Natural Reserve «Stolby» ( «Columns»)
Krasnoyarsk «Stolby» - pride of Krasnoyarsk. The territory of the reserve surprises with the sizes - about 47000 Hectares. The reserve is near the city boundaries in an hour from the center of Krasnoyarsk.
The nature of these freakish rocks - volcanic. 450 million years ago the melted magma couldn't break through strong breeds of Earth, it managed to squeeze out only from the formed cracks the top layers of limestone and sandstone. For millions years fragile stones collapsed from rains and winds, and there were only cores from firm rocks.
At each rock here the name. Column Grandfather reminds the terrible old man with a huge dense beard. Near it his relatives settled down: Great-grandfather, Granddaughter, Grandmother, Twins. Is there and animals with birds, and in general anything. For example, Chinese wall, Feathers, Lion's gate, Tusk.
The reserve Stolby attract not only rock-climbers but also all citizens and guests of our city. Every weekend the reserve is visited by about two thousand people.