માઉન્ટ ઉચ્છ એન્મેકને પરંપરાગત રીતે પૃથ્વીની ‘નાભિ’ કહેવામાં આવે છે. માનવામાં આવે છે કે પૃથ્વીને આ નાભિ દ્વારા તે જ રીતે ગર્ભ દ્વારા માતાના ગર્ભાશયમાં પોષણ મળે છે તે જ રીતે આ નાભિ દ્વારા મહત્વપૂર્ણ energyર્જા અને જ્ knowledgeાન પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.. કરાકોલ ખીણની પ્રાકૃતિક વિચિત્રતા ઉંચ એન્મેક પર્વતની આસપાસ છે, અલ્તાઇના સુવર્ણ પર્વતની સરહદ, lies in its geographical formation. The region harbours many endemic red list species, such as the black stork, the Maral Root and the Snow Leopard.

The Karakol valley as a system of sacred sites is currently threatened by an oil pipeline under construction. Several sacred sites are directly endangered as well as red listed species such as the snow leopard. Other threats include changes in land law, land tenure and natural resource policies, increasing unregulated local and international tourism and destruction of sacred sites by development, theft and archaeology. UNESCO has supported missions into the Man and Biosphere reserve and local NGOs are pushing the recognition of the greater karakul Valley as a World Heritage site based on both natural and cultural criteria, the process receives little support from the current government.

To protect sacred sites and to curb the sources impacting on them The Uch Enmek Indigenous Initiative has founded a Park named after mount Uch Enmek as a response to the threats facing the Sacred Valley and the indigenous culture described below. The local spiritual leaders now give tours to educate tourists and to ensure that they behave according to the rules demanded by the sacred natural sites in the region. Components of the excursion include a ‘Kai’ throat singing performance, visits to rock art sites, kurgans, places of ritual and a traditional Altai meal. વધુ વાંચો.