The website of the Main Department features ice formation risk maps in the waters of Priangarye with current information on ice thickness. Updates occur weekly, allowing vacationers to plan safely. Remember that going onto the ice outside equipped crossings is dangerous and may lead to fines. Follow safety rules on water bodies!
In connection with active ice formation, the Main Department has posted risk maps for the most popular recreational areas in the Irkutsk region, indicating ice thickness. This information is updated every Thursday.For safe crossing of water bodies, it is necessary to use only equipped ice crossings and ferries. The Department of Safety for People on Water Bodies of the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Irkutsk region warns: venturing onto the ice of water bodies outside of ice crossings is dangerous!
In accordance with paragraph 37 of the "Rules for the Protection of Human Life on Water Bodies in the Irkutsk Region," approved by the resolution of the Government of the Irkutsk Region on October 8, 2009, No. 280/59-PP, the passage of motor vehicles on water bodies outside of crossings on ice is prohibited. Violating the rules when using crossings or floating bridges may result in a warning or an administrative fine for individuals ranging from five hundred to one thousand rubles; for officials – from three thousand to five thousand rubles; for legal entities – from twenty thousand to fifty thousand rubles (Article 3 of the Law of the Irkutsk Region dated December 29, 2007, No. 153-OZ "On Administrative Responsibility for Violating the Rules for the Protection of Human Life on Water Bodies in the Irkutsk Region").