Mount Belukha - the highest point of the ridge Katun and the highest point of Siberia. Belukha Mountain is one of the natural attractions of Ust-Koksinsky district of the Altai Mountains.

The mountain has two peaks, which are shaped like irregular pyramids - West (4435 m) and Eastern (4506 m). Between the peaks is lowering - Belukha saddle whose height is 4000 m. Mountain top with the right and left peaks crown of Altai and Delaunay form Akkem wall, falling almost vertically downwards towards the Akkem glacier. All glaciers are large enough, from the 2nd quarter. up to 10 sq km. km.

The name "beluga" Russian Mountain was given because of the big snow on the tops. Locals still call it Muzdu-Tuu, which means "ice mountain".

The first person to measure the height of the mountain in 1835 became a naturalist, physician and explorer F. Gebler. Thanks goniometer Gebler was able to measure the height of the peaks relative Belugas White Berel River and assess its approximately 3361 m. In 1895, an attempt to measure the height of the peaks taken Sapozhnikov - Professor of Tomsk University. According to his measurements, the eastern peak of Belukha was 4542 m. The next one did froze in 1935 became a climber instructor D. Gushchin, was then obtained a new, completely unexpected result - 4630 m.

Mountain range Belukha mountain built of rocks of the upper and middle Cambrian. About tectonic instability of the mountain by numerous cracks, faults and thrusts rocks. Micro-earthquakes are quite common here.

For beluhinskogo array characterized by diversity of vegetation. According to many researchers, most of the mountain range is part of the Katun mountain area, where are a huge variety of forest and mountainous formations. From small mammals can be found here: tundra shrew, red and gray, red and bolsheuhuyu voles. On the right bank of the Katun River and home to zokor Altai birch mouse.

In 1978, Mount Belukha got the status of natural monument of the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region, and since 1998 she is on the list of World Natural Heritage Site "Altai - Golden Mountains".