Route to the Wolf Gate gorge past dolmens and waterfalls. Chibi Gorges: Wolf and Bear Gates Wolf Gates map

Wolf Gate Gorge is a small rift in the rock located along the Spider River. The length of the gorge is only 50 m, and the width varies from several meters to 70-80 cm at the narrowest point. The height of the steep walls reaches 10-15 m. Due to the extreme narrowness of this place, it is almost impossible for people walking along it to miss each other. In the old days, this feature was used to hunt wolves, which were driven into a crevice. This custom originates from modern name terrain.

IN close proximity from the entrance to the Wolf Gate gorge you can see the White Rocks with a 7-meter waterfall. Under the waterfall there is a pool about 2 m deep with crystal clean water, suitable for swimming. Hornbeams, beeches, oaks, chestnuts, and evergreen vines grow on the steep slopes along the bed of the Pauk River. In the spring you can see a lot of primroses (snowdrops, cyclamen, scillas, hellebores); almost all types of these plants are listed in the Red Book of Russia.

Wolf Gate Gorge on the map

Type: Other landscapes Address: Russia, Krasnodar region, surroundings of Tuapse.

How to get there: from the final stop of buses No. 11, 12 go along the street. Internatsionalnaya and further along the path or take buses No. 2, 10 to the street. Pushkin (stop on request), then walk to the end of the street and continue along the path marked with blue and red marks on stones and trees. Chibiy is a small remote village of several courtyards, lost somewhere in the middle between two highways: Krasnodar - Novorossiysk and Krasnodar - Dzhubga. The village is located at the foot of the Pshaf ridge - the first mountain formation in the area. Pshaf, stretching from the village of Stavropolskaya to Goryachiy Klyuch, is not high, its highest point

has a height of 490 meters. The name of the ridge most likely comes from the Adyghe pshakhao - “sandy”, “sand”. A telling toponym, because the ridge is made of sandstones and its northern slopes abound with rocky outcrops along the slopes of ravines cut into the ridge by numerous streams and rivers. The most remarkable and at the same time undeservedly deprived of attention object of the ridge is the Chibi Gorges - the Wolf and Bear Gates. An excellent destination for a relaxing weekend stroll. You can get to Chibiy only by private car, ends in Kaluzhskaya, from which there are still seven and a half kilometers of good dirt road to Chibia. We were afraid of the problem of where to leave the car under supervision, but we were lucky, we saw an elderly man near one of the yards, asked - he allowed it, saying that no one would touch him in his yard. Moreover, he responded quite sharply to the offer of money, such a good grandfather was caught.

Photo 1. Foggy morning in Chibiye.

Photo 2. Travel companion.

We set off. We walked around the last house on the main street on the left side and walked along a dirty forest road. There were no heavy rains, but there was still enough precipitation that the section of the road from the village turned into an unpleasant clunker, annoyingly sticking to the boots. Just outside the village there is a small monument dedicated, as usual, to the events of the Second World War. There, at the last house, a dog became attached to us. Surprisingly, this is the second time this dog is coming with us. In March of this year, 14, I was in these places, but then the hike, for a number of reasons, turned out to be not the most successful, I did not write about it, however, and then this same dog walked with us.

Photo 3. The beginning of the journey.

It's about an hour's walk to the first gorge - the Wolf Gate. A little along a forest road on a hill, then a left turn, the narrower road leads to the bed of the Big Chibia, a river that is actually a barely noticeable drying up stream and then the path runs along the bed. The first fork in the road. Both paths lead to the gorge, only the direct path, along the Big Chibiy to the Wolf Gate, and the right turn to the Bear Gate. We go straight, five minutes from the fork and we are there. The Gorge turns out to be modest, compared to what can be found in “adult” mountains, but a very interesting place. For fifty meters, stone walls up to 15 meters high close above the stream, forming an incredibly narrow passage. It is so narrow that in some places you won’t even be able to spread your arms, no wider than a meter. The gorge is dark, wet and dirty. The walls are actively covered with autographs of modern cavemen, but it is noteworthy that very recent autographs are in the minority, and there is surprisingly no trash, for such an easily accessible object. I caught myself thinking that I could take a risk and try to climb up, but I didn’t tempt fate. I wonder how many wolf gates there are in the region? Without looking at the clues, at least three come to mind - a sophisticated name.

Photo 4. A rare beetle does not swim to the middle of the Great Chibiy.

