Образован 16 апреля 1932 года
Объект Всемирного природного наследия ЮНЕСКО (с 1998 года)
Включён во Всемирную сеть биосферных резерватов Программы ЮНЕСКО «Человек и биосфера» (МАБ) - 26 мая 2009 года
Входит в список «Global-200» - девственных или мало изменённых экорегионов мира, в которых сосредоточено 90% биоразнообразия планеты
In 2007 the program of eco-recreation camp “Lake of Wonders” was extended and integrated into the project of the camping environmental expedition “Altyn-Kol Trail” with the support from the staff of the Altaiskiy Reserve, Ecocenter of Gorno-Altaisk State University and NGO “Guardians of the Lake”. The first expedition was undertaken in 2008. Unique experience of the Altyn-Kol Trail Project placed it on the All-Russian list of youth programs devoted to the Year of Youth in Russia (2009). In 2010 the Altaiskiy Reserve hosted the first Altyn-Kol Trail Project-based workshop on excursion guidance and ecotourism for experts in youth policy and children-youth environmental tourism. More detailed information about the Altyn-Kol Trail Project can be found in the article “Altyn-Kol Trail – past, present and future” in the collection of materials of the Teletskaya school of youth ecotourism (pp. 77-88). Yevgeniy Veselovskiy
staff member of the Altaiskiy Biosphere Reserve,
coordinator for the Teletskaya school of youth ecotourism “Guardians of the Lake”,
Altyn-Kol Trail Project consultant.