There are many fantastic granite rock faces with vertical and overhanging walls in the Middle Urals, of which the most well-known are Chertovo Gorodische, Seven Brothers and Shikhan. The most picturesque area is the limestone rock faces which are located on the banks of the famous Ural River, Tchusovaya. One of the Tchusovaya rock faces is named ?Tolstyak? and recently some modern rock climbing routes (from 5 to 7c on French classification) were equipped there. The height of the rock faces are 30-50 m and wild forests surround them. There are many routes (from very easy to very difficult) at the granite and limestone massifs and it therefore is of interest to beginners as well as advanced rock climbers.