Photo 5. Fork. To the left - to the Wolf Gate, to the right - to the Bear Gate.

Photo 6. Entrance to the Wolf Gate.

Photo 7. Through the gorge.

Photo 8. Stone corridor.

After drinking tea at the entrance to the gorge, we move on. Behind the stone corridor there is a short but very steep climb. Having gained 40–50 meters we find ourselves on a very cozy area above the gorge, traces of fireplaces are visible, but it is also surprisingly clean. In the clearing there are several fabulous-looking bearded trees, their beards are turquoise tufts of lichens that generously decorate the trunks. Several pines dilute the picture with unexpectedly lush greenery; through the crowns, the gentle slopes of Pshaf appear gray in the distance.

Photo 9. Rocky outcrops behind the Wolf Gate.

Photo 10. And again a woolen companion.

Photo 11. Panorama of the site above the Wolf Gate.

Photo 12. Lichens on trees.

Photo 13. Just twigs.

From the clearing we climb up towards the ridge. There should be a path on the map, but there is no point in bothering yourself with searching for it; walking through the autumn forest is fine just the way it is. The climb is noticeable, but not difficult. Half an hour and now we are on the ridge. Suddenly the Sun peeks out, the forest turns into warm colors, pleasing the eye. From the top almost nothing is visible, even through the bare crowns. We walk a little along the ridge and come across a fresh stele, again dedicated to the events of the Second World War. It turns out that we are at height 456, which changed hands three times during that war, and each time a dozen, two, three, four fighters lost their lives in the Pshaf forests. Near the stele there is a table and a bench - we're having tea again.

Photo 14. Panorama on the Pshafa ridge. Forest, forest, forest.

Photo 15. Modest view to the northeast.

The return journey begins from the top. Again, the trail turns out to be only on the map and we have to go down a rather steep ravine, moreover, littered with various forest debris: branches, leaves, fallen trunks. Moreover, while we, like turtles, were checking every step on the descent, our woolly companion began to rage, as if mocking him to cut zigzags along the slopes of the beam, only the foliage flew out in clouds from under the paws of the dog’s ass, which went into a skid - a disgrace, and that’s all! It seemed to me that while we dropped a hundred or two meters along the beam, he covered several kilometers, running back and forth.

Photo 16. In front of the Bear Gate.

Photo 17. Rocky outcrops.

Photo 18. Snag strewn with mushrooms.

Photo 19. The way back, through the forest.

Photo 20. Clear evening in Chibiye.

Along the ravine we went straight to another gorge, the Bear Gate. They are not so impressive, but also interesting. Bear's are wider and shorter with approximately the same height of the walls. A few shots and soon we return to the fork, which I wrote about just above. Well, then in 40 minutes we happily walked to the car, drank tea on the path and returned to Krasnodar before dark. In total, the entire trip took one daylight, of which only four hours were spent walking, and that’s with all the teas, photographs and other mattress stuff.

The Wolf Gate Gorge is a unique attraction created by nature itself and located near the city of Tuapse. The gorge got its name because in the past in the Caucasus, entire packs of wolves were rounded up into similar gorges. This wonderful place for an excursion during a holiday in Tuapse in 2019.
The road to the gorge goes along the Pauk River. Today there are two trodden paths to the gorge; moving along one of them, you will have to wade a short distance through the river. A beautiful seven-meter waterfall and white rocks delight with their views on the way to the gorge. The water falling down formed a bowl and filled it, making it possible to swim there. In spring, many flowers bloom in the gorge: snowdrops and cyclamens, scillas and hellebores. The nature around the gorge transforms and surprises with its extraordinary beauty until autumn, and autumn paints this place with the gold of chestnut, beech and oak leaves. Many of the plants are listed in the Red Book.
The gorge is interesting not only unique nature, but it is also a monument to the glory of the heroes of the ninth, thirty-first, three hundred and eighty-third rifle divisions. On the left side of the rock there is an obelisk with a memorial plaque: “Eternal memory to the heroic defenders of the Caucasus in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”
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The Wolf Gate gorge is located just three kilometers from the city of Tuapse, in the valley of the Spider River. It is worth noting that gorges of the same name are found quite often in the Caucasus, because this is the name given to narrow sections of rivers with numerous turns where wolves were driven during hunting.

