Why is the bear in the top trinity wide? Medveditsa River (Tver region): map, description, fishing and recreation. The main tributaries of the Medveditsa

The Medveditsa River in the Tver region was chosen for the July ten-day rafting trip. We decided to go there and back by car, so as not to strain too much. I wanted to pick strawberries, find mushrooms, catch fish.

The river is amazingly suitable for all of the above purposes. Of course, there are plenty of villages and villages, as well as people relaxing with cars along the banks, but summer is in full swing! Everyone rushes to the water. And on Medveditsa there is a pine forest along the banks, a sandy bottom, shallows and beaches for swimming. And we only have 100 km for 10 days: recreational strawberry rafting...

On the advice of tourists who had visited Medveditsa more than once, they decided to start the journey by making a bridge across the Tver-Rameshki highway, starting the rafting from Gorodkovsky. At the same time, we left the car at the final point of the route - in the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa, and agreed with local drivers to take us to the water near the village. Gorodkovsky. True, we went to Ursa not through Kashin, as the newly acquired Garmin persistently advised, but through Kimry. But on the way back, we drove in the direction of Kashin through Sergiev Posad along the Yaroslavl road.

So, Tuesday, 3.07. The driver took us from the bridge straight to the river - to the left bank, upstream. Along the way, he suggested that we start from the village of Medvedikha, but we did not allow it - we missed the strawberry meadows known from other stories, and the mileage was sharply reduced. And it’s already small for us.

There are people swimming all around! Hot! We also swam, had a snack, transferred our things to the “herms”, and played “Canyon 2+”. Everything somehow quickly settled down, and we found ourselves on the water. We didn’t walk for long: villages on the right, on the left, on the left again... It was still hot. We stood on the high right bank in the evening in the first pine forest we encountered between the villages of Koptino and Bereg on the right bank. All the places there are equipped for picnics for those arriving by car. We avoid such places, but we were so tired during the day that we decided to stop for the night. True, they didn’t stand near the beach itself - the place was too trampled. There is even a horizontal bar and “sports equipment” made from tree trunks. We settled on a high steep bank among pine trees.

Wednesday, 4.07. In the morning we didn’t manage to take a nap: a car drove next to the tent and stopped 100 meters from us at the same beach with a table and shells. The driver urgently ran off to collect something with a basket. We had a quick breakfast, I looked around the forest - full of blueberries! We ate porridge with blueberries. We left early, at 9.30. The driver had just returned with his basket, and his alarm system was blaring in different voices. We slowly packed up and got into the boat, but he still couldn’t get into the car, running in circles around the clearing where we were standing. I was looking for something, but didn’t ask for help. Maybe locals don’t turn to visitors for help?

Two dams passed. The first, with a stormy flow, passes from the left along the stream with little maneuver, since a certain wooden barrier lies across the river and the boat is pressed against it by the current. There is wiring on the second dam. The boat is too long to maneuver between two dozen piles randomly sticking out of the water. Very small. There is not enough water at all. Although Alexey unexpectedly found himself waist-deep in water while guiding the boat. I lazily watched the process from the shore. It’s hot, we’re swimming for the second time. We look at the remains of the stone structure of the dam from the left bank (on the right bank).

Between these two dams they began to set up spinning on the water. At this time, one might say, a fishing boat rushed past us (!) at full speed, on which a girl and an older man were rafting. The girl asked if we had tried to start the rafting above Gorodkovsky. It would have been tempting for us, but we didn’t see any easy access roads on the map...

We stopped for lunch on a beach, and after lunch Alexey went up into the field and unexpectedly brought a handful of red wild strawberries for dessert. Marvelous! So far we have only observed green on both high banks in the field. The forest that began on the right was explored for strawberries and mushrooms. Approximately opposite the village. Streams. Some stream there just flowed into the Bear. We ate the strawberries to our heart's content, but didn't find any mushrooms. But then, almost immediately we caught a huge pike weighing 2 kg! Wow! On the very first day of rafting - such luck. We struggled with this pike for a long time to get it out - it hid in the seaweed under the boat and tried to get away. It's good that I have an experienced fisherman with me.

A spruce forest appeared on the right. A truck rattles along the shore in the forest, and it’s time for us to go to the parking lot. The sun is shining, and it’s time to cut and cook the fish. A barn appeared on the left, the river turned to the right and a gorgeous view of the pine forest on the left bank opened up. We didn’t hear any trucks, we disembarked and stood at the end of the forest: a tent under an oak tree hugging a linden tree, a “kitchen” nearby in a pine forest - there was already an old fireplace there. The fish soup and boiled fish were more than enough not only for dinner, but also for lunch the next day.

Thursday, 5.07. The sun is hot. Braving the heat, we loaded up and then swam constantly - otherwise it was impossible to move. On the right bank there are beautiful pine forests, but everywhere there are country roads and approaches to the shore, especially where there are pine trees and beaches. We came out on the right - we ate blueberries, came out on the left - nothing, then we went out again, climbed onto the high bank across the beach, and... smelled it! The pungent smell of ripe strawberries! It! This is why we came here! Now the main thing is not to crush, not to trample underfoot this carpet of red berries! Sparse pine trees and bushes, between them there are clearings of ripe strawberries. They rushed to pick berries and make jam. The long-forgotten taste of strawberry jam foam... Along the way, we decided to stay the next day for the day. True, along the opposite bank in the forest behind the trees a UAZ drove two or three times, but we couldn’t see it, we only heard it. It was late in the evening, when we went to bed, loud male voices were heard from the same shore: people were calling each other, they obviously got lost. They even fired a gun for convincing. Then everyone seemed to find each other, and the car drove off.

Friday, 6.07. The strawberry picking continued. On this hot day, this picking was already difficult for me: horseflies, mosquitoes - there’s so much to see around the berries! We made the next batch of jam. Oh, how delicious cooked strawberries smell! The sugar (4 kg) we took with us for jam was completely used up. Hooray! We ate too much wild strawberries. They even made a dessert of strawberries with condensed milk.

Next is the bathhouse, water treatments, laundry. The day turned out to be, fortunately, very warm, but cloudy, which was important - the hot sun gave a respite to our sunburnt bodies. That day they tried to scout out the forest further from the strawberry meadows - it turned out to be uninteresting: tall grass, the size of a man, no mushrooms or not visible... In the tent they watched the same film: through the semicircle of a mosquito net you can see jumping flies and mosquitoes, larger and smaller … Alexei was there filming some kind of video with these flies, but in the forest you participate in this film as a victim.

