The ice road to Olkhon Island is the only legal ice road on Lake Baikal. The route is prepared by specialists every year and it opens when the ice conditions allow it. In 2015, the ice road to Olkhon was open from 17 February to 23 March. The thickness of the ice on the road is about , maximum capacity allowed – ; it is open to the public from 9 am to 6 pm. The road through the lake is long and it goes from the village Kurkut on the mainland, to Irkutskaya Guba on Olkhon Island.