RANDONNÉE DU PLATEAU D’AGATE VERS LA MER D’OKHOTSK

150 km north of Magadan is the Ola basalt plateau, famous for its deposits of agate and chalcedony, discovered in 1933 and which can be visited. The mountains of this plateau reach only 1 400 -1 500 m. In summer, in the valleys crossing the plateau, it is quite hot. The average temperature of July is 16 ° C, but there are days when it is 25 ° C and even more. The circuit, which crosses a sparsely populated region, starts at the 160 ^{th km of the Kolymskaïa Highway and ends in the village of Madaoune. Most of the journey follows the course of the Great River Ola in amount until the High Ola. There are several small rivers and torrents flowing into the Ola. The agates d'Ola most often exhibit bluish and gray hues. Those of amethysts range from pale lilas to dark lilas and purple.}