The gorge near Tuapse is formed by steep sandstone cliffs. The approximate age of the gorge is 150 million years. It was once the bottom of an ancient sea, the waters of which formed deep depression. It is noteworthy that when passing through the “Wolf Gate” you can see both black rocks, about twenty meters high, and completely white ones. An interesting fact is that the Pauk River in these places has a very winding bed, although the composition of the rocks along the entire gorge is the same. Scientists have not yet solved such a natural anomaly.

The length of the gorge is small - only fifty meters, but it attracts many tourists with its pristine beauty. This place also has a six-meter waterfall with a large and deep pool in which you can swim, and several low but very picturesque waterfalls. Various types of ferns, vines, oaks, chestnuts and hornbeams grow on the slopes of the gorge.

You can admire the “Wolf Gate” by walking along one of excursion routes along the slope of the ridge, or going down to the bed of the Pauk River. In the second case the route will pass through the bottom of the gorge, but this path is freely passable and open to tourists.

To the northeast on the ridge there are two more, dilapidated. They were created in the distant era of the so-called “Early or Middle Bronze Age,” in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. er. From the dolmens we go west along the Bogatyrka ridge. On the right, on the northern slope of the ridge, 10 birches grow on the terrace. At the very crest of the ridge, small half-swallowed and overgrown ditches - trenches - are clearly visible. This is a memory for us, living in the world, of the past war. Along the Bogatyrka ridge in 1942-1943. passed the second line of defense of the city. The trail led us to a lake surrounded by chestnut forest. Further, to the right and left on the slopes of the ridge, there are many bizarre blocks of sandstone, the so-called outcrops.

This is the result of weathering - a slow, continuous process of destruction of rocks under the influence of the sun, water, sudden temperature changes, and secretions of microorganisms. Take a closer look at them: this one looks like a turtle, the other looks like a lion's head, and the third... Everyone sees their own. The fantasy of nature is amazing and mysterious.

Already in January - February along the trail you will find primroses - the first heralds of the approaching spring. These are greenish-white hellebores, purple cyclamens, yellowish and purple primroses - “lamb” blue and blue scillas: two-leaved and Siberian, snow-white snowdrops. By March, the most beautiful of them will bloom, looking like small white lilies - Caucasian lily. From May to October, in the open spaces of the meadows, you will be pleased with colorful carpets of daisies - cornflowers, isododas, centaury, St. John's wort, lemon balm, oregano. Of the orchids in the clearings, there are many scarlet Anacamptis pyramidalis and orchids small-spotted, smelling of vanilla, and purple balls of Orchis tridentata. Male and purple orchis have been hiding under the forest canopy since April. Everything is in the Red Book of Russia.

Now down to the Spider River. The spider begins on the western slopes of Messozhai, its total length with all turns is 8.5 km. Moving along the path, you will come to a waterfall about 7m high. Here you can relax longer: build a fire, warm tea, take a swim. The pool under the waterfall is 2m deep, although small, but the water is thousands of times cleaner than in the sea.

Going down the Spider River, behind the second nut plantings, the trail offers you two options: in shallow water, when you can go through two dozen fords on pebbles, you can go down to the city along the river bed. Then immediately you go out, as if in a fairy tale, into the gorge Wolf Gate. Millions of years ago the sea splashed here, then the mountains rose up, the river cut a narrow gorge into them and soaring, almost vertical layers became visible. Having walked downstream for about 2 km, you will come to the final stop No. 11, No. 12 and minibuses. Or you can, without going into the Wolf Gate, take the left option - along the rocky edge of the Wolf Gate bend, to a height of 320 m and - to the source of the Greek Gap stream. Here, once upon a time, before the era of forced migration of peoples, hardworking Greeks lived and cultivated gardens and vegetable gardens.

The path will lead you over a cozy, beautiful gorge with a dozen waterfalls up to 6m high, with ferns (leaf and hair of Venus) descending from wet rocks. Look up above the transition of the path from the right bank to the left. A centuries-old berry yew has taken root on the rocks. And already above the upper mudflow dam on the other bank you will see bizarre folds of rocks.

In about 10 minutes, cozy Internationalnaya Street will greet you with flowers in the front gardens of private houses, decorative trees: bamboo, boxwood, Japanese quince, Himalayan cedar, Crimean pine. And you will quietly approach the stop of buses No. 2 and No. 10.
Bon Voyage.
(Based on materials from V.P. Chernovol)