointy" low-slung catamaran (see our report on Zelenchuk, if anyone is interested). In this campaign, long bent stringers were put on it to reduce the deformation of the ends of the cylinders in the shafts. The deformations decreased, but the stringers gradually broke. Would need thicker.

We have passed the threshold "Akh-Tsu Gorge" in the first ascent mode. Of course, this was not a real first ascent, but there was an impression that the groups surrounding the waterfall also surround this threshold (and, accordingly, they do not write anything about it). Which is in vain. The threshold is interesting and corresponds to the possibilities of the group going to the "four".

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND PHOTO:

Team Nomads.

http://www.skitalets.ru/water/

http://www.new.bescker.ru/index.php/Mzymta

http://www.yugopolis.ru/

Wikipedia website

Vkontakte group Adler.

Report on a water tourist trip II with e-mail. IV category of complexity on the Mzymta River, completed from July 24 - August 1, 2000

Head: Sidorenkov V.Yu. (Moscow)