The many peaks of the Ural mountains has a history associated with ancient legends or once occurred in the area of real events. One of them is mount Arcusa or as it is more commonly called by the locals, the Shaman mountain. It is located in the upper reaches of the river Savanyu, left tributary of the river Kozhim. The height of the mountain – 1099 meters.

Mount Arcusa the impressive and memorable for a long time. She, like Bastion, stands alone between two mountain ranges, blocking the entrance to the gorge that leads to the river of Pelagica. The right shape of steep slopes and ledges really give Arkose similarity with a massive tower, and a flat top, resembling a table, only reinforces this impression.

More than a dozen years at the foot of Erusea "break" their summer dwelling herders, nomadic in this area and tells the stories and legends of Shaman grief. We all know that there are powerful spirits of mountains, lakes and rivers, which you should always remember, to try to please them, not angry, and to bring gifts. There are many ways of communicating with the Almighty, but the surest is this: in clear weather you need to climb the mountain, to raise his eyes to heaven and think about something very important and good. The spirits will hear these thoughts and try to help them to carry out. And therefore a better place than the flat top of Erusea for this kind of communication simply does not exist. But it should be noted that the slopes here are very steep and even precipitous, and not everyone will be able to climb to the top.

One legend tells that in ancient times in this region lived one person. Was he a sorcerer or not, but could people be treated, and to predict the weather, and talking about the future. He lived in a hut at the foot of Erusea, and to him for help and advice drove both the Eastern and Western slopes of the Ural mountains. Much good it has brought people. The deer is not found or ailment what will happen – will tell or foretell. For different needs to the diverse spirits of the tundra, Parma and water turned an old shaman. Will climb to the top of the mountain, amulets lay there and waits until he is served a prophetic sign. Was that around –cloudy, heavy clouds hang and rain all around watered, in the valley below chilly wind whistling, it seems that the snow will fall, and over the Shaman mountain – like "window", even the sun Peeps. Then go down the old man down and says that everything will be fine. But if it will happen, that will be closed down suddenly, the clouds, the wind will strengthen and howls like a beast, rain on snow will fall, then that's Great angry – I don't want to let people into the mountains. So, it is necessary in a warm place to sit and favor to wait.

Long it lasted. The old shaman was more and more people. Many requests were sitting on his shoulders. After learning about the wonderful magical possibilities began to come to him people with different worldly intent. More and more darkened the old man, and the harder it became to reach the top of the mountain. And it happened once, in terrible weather thank, never descending from Erusea. They say that people saw appeared the cloud, appeared the blue sky, and from above in this "window" looked out the ray of sunshine. Then the clouds closed again solid shroud, the wind roared and carried snow squalls over the Urals. Missing the old shaman, nobody never saw him again. Some of the brave souls climbed upstairs and found nothing there. Only on a flat stone had been placed amulets. Since then, and became known as the top of the Shaman-mount. But if in good weather to see one of its slopes, then, can be seen in the contours of senile profile. But you need to have visionary.

Experts say that Erusea done by religious ritual of ascension for sacrifices. Local people believed the mountain habitat of Vaupes – spirit of the North wind. In 1980-ies geologists at the foot of the mountain, discovered a hoard of silver coins left, probably as a sacrifice.

Currently mount Arcusa enjoys wide popularity among tourists and climbers.