My itinerary was the following. Day 1: 55km from the mainland in Sakhyurta to Khuzhir on Olkhon island, and visiting several capes on the way. Days 2-6: going from Khuzhir to the fishermen camp and visiting other capes and islands every day. (Going all the distance from Sakhyurta to Khuzhir can be extremely dangerous because of the winds there, so this is not an advised itinerary but simply sharing my journey)
The most common question I get is ‘How were you not afraid of the ice to break?’ 10 centimeters of the ice is considered to be safe for people to walk on it, 20 centimeters is safe for cars, and 40 centimeters is enough for trucks. Thickness of Baikal ice is around 80-100cm this year. There are cracks and gullies in some parts of the ice, of course, but overall there was no danger for me to fall through the ice as long as I wouldn’t skate too fast and looked for any dangerous surface ahead of me. In fact, the biggest danger on Baikal is wind, which sometimes can be so strong that even cars can’t move, but I was lucky!
Eli from Russia
I did 100km on the Baikal lake ice by skates!
My itinerary was the following. Day 1: 55km from the mainland in Sakhyurta to Khuzhir on Olkhon island, and visiting several capes on the way. Days 2-6: going from Khuzhir to the fishermen camp and visiting other capes and islands every day. (Going all the distance from Sakhyurta to Khuzhir can be extremely dangerous because of the winds there, so this is not an advised itinerary but simply sharing my journey)
The most common question I get is ‘How were you not afraid of the ice to break?’
10 centimeters of the ice is considered to be safe for people to walk on it, 20 centimeters is safe for cars, and 40 centimeters is enough for trucks. Thickness of Baikal ice is around 80-100cm this year. There are cracks and gullies in some parts of the ice, of course, but overall there was no danger for me to fall through the ice as long as I wouldn’t skate too fast and looked for any dangerous surface ahead of me. In fact, the biggest danger on Baikal is wind, which sometimes can be so strong that even cars can’t move, but I was lucky!
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