Konzhakovsky Kamen, Mountain peak in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
Konzhakovsky Kamen is a mountain massif in the southern part of the Northern Urals, in the Karpinsk municipal district of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It rises to 1,569 m and is composed of pyroxenites, dunites and gabbro. Its lower slopes are covered with coniferous forests, while above 900–1000 m there is mountain tundra and stone fields.
The mountain's rock formations developed during the lower and middle Paleozoic period millions of years ago. Its ancient mineral compositions of pyroxenite and dunite reveal the deep geological history of the Ural region.
The mountain is named after a Vogul hunter, Konzhakov, whose yurt once stood at its base. Since 2001, the international mountain marathon "Konzhak" has been held on the first Saturday of July along a 42 km route from the Karpinsk–Kytlym road to the summit and back, drawing up to 2,000 participants.
Hiking trails reach the summit throughout the year, though conditions change significantly with the seasons. Winter brings temperatures around minus 25 degrees Celsius while summer can reach 30 degrees, so proper preparation and gear matter a great deal.
Since 2014 a 3.5-metre wooden cross has stood on the summit; an earlier one was raised there by the scientist E. K. Hoffmann back in 1853. The first scholar to reach the top was the Russian academician I. I. Lepekhin in 1771.
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