Podnebesnye Zubia is a tourist area in the Kuznetsk Alatau. Located on the border of the Kemerovo region and Khakassia near the Luzhba railway station, southeast of the Kuznetsky Alatau nature reserve, without being part of it. The nearest city is Mezhdurechensk, located 60 km west of Podnebesnye Zubia. The purest streams and rivers flow from the blue cirque lakes, there are many springs, waterfalls, and rapids. On the slopes of the ridge at the sources of the rivers there are many cirques with moraines at the mouths. Many of them contain small glaciers located at abnormally low altitudes. The highest point of the Kuznetsk Alatau is the plateau Staraya Krepost, 2217m high, located on the territory of Khakassia. Within the Kemerovo region it is Mount Verkhny Zub, 2178m above sea level.
Ridges:
- Kuznetsk Alatau (central range);
- Tiger-Tysh;
- Teren-Kazyrsky;
- Kara-Tas;
- Mezhdukazyrsky.
The district of Podnebesnye Zubia is popular with Siberian tourists who make summer hiking and winter ski trips. It is interesting for water athletes who use mountain rivers for water tourism. During the winter season, the Podnebesnye Zubia are also popular among mountain skiers and snowboarders who like backcountry skiing.
For tourists, this area is interesting for its convenient transport position, proximity to sources of recreational flow, a combination of various types of landscapes in a very compact area, and a slight impact on natural complexes by human economic activity. In general, the southern part of the Kuznetsk Alatau is a typical mountain-taiga region with a sufficiently large set of natural obstacles that allow for sports hiking and skiing.