Saturday, 7.07. This day was marked by a trip for a spoon. And it happened like this: in the morning, in the parking lot, we were finishing off the foam of strawberry jam with tea. I settled into a makeshift chair made of woven willow branches over a reclining trunk. Immediately she beautifully plugged up the only spoon. But, of course, she was sure that she had washed it and put it in a dish bag. We went out, fishing was not going well that morning. Hot, lazy. Along the banks there are vacationers and fishermen. We found a beach with tall bushes and stopped for a snack. Needed a spoon. That’s when I discovered that my spoon was missing! Come back? Search? Where and how? In fact, we sailed quite a bit, about three kilometers, and went fishing. And the wind blew in our faces. We decided to return lightly and find the ill-fated spoon. We unloaded and hid our things near the beach in the bushes and tall grass. We rowed against the current - it was good that the wind was now pushing us at our back. We only fought the current on the riffles. Everything flashed in reverse order: women washing fish; pine forest; vacationers in a UAZ in the forest who complained about horseflies... Finally, our place. There is no spoon! They even dug up the sand on the beach, believing that I had lost it there while washing the dishes. Nowhere. OK. We did everything we could, haha. Finally, I walked around the place where the boat lay on the other side and accidentally ended up behind the makeshift chair - from a different angle I saw my spoon, gracefully tucked between the branches. Immediately I remembered everything. Hmmm, it happens...

We took a swim and quickly headed back. Lightly, but the wind is now blowing in my face. But what do we see?! Our beach, where we left our things, is already inhabited! Opposite, young fishermen are cleaning fish, and aunties and children are sunbathing on the adjacent beach. In front of the amazed public, they pulled out and loaded their belongings and set sail.

Finally, that day we reached the bridge towards the village of Medvedikha. There are vacationers with tents and cars all around. We caught small pike. After the auto bridge there is a roll, again people with cars. Where to stay for the night? The “population” came again. Using the navigator and map, we determined the greatest distance from all villages and roads, and approximately in this place we saw a forest on the right, and towards it a sea of ​​grass and a tiny sandy slope. We made our way through the grass, and there was a clearing, a good path into the spruce forest. Ideal for an overnight stay.

In the evening, in the tent, they glued my torn sandal together with “crazy hands.” It stuck together very reliably, the shoes lasted until the end of the hike (at least).

Sunday, 8.06. In front of the village of Medvedikha we caught two good pike and a large perch. Two villages, one “flows” into the other - Shibanikha and Medvedikha. At the junction of villages there is a ruined church, a bustle, cars, a crossroads or a square, probably. And then there's the sign bus stop, turned towards the river. As if for those passing by - but welcome to the bus! It was a shame we didn’t take advantage of the invitation to at least visit the store. I thought: there will still be a store selling bread. We walked another half a kilometer - the village clearly ends. We asked the residents on the shore, they said that we had already passed the store. Well, we decided to return, such a section of the river - we keep coming back... Now already loaded. The men jumped out of their gardens, grinning: “With the flow - we’ve seen it many times, but never against the flow!”; “If you need it in the Guinness Book of Records, I’ll sign it, call me!” And all sorts of things they shout joyfully. We didn’t make it to the bus stop, we stopped nearby, and I went to get some bread.

The store turned out to be very nice from the outside. A sign with huge blue letters in the shape of bear paws: “BEAR. Shop". But... alas, neither the bread, nor the vegetables Alexei ordered, nor the dairy products were there. However, you can easily live without bread for a week, and there will be shops in other villages. I bought local Tver beer, and a couple of kilometers from the village we celebrated the halfway point of our hike: salad from leftover vegetables, delicious fish soup, sorbet for tea... We sat in wonderful little pine trees, hiding from the sun and from insects (for some reason). But then something unimaginable began: on a hot Sunday afternoon, everyone poured out onto the shore: children to swim, adults to swim, women to eat chips in the water, men to fish... Huge companies celebrating children’s birthdays in the water shouted to us: “Congratulations!”

To escape the heat, I made a gazebo out of a sheet in the boat, securing the middle with a cap, and taking the ends in my hands, waving them along with the oar. Alexey said that I looked like a ghost. I didn't mind, wanting to look intimidating.

It was difficult to stand anywhere. We passed another road bridge to Ragozicha and Bludi, beyond which there was a roll, then an international tourist camp with flags different countries over the tents. As the village of Bludi approaches, there is again the smell of ripe strawberries, or now strawberries; in front of the village itself is a field where grannies can be seen picking these strawberries, while grandfathers with fishing rods are fishing on the shore. Parking is very difficult. The river makes a big turn behind the village, the navigator shows the road from Bludey along the river (which is not on the map), children are swimming all around. The turn of the river ended, a small rapid appeared, the river went to the right of the village and the road, and a magnificent pine forest opened up on the right bank. Having made our way from the beach through the bushes and grass to the top, we settled down on a high bank near a wide fallen pine tree. Finally the smell of pine forest! And without insects! You can sit on a high trunk... We were very tired of the heat, although we walked no more than 20 km that day.

Monday, 9.06. Lazy fees. Alexey scouted the forest - a “mosquito nest” with blueberries. But the blueberries are only on the edge - beyond that there is a swamp.

We went out and had lunch with traditional fish soup in front of Siblovo behind the transmission line in the pines. During lunch, the sky became cloudy for an hour, as if it was about to rain. But the heat began again.

And yet the rain and thunderstorm caught up with us in the evening. That day we decided to do some REAL evening fishing before sunset. But then the houses of the village of Bykovo suddenly appeared on the right. We had a snack with bagels and tea under the bridge, and I went to the village from the highway bridge along the road. Hot. The store was on the left on the main road of the village, a kilometer from the bridge. My grandmother, whom I asked about the store and the purchase of village cottage cheese, sent me another kilometer through the village to her daughter-in-law. True, she abandoned her urgent matters and saw me off. So I heard the latest news: it’s hot in Moscow, there’s a thunderstorm in Tver, here there’s not a drop in five days.

However, I just brought them rain... Having bought bread, cottage cheese and new granulated sugar for field strawberries, I went to the bridge. After snacking on village cottage cheese, we finally went on this evening fishing trip. Not a single fish! There was no bite. But the thunderstorm was catching up. The sky darkened, the sun disappeared, and thunder was heard. There is nothing to do - we urgently need to get up for the night.

