Instructor's gap or Balagan Armenian in the Caucasian Reserve in Adygea

Instructor's slot or booth Armenian - this is an officially authorized tourist parking lot for camping and setting up tents in the Caucasus Nature Reserve in the Republic of Adygea. It is sometimes also called a chopped booth. Or rather, to be precise, the chopped booth is a small shelter house, but everything in general is located on one large site next to the Armenian River.

Usually this place is used as a base camp for overnight stays before storming the peaks Oshten and Pshekha-Su, for hiking to lakes psenodah, or just to relax in the Reserve, as this is the most easily accessible place to spend the night after entering the Reserve from Adygea through the Uzurub checkpoint (about an hour and a half on foot), or through the lagonaki checkpoint (about 4 hours on foot). See. Armenian booth on the map, but the coordinates are 44.0193677,39.9701971. The trail from the Uzurub checkpoint goes mainly up.

Also, the instructor's gap is reached during a one-day walk around the reserve without equipment and overnight. On the way here from the checkpoint you can really see beautiful places: mountain streams, waterfalls, Alpine Meadows. If you walk about a kilometer from the parking lot to the West, then even in August you can get to the glacier that has not melted, and even further along this path is Lake Psendach (about 3 hours in one direction). Also half an hour PUI is the observation deck on the mountain "the Hedgehog's umbilical cord". In 2019, almost close to the parking lot, we (the authors of the site) observed horses, mountain goats, and even a wild bear.

The tourist area for accommodation is practically not equipped: there are only a couple of wooden tables and chairs. There are no toilets here, so you have to run to the "bushes", which, by the way, are very few in the district, so if you spend the night here, it is better to decide in advance where to run. Drinking water can be taken from the mountain stream flowing through the camp, but it is better to do this as upstream as possible, since in the camp itself dishes and feet are washed in this water. Water can not boil.

At the height of the summer season, a lot of Motley tourists spend the night here, who do not really respect the tranquility of their neighbors, and can make noise until late at night. Therefore, if you need peace before storming one of the mountains, it is best to stay away from the center of the camp.