The monument of nature - the mountain of the Snake - an igneous mountain in the Caucasian Mineral Waters in a variety of treatment programs. The height of the mountain 994 m mountain of old documents is called "ILAC-Tau" - in translation from Turkic means "snake mountain". This name may have been due to a series of narrow, winding ravines that cut through the Eastern slope of the mountain and its shape resemble snakes. After the development of beshtaunit slope lost. According to other assumptions, this area was known for very many snakes.

The upper part of the mountain is composed subvolcanic intrusion of bestaunen, which form a picturesque rocky ledge. The lower part of the slope is composed mainly Paleogene-nizhnemiotsenovykh Maikop shales of the series.

Mountain Snake covered mountain meadow and forest vegetation. It is dominated by hornbeam-beech and hornbeam-Yasenevo-oak forest, with more than 60 species of shrubs and trees. From rare and valuable species of plants on the mountain Snake grow Euonymus dwarf, rose long, Oriental beech, cotoneaster Nefedova, fraxinella Caucasian, Lily odnoprestolnaja, barred Warbler were of several types. Also quite varied and fauna of the mountain.

On the Eastern slope of the mountains the locals had discovered an unusual stone structure, where they found a lot of pottery shards. The masonry was done manually and for a long time. About ten metres from the archaeological finds is a cliff, but a little higher is a natural heap of stones, which resembles an ancient altar.

At the southwest foot of the mountain Snake is Semeykinskoe Deposit with carbonate-sulphate calcium-sodium waters.

The main attractions of the mountain: the monument to the workers of the quarry, the source of St. Theodosius, the Holy spring, stone processing plant, Stone with hole, finger Fucking, quarry Thalmann, gallery the Snake mountains, Crosses on top, Smacky pond, Monument landing group of "Revenge" and the dam.