Almost like an emergency, we jumped onto the right bank, and then a huge “sophisticated” jeep drove up to the boat. To our amazement, an elegant lady in a swimsuit came out and began looking for a place to swim before the storm. A very fat man reluctantly accompanied her. My cap flew away from the gusts of wind, the lady rushed to pick it up, and at that time the smart little boy was telling us how much he was afraid of thunderstorms. We did not stop rapidly unloading, methodically dragging things under the trees. The adults took a swim and offered to take all their belongings and us to the village of Bogunovo. Of course, we refused, but in any case it was nice to meet such participation.

We barely had time to set up the tent and put things under its wings when it began to rain. We fell asleep to the sound of rain.

Tuesday, 10.07. The rain has stopped, the weather is cloudy, damp all around, there are no insects. Beauty! Ideal for fishing. And we went fishing. We caught pike, although the biggest fish were lost. To the left after the power line we found clearings of finally ripe wild strawberries. So far we have seen mostly green ones. We went out and collected two liters - there was no sun, no blood suckers, it was comfortable to collect. We passed the village of Novoe, behind which the river flows down a hill and several small riffles. On the right, a long strip of pine and birch forest opens up, with no approaches.

We entered a fairly large tributary of the Medveditsa, the Drezna River, in search of a parking lot for lunch. We ran into a cemetery in the forest on the left and returned. We walked along Medveditsa until the big turn to the right. There is a beach, higher up there is a pine forest, a parking lot “for our own”: firewood under the film, clean. We cooked fish on the beach and set up a bathhouse.

After the river turns on the left, the village of St. Setki, a destroyed wooden church, then N. Setki, and then after the autobridge, in a continuous sequence we went to the villages on the left: Nivishchi, St. and N. Gostinezh, on the right - Starovo and Sergovo. It's late, Alexey is trying to catch a BIG fish, jumping impudently in the water not far from the boat. To no avail. Between Starovo and Sergovo there are riffles one after another, the water makes a lot of noise. Fishermen on the evening bite stand by the rifts and ask us for some reason: “To the Baltic?” We like jokes like this, it’s not like in Art. The auntie asked us in the nets: “Where did you go?”

Around half past ten in the evening we passed through all these villages and began to look for accommodation for the night, preferably with a day's rest. The picked berries are with us! On the right after the village of Sergovo there are beaches with tables on the shore. This doesn't suit us. The left bank has almost no access to the water. Finally we went behind the island into a cove and climbed up to the pine trees. The descent is rather bad, but the place is magnificent, very beautiful. Behind the forest you can hear the distant barking of a dog - the village of Krasny Bor.

Wednesday, 11.07. The main question of the day: should I spend a day here or not? Should I stay or move on? Half a day passed thinking about this. We processed field strawberries: tearing off the green tails is painful, grinding them with sugar is easier. Alexey cut out and hewed a special crusher for this purpose. The main dish of the second half of the hike was cottage cheese with strawberries, and they ate strawberries in different forms: in the form of jam and natural, with condensed milk.

It was convenient to swim on the beach from the island. And in the evening we clearly did not regret that we stayed in this relatively remote place for the day. We drink tea and hear something VERY BIG splash into the water. We already jumped! And it was an elk that rushed to cross the river from the opposite bank. They grabbed the camera and started filming a video, Alexey begged me to be silent and sit quietly. The moose clearly didn’t see us, although he kept looking around and listening. He went out to our beach on the island and supposedly turned back, but he was just swimming. He came out of the water again, shook the water and swam again, going around the island to come out to our shore in the bay. When the moose's head appeared from behind the pine trunk, the feeling of delight and at the same time approaching danger intensified. The moose came close to the place where the inverted “Canyon” lay. What if he jumps along the bottom of the boat? Will the “skin” withstand his hooves? Thinking about this, I said loudly: “Hello, moose!” And then the moose heard me and saw us. He stood motionless for several seconds, and then rushed headlong across the island and the river into reverse side. On the opposite bank he stopped majestically again and looked back in our direction. There was clearly no chase! And the elk calmly retreated into the forest.

After this adventure, Alexey went on an evening fishing trip from the island. I didn't take the fish bag. But then I caught an asp, then a pike. He threw these fish to me from the island. That evening we laughed a lot: “And in the evenings they throw fish!”

Thursday, 12.07. As soon as we swam out, it began to rain. At first the rain was very warm. We were fishing. Very soon we came across a large permanent camp on the right bank, with a children's swing, a kitchen, four tents... The men were fishing a little further away and confirmed that a large chub, up to 4 kg, lives in the river.

After the river turned in front of Konstantinovo, instead of the road bridge indicated on the map, something between a dam and the remains was discovered wooden bridge- a real threshold. We passed along the left channel, the landmark was a large boulder, which should be turned around on the left. They even tried to film our passage from the boat. But still I had to put the device aside and take the oar. Almost immediately after this, Alexey caught the first and only large (one-kilogram) chub on this trip. It was prepared for frying for dinner. These big fried chubs are really tasty!

Meanwhile, the rain had stopped and we stood on a sandy island to cook fish soup. Alexey went to the steep bank to get pine firewood. The fishing of two pikes, perch and asp was magnificent!

We set sail and immediately heard voices from the “Pike” catching up with us. They turned out to be almost “neighbors” (from Lyubertsy). The men walked from Rameshki - seven kilometers from the city, there you can get on the water. But it turns out they didn’t catch fish and didn’t pick strawberries. We were surprised to learn that there were big fish here. And in general, they complained about the shallows and run-outs! But what kind of waste can there be here? It turned out that they were encircling the threshold - the remains of a wooden bridge and a second dam at the beginning of the path. After the conversation, the “Pike” rushed off to the Volga, and we went out for “dessert” - to eat red wild strawberries, which filled all the non-forested areas along the banks of the Bear. We swam, cleaned the newly caught pike and rowed to a pine forest visible in the distance after the village of Konstantinovo.

On the left we saw new acquaintances - “neighbors” who had stopped for the night. We carefully watched the black cloud hanging over the river. It's time for us to urgently get into the parking lot. We quickly “parked” on the left bank in a pine forest, somewhere between the confluence of the Chernovka and Suchek rivers into the Medveditsa. We set up a tent, stuffed our things, and then a real storm began: the trees swayed threateningly, the rain poured down, and a thunderstorm engulfed everything around. But we were going to celebrate the first big chub and at the same time the end of the hike!

