Climbing season opens in June and lasts till early September. As for rafting and wild water kayaking, the best time is from the end of June to midAugust. Main rafting streams are Irkut, Zun-Morin and Kitoy. Almost all the ridges crossed by trails, that go over the mountain passes. The Passes in Tunkinsky Range have different degree of difficulty - from wide low saddles to narrow slots in rocks, so it is quite possible to built own way according to your abilities.
Cirque lakes are the start for many rivers and creeks.
The nuts of this tree previously served a perfect raw material for cedar oil, that was replaced by sunflower oil later. Hiking on a trail. The snow melts by June, tho' in cirques and canyons it can lie all summer through. Nothern sides of peaks and passes are covered with deep snow till midJune. Sudden snowstorms are not rare in mountains in June yet they don't last long.