One of the Last Untouched Wilderness Areas
The Altai-Sayan ecoregion is one of the last remaining untouched areas of the world. The Altai-Sayan Ecoregion situated on the boundary between Siberian taiga forests and Central Asian deserts stands out from its surrounding territories with its unique diversity of animal and plant worlds. See more here.
Most Beautiful and Inaccessible Mountains of Russia
In the center of the Eurasian continent, in southern Siberia, spread some of the most beautiful and inaccessible mountains of Russia – Sayan. This mountainous country is a majestic mountain ranges, stretching over a distance of more than a thousand kilometers, and includes the Western and Eastern Sayan. See more here.
Valley of Sumak, Mineral Springs
In the middle of East Sajan is the valley of Sumak, where a lot of mineral waters with healing effects spring to the surface. They can be reached by walking, horseback or by helicopter (for wealthy people). At Gigaplaces.com they have a photo-report that describes the walk from Sumak pass to the mineral springs. I’d highly suggest visiting their site for more information on this destination. See more here.
Life in Russia 
Quite extraordinary. I don’t think I have ever seen a landscape quite like that shown in the first image. Ethereal and beautiful. Thank you. Janet:)
Janet, if you go to the links in this post it will take you to another post I created some time ago. There you will find some incredible pictures of the area.
Good morning and thank you….I will definitely do that. Janet:)
Just took a look…This is the kind of landscape that puts we mere humans in our place. Stunning, awesome (in the real sense of the word:) and a place I would love to travel through by train. Janet
Oh, so would I. In fact I had a dream of such a thing taking place. It’s a land of mystery and beauty.
Indeed….maybe one day:)
I would like to have such experience! Quite extraordinary!
I’m hoping to organize such a trip this coming summer, thinking about opening up to those who are interested.
Is there much earth quake activity there, Steve?
Leslie
Not that I know of, pretty quiet.
Some of the mountians look rather recent. They aren’t rounded by time like the Canadian Shield. Usually there is a lot of activity when they are newer.
Leslie
Well I don’t have all the answers, so here’s the wikipedia link for the Sayan Mountains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altai-Sayan_region
Looks absolutely stunning.
Oh, they are very much so.
What a stunning place! thanks for sharing Steve
Hope to be able to share about it first hand, maybe this coming summer.
Exquisite exhibition of beauty.
Thanks
Hallo das sind ja wunderschöne Fotos ja Russland ist schon ein wunderschönes Land ein frohes neue Jahr wünsche ich dir Klaus
Thank you, and yes Russia is very beautiful.