But the celebration still took place. By half past eight the rain had subsided, the sun appeared, and the fish was successfully fried. It was only in the morning that I was awakened by the terrible “gnashing” of a certain bird, as if someone was sharpening a huge knife on the shore below. Creepy...

Friday, 13.07. After breakfast we went swimming on the beach on the opposite bank. We need to wash ourselves off and return to Moscow tomorrow. We got into the boat, and... it started to rain! So they walked in the rain and fished. Before Skornev, the entire right bank is filled with cars and tents. Friday! People came for the weekend. The rain intensified, we were soaked through and chilled so much that the water in the river seemed to be heated by fire. At the same time, not a single bite.

We climbed out to the left bank as soon as the rain stopped pouring. The sun came out and we quickly warmed up. Meadow strawberries are in full swing. We ate ripe berries, swam, and walked through Skornevo. We were looking for a parking lot, but cottages appeared on the right bank - new base recreation with horse farming, not indicated on the map. We had to return 500 meters to stand a little further away, in the pine trees, where we decided to rest before tomorrow’s journey, to dry out as much as possible. As soon as we set up the tent, it rained and thunderstormed again. But this was no longer so important.

Saturday, 14.07. In the morning the sun was shining brightly and it was warm. Motor boats were driving along the river all morning. We wanted to catch fish to bring home. There were no fish. Maybe the fish don't like the noise of boats? We didn’t see any motorboats until the village of Skornevo. But the character of the river has also changed. The bear became wide and deep, with almost no current. In general, we didn’t catch any fish that day.

In Upper Trinity we easily found a club, next to which we had to disembark to load into the car. There were vacationers all around, boats, jet skis... We dried out in the hot sun, had a snack, took our car and went to Moscow. Blueberries and chanterelles were sold all along the road to Sergiev Posad.

The rafting turned out to be extremely successful. We completed all our “tasks”: we brought home strawberry jam and field strawberries grated with sugar. The Bear has confirmed its reputation as a “strawberry” river!

Actually, in 3 full walking days, without any obstacles, with some fluidity, I expected to complete it in mattress mode full route along the middle Medveditsa - 100 km - to the village of Verkhnyaya Trinity. But because it was labor-alcohol alloy + inspection of several abandoned dumps + additional purchase of provisions, it turned out to be only 73 km - on average, 24 km / day - but in general, it turned out to be quite eventful;)

From Gorodkovsky, the Medveditsa is passable even in low water, to the mouth on the Volga it is only ~155 km, and from there, from Shatrishchi, you can call a taxi to the Savyolovo station or raft along the Volga another 16 km, to the railway bridge at the Sknyatino station. After Norbuzhye and the mouth of Bolshaya Puditsa, the Medveditsa floods heavily and becomes too wide and not so interesting for slow-moving inflatables. You can call a taxi to Savelovo station from Norbuzhye (~135 km) or from Neklyudovo (~145 km - going up to the AD bridge along Bolshaya Puditsa).
Below the Upper Trinity on the banks of the Bear you can see several more attractions: basically, the same abandoned temples, a huge stone “Death to wild tourists!” , below which you will have to enclose a dam, and decorative? abandoned? Pekashino village. The population, of course, is becoming more active, abandoned buildings are no longer so abandoned, if not completely restored, and there will be no problems with shops.

There is a mention of the passage of the upper reaches of the Bear on Taimeny in late April - early May. From Vysochka to Gorodkovsky - 113 km. Transfer through Spirovo to Peschanitsa (4.5 km to Vysochka) or to Falino (3 km to Vysochka), and maybe you can get to the water by taxi. But I haven’t considered this area, although maybe I’ll get there someday.

All my photos from this trip are on Ya.Photkah

Day 1 - 2017.04.28 - Fri

We decided to start the hike a day earlier than the start of the May 1st holidays - a good practice, there is much less fuss around and tickets are easier to get. We met in Tver, shopped at a superstore near the bus station and... called a taxi to Gorodkovsky. You can, of course, take the bus, but in this case, this is not our option))

01. We go to the slipway below the AD bridge in Gorodkovsky, from where a children’s group has just started on skating skating and motorized rafting.

02. Sandy steep banks with pine forests immediately begin.

03. Ruins of a hydroelectric power station at PB - almost nothing remains.

04. From the water you can see equipped parking lots on the high banks, there are no problems with parking at all, every half hour or hour something will be found, but the best, equipped parking lots are, as a rule, located near the village with unpaved car access.

05. We went to the abandoned Mikhnevo estate - we passed by the ruins of a house, apparently for household purposes.

06. There is a forest inside.

07. Dam on the Medveditsa tributary stream.

08. On the main alley.

09. Main gate.

10. And another gate, a little smaller.

11. Trubnikov manor house.

12. We climb inside the ruins.

13. There, Vova was attacked by a mole.

14. While Vova is satisfying his inner mole, he decided to take a walk around the estate.

15. Corner Tower fences.

16. Ruins of a peasant school.

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18. There are more ruins nearby.

19. I return to the main house.

20. There is still ice in the basement.

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22. It is clear that someone has already been digging.

23. The mole lets Vova go, it’s time to return to the boats.

24. Today is half of the sailing day, we are starting to look for parking.

25. We don’t need an equipped parking lot; we stop at the PB, on an abandoned dirt road ~17 km along the riverbed from the start.

Day 2 - 2017.04.29 - Sat

26. I don’t remember what time we got on the water, but it was certainly not early, as it should be in an alcoraft.

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28. Equipped parking lot on the LB, quite far from the population, but the driving road is clearly visible from the satellite.

29. In front of the AD bridge near Semunino, first on the PB and then on the LB, the skeletons of huts-wigwams-teepees are visible - I don’t really understand them.

30. Someone made a special effort at LB - these are no longer just huts. In the summer there may be a permanent informal camp here.

31. In front of the bridge from the PB, a commercial group came out onto the river - we, as best we could, exerted our pernicious influence on them))

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34. The first abandoned place of worship in the village of Medvedikha - the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - 1897-1901.

35. Actually, only the bell tower remains from the church, but it is very close to the water - it’s worth getting out to have a look.

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37. We went into a store next to the bell tower and moved on.

38. Just below Medvedikha on the LB there is an excellent parking lot.

39. But it’s too close to the population, and there’s still a lot of interesting things ahead.

40. On LB, one of the most famous and accessible attractions on Medveditsa is the fortress gate? - I don’t know what it’s all about.

