Christmas Zyuratkul
It was decided to celebrate Christmas with a trip to the Zyuratku Ridge in the National Park of the same name, created in 1993. As usual, we agreed on the Internet and hired a minivan. The path is not close, we left at 4 in the morning, we were going to the starting point to the ringing of Christmas bells. By dawn, we arrived at a seasonal attraction - the Uvan Ice Fountain, where geologists were looking for iron ore in 1976 and touched a lens of groundwater while drilling, the pressure knocked out the cork set by geologists and every winter water spouting from an underground source forms an ice column of delicate blue color that grows in the cold up to 12-14 meters in height - the colder, the higher. 
Then there was an ascent to the rocky peak of the Zyuratkul ridge stretching for 7 km - the stone remains of Medvedi 1175 meters high, the road uphill through a predominantly spruce forest warmed, especially the last section of the kurumnik - a disorderly heap of boulders of various sizes. Here you need to be careful - a leg that has unsuccessfully fallen between the stones can turn into a fracture, and the rescuers will not get here soon, although the climb is not considered difficult. Ecopath leads to the top.
At the top, we were greeted by a bright cheerful sun - almost March, even in spring it smelled, and not cold, we were lucky with the weather! We had a picnic on the steps of the rocks with magnificent views around - the steep climb whetted the appetite! A beautiful panorama with the high-altitude (724 m above sea level) Zyuratkul lake and the Nurgush ridge.
We walked along the ridge to the neighboring peak, rejoicing in the abundance of sunlight, climbed to the very top, walked along the plateau around the peak with low mountain fir trees and went down, where a bathhouse was booked.
The Bolshaya Satka River in the upper reaches is fast and does not freeze completely, after the steam room we ran to it in the snow and jumped into the water, the swimming pool is equipped with a platform, railings and a ladder, pretty icy, otherwise it will be carried away by the current. By this time the sun had long since set, it was getting colder and darker. A lantern near the bathhouse made it possible to navigate, but its light only just reached the river - there was no need to put on panties!
We returned home the next day after Christmas!