41. There is a turret nearby.

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43. Maybe what kind of film they were filming or wanted to make.

44. It’s quite difficult to climb up without a rope.

45. Below the fortress on the PB there is an abandoned truck crane; to see it, you need to go around the island on the right.

46. ​​Well, how can you not climb on it...

47. And into him too...

48. Just below the truck crane on the LB you can see the ruins of an agricultural building - nothing interesting.

49. Even lower is a small desert on the LB.

50. Reminiscent of the sandy Baikal shore.

51. The largest abandoned site on the route is the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Ilgoshchi - 1778-1779.

52. It’s better to go out for an inspection in front of the AD bridge; there is a store at the intersection.

53. There are many trees on the roof, or rather on what is left of it.

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64. Ruins near the temple.

65. Behind the AD bridge, on a high LB, there is a parking lot in a pine forest, but it was already occupied by a children’s group, which we saw on the slipway, and is too close to the population for us. We stood a little lower, on an abandoned dirt road along the PB, near a picturesque snag))

Day 3 - 2017.04.30 - Sun

66. The day began with contemplation? interspecies? relations, but I didn’t interfere with them, in case something interesting would happen))

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69. Everything seems to be fine here...

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71. We reached Voloskovo.

72. Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 1800

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79. Here you can climb to the 2nd floor of the bell tower.

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82. Building next to the temple.

83. View of the Ursa from the bell tower.

84. From the temple we go to the store.

85. But today it doesn’t work at all ((

86. Somewhere here, below Voloskovo on the LB, there is a spring, and even lower on the LB there is a memorial stone.
I wanted to look at it, but I forgot, and only remembered 0.5 km below, I didn’t go back, judging by the photo on Wikimapia, there was nothing interesting.

87. About 800m after the memorial stone, I got out to stretch my legs on the LB and found 3 stones, called them “Three Brothers”.

88.

It was closer to the parking lot, so that the alcohol alloy remained exactly the alcohol alloy, we went to the store in Bykovo on PB. The man-made waste is clearly visible from the store; it turns out that these are the ruins of a flax mill. Being already weighed down...with provisions, I didn’t go to the abandoned place - I showed weakness ((Maybe there is nothing interesting there, or maybe there’s nothing like the views, especially if there is a climb to the tower, then there should be a view of the Bear. To the store and the abandoned place It’s better to walk along the dirt road from the pumping station to the PB just below the AD bridge.

89. We stood above Dubrovo, on the LB near the frame of the tipi. There was an idea to burn polyethylene, but there was a lot of it, we would simply suffocate from such fumes.

Types of fishing: float fishing, bottom fishing, spinning, fly fishing, live bait fishing, winter views fishing, other types of fishing

Fish: bursh, chub, silver bream, dace, ruff, asp, carp, bream, tench, perch, roach, podust, bluefish, catfish, pike perch, bleak, pike, ide

Federal District: Central Federal District

Type of reservoir: rivers

Region: Tver region

Length: 259 km

Width: 10-15 m

Maximum depth: 11 m

Pool: 5570 km²

GIMS: Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tver region

Status: free

Medveditsa is a river in the Tver region (Spirovsky, Likhoslavlsky, Rameshkovsky, Kashinsky, Kimry districts), a left tributary of the Volga, flowing into Uglich Reservoir.

Length - 259 km (previously it was longer, 13 km was flooded by the Uglich reservoir). The basin area is 5570 km².

The river begins south of the village Gorma Spirovsky district, Tver region. It flows into the Uglich Reservoir on the Volga in the area between Bely Gorodok and Sknyatino.

In the upper reaches the valley is overgrown with forests, very swampy, the channel is winding (width 10-15 m, depth 0.5-2 m). In the middle reaches of the valley there are two terraces: the floodplain terrace (4-5 km wide) and the floodplain (up to 100 m wide). There are many oxbow lakes, the channel is filled with shoals, spits, islands, the depths on the rifts are up to 0.5 m.

In the lower reaches from the village of Semenovskoye to the mouth, the Medveditsa valley is flooded with the waters of the Uglich Reservoir, the width in the flood zone is up to 200 m, the depth is 5-11 m.

The following villages are located on the river: Stan, Nikolskoye, Zamytye, Medvedikha, Upper Trinity, Lower Trinity, Semyonovskoye.

Main tributaries: left - Selnitsa, Kamenka, Ivica, Drezna, Yakhroma; right - Suseshnya, Tresna, Kushalka, Rudomosh, Bolshaya Puditsa, Malaya Puditsa.

Bridges and crossings

Pass through the Medveditsa River road bridges in the village of Bykovo, the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa, the bridge of the Dolnitsy - Malye Setki highway, etc.

Shipping

The river is navigable 41 km from the mouth.

Fish

In Medveditsa there are bursh, chub, silver bream, dace, ruff, asp, silver crucian carp, golden crucian carp, carp, bream, tench, burbot, perch, gudgeon, roach, podust, bluefish, catfish, pike perch, bleak, sabrefish, pike, ide .

The small river Medveditsa in the Tver region is famous for its beautiful protected areas, silence and mirror-like surface of the water.

On modern map Three rivers in Russia have the same name. The Bear of the Tver region, the Bear, which flows into the Don, flowing through the Saratov and Vologda regions, and finally, the Kostroma Bear.

There was also a Bear in the area of ​​present-day Yaroslavl, but she literally floated away. It disappeared as a result of the urbanization of the 18th century - it disturbed the residents by creating dampness in the basements, causing cracks in the houses and, in the end, “tilted” the bell tower of the church, for which it was executed, it was simply filled up.

Perhaps, having heard about hooligan behavior and the sad fate of its namesake, the Tver Bear bypassed the regional capital - more than 40 kilometers away. There is not a single large settlement on its route. Therefore, the water in the river is very clean.

Origin of the name

The history of the origin of the name is not difficult to guess. Brown bears lived in the dense forests through which the river flows. The mother bear and her cubs were attracted by the opportunity to feast on river fish, so the family went ashore.

Local residents warned each other: "Bear!" Like, be careful. So the name stuck to the generally harmless river.

According to another version, the name is based on the phrase "to be in charge of honey". A similar interpretation of the word "bear" is in Dahl's dictionary.

And this option has the right to life. Clubfoots do not settle directly along rivers, preferring thickets. But bees love floodplain water meadows with cereal herbs. The name speaks for the second version "Medvedka", which is carried by an insect and a honey plant.

You can still taste local honey today. Most likely, you will not be able to meet a bear, but the confidence that they live in the local virgin, mostly coniferous forests will remain with everyone who at least once comes to stay on the bear’s shores.

The Bear River is wide and deep

The younger sister of the Volga, its left tributary, the Bear is not so small. It originates in dense swampy forests (near the village of Garma), flows through five districts of the Tver region (Spirovsky, Likhoslavlsky, Rameshkovsky, Kashinsky and Kimrsky) and flows into the Uglich reservoir, because of which it also suffered at one time.

After its launch, the river became 13 kilometers shorter. The riverbed dissolved in the waters of the artificially created pool serving the power plant in 1939-47. Now the power plant is not operational - it has been closed for a long time.

Now it is no longer possible to see the place where the Medveditsa flows into the Volga. Today the length of the Ursa is 259 kilometers. Which is relatively a lot. After all, the route of its namesake is only 11 km from the Kostroma region.

In the upper reaches the channel is winding, narrow - up to 15 meters from bank to bank and not deep - maximum 2 meters. In the middle course, the river is full of shoals, islands, fords and rapids, rapids, and rubble, which are visible on satellite images. Such natural obstacles make the river interesting for sports water tourism. Several rafting routes along the Medveditsa have been developed.

In the lower reaches, about forty kilometers before the mouth, the river is already full-flowing, wide (up to 200 m), deep (from 5 to 11 m), and navigation is carried out along it.

The main tributaries of the Medveditsa:

• Suseshnya, Tresna, Kushalka, Rudomosh, Bolshaya and Malaya Puditsa are right.
• Selnitsa, Kamenka, Ivica, Drezna, Yakhroma are left.

They ensure the full flow of the Ursa and influence the topography of its bottom and flow. The confluence of the tributary with the main channel is usually accompanied by rapids and riffles.

How to get there

The easiest way to Medveditsa: through Tver by bus in the direction of Rameshki to the village of Medvedikha (46 km).

From Moscow they travel by electric train in the direction of Kalyazin, Kimry or Kashin to a place pre-selected on the map, using a navigator, or to a booked camp site.

Notable settlements along the river: Medvedikha, Upper and Lower Trinity, Podosenevo, Semenovskoye, Nikolskoye, Lovtsovo. The majority of fishermen and tourists focus on them.

Approximate tourist route

The Medveditsa River is a popular water tourism site in the Tver region. People can raft along it in canoes, kayaks, and rafts. The rafting season runs from May to June. Then the river usually becomes very shallow, and it is impossible to raft on it.

One of the routes, 100 km long, begins in the village of Gordok and passes through the confluence of the Ivitsa and Drezna tributaries into the Medveditsa. It ends at a bridge near the village of Upper Trinity. From there you can take the bus back to Tver.

Having bypassed the Verkhne-Troitskaya dam, you can continue your journey and swim another 100 km to the Volga and finish in Kalyazin, then go back by train.

As you continue your journey, you must take into account that the river becomes wider and calmer closer to the mouth. These places are chosen by fishermen, who often scurry along the river in motor boats, which can cause discomfort to kayakers and is simply dangerous.

All along the way there will be openings picturesque landscapes, steep banks and sandbanks, dilapidated and devoid of crosses, but still majestic churches. You will probably be lucky to see a couple of moose peacefully grazing in clearings with lush grass. In one such clearing you can set up a camp and stay overnight.

Fishermen about fish

Fishing on Medveditsa enjoys good fame, especially among Moscow fishermen. Here, in a quiet province, they get out of the noisy bustle of the metropolis and, picking up a fishing rod, forget about everything.

Bays covered with reeds, channels, islands and calm water create ideal conditions for feeding and breeding different types fish Roach, perch, rudd, and pike bite well here.

In deep holes, behind rifts, along steep banks there are ide, pike perch, bream, asp, pike, and perch. In the bays, in warm shallow water, you can catch dace, tench, and chub. In the spring, saber fish come from the Volga into Medveditsa in schools.

Fishermen pull out 2-3 kilograms per day. And from the first freeze-up all winter season to last ice the catch reaches 5 kg and above. Lovers winter fishing they drag perches to jigs and spoons; pike willingly go to the bait during this period. May marks a holiday for spinners. Pike and large perch begin to eat.

In the lower reaches, fish fishing is even carried out using the artel method (fish-site “Medveditsky”).

Holidays on Medveditsa

There is enough space for everyone to relax - savages with their tents, fishermen with their gear, families with children and singles, couples looking for romance. The cost of recreation centers is determined by factors such as:

1. seasonality;
2. weather;
3. database occupancy;
4. complex of related services.

Therefore, the cost and conditions of accommodation need to be clarified additionally before the trip. Many hotels have a flexible discount system. You can even bargain.

Very often bank cards are not accepted, you will have to pay for accommodation and other services in cash.

There are options for settlement sites that can only be reached by water. For example, you can’t get to the Big Dipper Fisherman’s House except by boat. Maybe in winter, when the river rises.

An ordinary village house in the village of Medveditskoye with two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen. Boats can be rented, and campfire and barbecue facilities are provided free of charge. The Fisherman's House also accepts pets, but responsibility for their behavior rests with the owner.

For spa treatments, there is a sauna and outdoor swimming, for transport there is a boat and a bicycle, for entertainment there is a river and a forest, a garden and a quiet street. But here, yes, this is where “Russia smells”!

For a more comfortable rest is suitable health complex“Tetkovo” in the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa (247 km from Moscow, 114 from Tver).

This is a former sanatorium. A large five-story building with cozy rooms, all-inclusive meals. The complex has its own subsidiary farm, which supplies organic vegetables, fresh milk, and cottage cheese. A very tasty fruit drink is prepared from flattering berries.

In the fresh air they go skiing in winter, and in summer they roller skate on paved paths and ride bicycles. Equipment can be rented by contacting the reception.

There is a stable here and horse riding is practiced. The territory of the sanatorium is quite large and well-groomed. It is beautiful here at any time of the year. But the main attraction of the place is the Medveditsa River, a pearl in the river necklace of the Tver region.

There are places in Russia where you want to return. The Medveditsa River rightfully belongs to them. It does not compete with the Volga and does not dissolve in it. The Bear has her own special character, sometimes obstinate, but generally easy-going.

Medveditsa River (Tverskaya).
A boat trip along the Medveditsa (Tverskaya) river from the road bridge near the village of Gorodkovsky to the road bridge in the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa. East of the Tver region. Kayak "Taiga" and catamaran with longitudinal rowers. 5 people. July 9-11, 2016.
Photo album from this trip https://vk.com/album-61862658_233803631
LOTION.
The sailing direction corresponds to the movement of a catamaran with longitudinal rowers.
Its speed is approximately equal to the speed of the inflatable kayak "Pike". The water level is high in summer.
July 9.
We went out on the water at 10-17 at two bridges located near the village of Gorodkovsky.
0-03 (running time, hours-minutes) Confluence of the left tributary.
1-08 Brod.
1-15 Rapids in the riverbed with a passage on the left.
1-30-1-48 Drifting (18 minutes) along the left bank of the old hydroelectric power station dam. In some places there are concrete slabs under the water. After the dam there is a roll. There are many piles in the riverbed, among them there is a passage.
3-28 Stop, picking blueberries.
4-03 Confluence of the right tributary, the Kushalka River.
4-10 Several wooden piles from the old bridge, passage is free. Behind them, the river is crossed by a reinforced concrete road bridge connecting the villages of Semynino and Pogoreltsy. Downstream the river is crossed by a power line. 24 km covered.
4-37 Stop for lunch at 16-03 on the left bank of the river in the oaks.
5-29 Old Church.
5-40 power lines, 4 wires near the village of Medvedikha.
5-48 Narrowing of the channel, reinforced concrete blocks are thrown in the water on the left side (closer to the center). Perhaps these are the remains of an old bridge.
6-08 On the left bank of the river, 100 meters from the water, there are three wooden towers being built on the site of an ancient settlement.
6-12 Ford, behind it the river is crossed by a power line.
6-23 Wooden piles from the old bridge.
7-09 Large reinforced concrete road bridge, from the river on the left bank you can see the destroyed bell tower in the village of Ilgoshchi.
7-51 Stop for the night at 21-17 on the left bank of the river. 45 km covered.
July 10.
We hit the water at 8:56.
8-11 power lines, 3 wires.
From about 52 km sandbanks began, where you need to choose a line of movement.
9-25 power lines.
10-10 Church on the left bank of the river near the village of Voloskovo, 59.5 km covered.
11-15 Reinforced concrete road bridge near the village of Bykovo.
11-53 Powerful power line, 19 wires.
12-22 Confluence of the left tributary of the Drezna River.
12-27 Stop for lunch at 14-17 on the left bank of the river. We went to see the church, located 100 meters above the confluence of the Drezna and the Bear. 73.5 km covered.
12-54 Large reinforced concrete road bridge near the village of Nivishchi.
13-04 Local power line.
13-54 Stone dam, after 50 meters there is a roll.
14-37 Large stone dam, passage is possible along the tongue located in the center or along the tongue under the left bank.
15-23 Stop for the night at 20-45 on the left bank of the river. 90.8 km covered.
July 11.
We went out on the water at 8:47.
15-34 Confluence of the left tributary Chernovka, about 3 meters wide. There is a parking lot in front of it on the left bank.
15-52 Local power line.
17-21 power lines, 4 wires.
17-37 Stop at the slipway at 11-12 on the right bank of the river 100 meters before crossing the reinforced concrete road bridge in the village of Verkhnyaya Trinity. 101 km covered.
July 9: running time 7 hours 51 minutes, 45 km covered.
July 10: running time 7 hours 32 minutes, 46 km covered.
July 11: walking time 2 hours 14 minutes, 10 km covered.
A total of 101 km covered in 17 hours 37 minutes.
Drop off.
You can get to the village of Gorodkovsky from Tver by taxi and buses going to Rameshki (the journey takes 2 hours 30 minutes), Bezhetsk and Maksatikha. The taxi ride cost 1,400 rubles. To travel on buses you must have a passport. There is an open space near the bridge over the river. You can gather wood for a fire in the willow bushes growing along the river bank.
Description of the route.
The initial section of the river from the starting point to the confluence of the left tributary of the Kushalka River, the length of the section is about 23 kilometers.
In the initial section, the Medveditsa channel runs in small loops. The width of the river varies from 9 to 15 meters. The water in the river is clean, with a brownish swamp tint. The depth of the river varies from 30 centimeters to one and a half meters, in some places there are deeper sections. There are shoals, shallow in the middle of the river where sand deposits form, and deeper under the banks. There are sandy beaches along the coast.
Sometimes at the bottom of the river you come across ancient tree trunks partially covered with sand.
Near the crumbling building of the old dam (1-30 according to the directions)
Concrete slabs lie under the water. Below the dam construction in the river bed there is a rapid and for 50 meters several rows of closely spaced old wooden piles stick out from the water.
One crew surrounded the area with piles along the left bank, and the other crossed it with oars.
As a rule, a strip of willow bushes stretches along the low bank of the river, and sandy beaches can be found. The other bank of the river, 3 to 6 meters high, may be covered by forest.
The forests are mixed, with dense undergrowth dominated by pine, birch and spruce. In pine forests, the undergrowth is often blueberry and raspberry. In some places there is oak, linden and maple. Sometimes you come across pine forests without dense undergrowth.
In open areas on both banks of the river there are meadows, where among the grass you can stumble upon thickets of wild strawberries. There are parking spaces on the upper section of the river, but often with vehicle access.
The middle section of the river from the confluence of the Kushalka and approximately to the village of Konstantinovo, the length of the section is about 60 kilometers.
In the middle course, the Ursa gradually expands from 15-20 to 30-35 meters. After the confluence of the left tributary Kushalka, the water in the river became muddy for 12-15 kilometers. Along the banks of the Kushalka, for several kilometers before its confluence with the Medveditsa, there are a continuous strip of settlements and forest-free areas where there may be cultivated fields. Perhaps due to the fairly heavy rains that occurred shortly before our hike, the soil from these fields was washed into the river, and this caused the water to become cloudy. Gradually, the water cleared on the algae, reeds and reeds, the turbidity settled on them in the form of a black coating, and after 15 kilometers the water in the river became clear again.

On the section, which is about 40 kilometers long, there are shoals and sandy rifts, which this time were easily passed without escorting ships. In this case, it is most reliable to go under the banks, crossing the river bed at turns.
In 1997, the riffles were significantly shallower and began higher upstream. Then, in the vicinity of the village of Medvedikha, we had to carry an empty kayak, walking straight along the river bed in the shallowest places. Average depth In dry summers, the river level in fairly long sections is at a level of 10-20 centimeters. Only under the coastline itself the depth is a little greater.
This time the riffles were located in the area from 52 to 90 kilometers of the route, and in the vicinity of Medvedikha the depth of the river did not decrease below half a meter. Perhaps over the years the river's foreway changes and shoals form in different places. In addition, a lot depends on the water level in the river. In 1997, it was dry and there was no rain for a long time, so the water level in Medveditsa was low. This time, there were quite heavy rains before the hike, and there was a lot of water in the river.

There were areas where the river bed was heavily overgrown with reeds and reeds. At the same time, narrow channels with rapids formed among the reeds.
In the middle reaches of the Medveditsa, mixed forests with a predominance of pine and an undergrowth of raspberries grow along the banks; pine forests are usually young. The approach to the shores is limited by blackberry trees, creeping almost to the water itself.
The middle course of the Bear is characterized by long straight sections in which the river meanders little, only occasionally making large loops. As a result, in this area sandy beaches there is little, and along the banks there is a strip of algae and reeds, which, when reaching the shore, turn into thickets of meadow grasses and willow bushes.
In those areas where forest grows along the river banks, it is usually separated from the water by a strip of dense grass thickets about 10-20 meters wide.
Good places There are not many parking lots with convenient access to the shore. And those that come across are usually located next to the country road running along the river bank. In the vicinity of villages, the banks of the river are often open and consist of meadows.
In the meadows you can find meadow strawberries in the grass, and in some places there are a lot of them. In July, with good solar heating in the late afternoon, abundant thickets of field strawberries can be identified by the strong smell of the berries creeping onto the river.
In the area of ​​the confluence of the left tributary of the Ivica River, which we could not track, on the left bank, 100 meters from the water, there is a sluggish construction of three wooden towers (6-08 according to the location). Their tops are visible from the water.

The towers, which look like log cabins without windows, are installed in a place reminiscent of ancient settlement. At least the earthen rampart can be traced. It is strange that the foundation on which these towers are installed is not masonry, but crooked concrete blocks, which settle differently.
From the water you can see inactive, crumbling churches in the villages of Ilgoshchi and Voloskovo located along the river bank...

On the right bank of the Drezna River, 300 meters from its confluence with the Medveditsa, there is also an old stone church. It is located in the forest next to the cemetery and is not visible from the Bear. In architecture, it resembles the church in the village of Voloskovo, but is in a more ruined state; part of its vaulted ceiling has collapsed,

Several large birch trees grow on its roof.
In the third section (from the village of Konstantinovo to the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa), the backwater of the Volga begins to be felt. The length of this section does not exceed 15-20 kilometers.
Below the village of Konstantinovo the current weakens, only isolated rapids and riffles remain, associated with the presence of dilapidated dams (13-54 and 14-37 according to the navigation guide).

In this section, the river bed widens to 60-70 meters. The depth of the river is increasing.
The highway connecting Tver with the cities of Kashin and Kalyazin passes through the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa, located on the right bank of the river. They walk along it several times a day Shuttle Buses. To dismantle the ships, we stopped on the right bank of the Medveditsa, 100 meters before crossing the road bridge. Here, among the grass, there is a flat place for drying ships; if desired, among the coastal trees you can find some firewood for a fire. From the ship dismantling site to the bus stop, the walk is about 400 meters. The bus stop in the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa is located on the right bank of the Medveditsa on the highway, 150 meters before reaching the bridge.
Throwaway.
The distance from Upper Trinity to Kashin is 31 km, from Upper Trinity to Kalyazin 48 km. From Kalyazin to Sergiev Posad 114 km. From Upper Trinity we took a passing bus along the Tver-Kalyazin route to Kalyazin. It leaves from the bus stop in Upper Trinity around 13-40 (we were unable to find out the exact time of arrival of the bus at the stop). The bus arrival time in Kalyazin is 14-50. When our bus arrived in Kalyazin, we saw a bus standing there and ready to depart, following the route Kalyazin-Sergiev Posad, departure 14-45 (ticket price 240 rubles). He should have already left, but he waited until our bus arrived. We arrived in Sergiev Posad around 17:00. We traveled from Sergiev Posad to Moscow by train.
Bus schedule for the Kalyazin bus station. Kalyazin 3-31 (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu), goes through Sergiev Posad, arrival at the station. metro Botanical Garden at 6-35; Kalyazin 8-31 11-35 tbsp. metro Botanical Garden; Kalyazin 16-31 19-35 st. metro Botanical Garden; Kalyazin 17-31 20-35 tbsp. metro Botanical Garden.
Conclusions.
Compared to 1997, the river has changed a lot. The bottom of the river is sandy throughout, but the sandy beaches and convenient places It was not enough to stop for the night. Now along coastline Thickets of willow bushes and alders stretch across extended areas, the banks are heavily overgrown with grass, reeds and algae. There are few convenient exits to the shore. Perhaps towards the end of summer the grass will be flattened and there will be more landings.

In the initial section of the river, shoals were rare. After passing the first half of the route (on the section 52-90 km), sandy rifts appeared, and it was necessary to choose a certain line of movement along the river bed in order to avoid getting into sand shoals. Perhaps the location of the riffles changes over the years. Where we had to navigate our kayak during the 1997 hike, this time there were no shoals at all. But downstream they appeared. The water level in Medveditsa was summer, but quite high, so passing the riffles did not cause any problems. In dry summers, when passing through sandy rifts, it may be necessary to guide the kayaks.
Along most of the route, the width of the river varies from 10 to 30 meters, and the current is fast. Only in the last 10-15 kilometers, where the backwater of the Volga begins to be felt, does the Ursa expand to 50-70 meters, and the current disappears.
Despite the fact that the river is quite narrow in the upper reaches, there was not a single blockage along the entire route. There was only one demolition, the dam of the old hydroelectric power station (1-30 according to the location). The catamaran was carried along the left bank, and a narrower kayak passed along the passage between wooden piles sticking out above the water level.
There wasn't much trash in the river, though settlements There are enough of them facing the river bank. We didn’t see any tourists with kayaks on the river, fishermen were sometimes seen, and there weren’t many motor tourists relaxing along the banks of the river. There are few convenient parking places. Along the meadow banks of the river there are thickets of meadow strawberries, and blackberry bushes can be found near the water. Raspberries and blueberries can be found in some places in the forests.
The route is quite convenient for access, but to get out of it you have to spend a lot of time and leave the river early.