- The magnificent five
- A farm with an Olympic quality mark
- Beaver everyone!
- Moscow Nights
- Catching adrenaline in St. Petersburg
- Russia's coolest ski resort in the north
The Russian tourist is not living on beaches alone, and therefore, even in the January frosts, active and athletic citizens prefer to spend their holidays or vacations with health benefits. If the slopes of the Alps turned out to be inaccessible to you this year, pay attention to the steepest ski resorts in Russia. The recent Olympics clearly demonstrated that we also have slopes and tracks to everyone's envy, and the infrastructure of Russian winter resorts is in no way inferior to foreign ones. There are more than enough advantages in such a vacation: visas and passports are not required, you do not need to learn languages, and everyone has a suitable currency and does not depend on fluctuations in the Central Bank rate.
The magnificent five
Experts who have studied the conditions at Russian ski resorts have come to the conclusion that the following are the coolest in Russia:
- Sochi Rosa Khutor, which hosted the Winter Olympic Games, is beyond competition and is on everyone's lips. Every winter sports fan dreams of feeling like an Olympian at least once here.
- Bobrovy Log in the Krasnoyarsk region will appeal to both beginners and gurus of alpine skiing.
- Sorochany near Moscow give the capital residents an opportunity to have a quality rest and gain strength on a regular weekend.
- Igora near St. Petersburg provides a boost of vigor for Leningraders. Both beginners and experienced skiers will find suitable slopes in the resort.
- Located above the Arctic Circle, Murmansk Bolshoy Vudyavr is a paradise for freeriders, due to the lack of vegetation on the slopes.
All in all, on the vast territory of Russia there are more than one and a half hundred ski resorts, each of which is attractive in its own way for those who prefer active winter recreation in the fresh air.
A farm with an Olympic quality mark
The Sochi ski resort is rightfully recognized as the coolest ski resort in Russia. Its technical equipment is the pride of the organizers and organizers. Guests are delivered to the slopes by 20 lifts, of which 7 are gondola lifts, 9 are chairlifts, 3 are drag lifts and conveyor lifts.
Ski passes are sold for half day, full day and all season. A five-day pass will cost from 5500 to 11000 rubles, depending on the season, and you can rent skis or snowboards for 1400 rubles.
Guests of the resort can stay in hotels and apartments. Rosa Khutor offers rooms in hotels of different levels - from 3 * to 5 *. The cost of living is comparable to European options and this resort cannot be called cheap.
You can get to the slopes of the Sochi resort from Adler airport or from the railway station of the same name. Then you will have to change to the Lastochka express train, regular bus or SkyBus from the airport
Beaver everyone
Despite the relatively low height, the slopes of Bobrovy Log near Krasnoyarsk are certified even for ski competitions. The equipment of the resort is quite decent - two chair and drag lifts are lifted to the starting point of the skiers.
Prices for ski passes depend on the day of the week: 700 rubles ten lifts are on weekdays and 1100 - on weekends and holidays. The rental price of a set of ski or snowboard equipment also ranges from 700-1000 rubles, depending on the class of skis or boards.
You can stop in Krasnoyarsk itself. The resort is located on the outskirts of the city. City buses of route 37 will help you to get to the slopes.
Moscow Nights
Sorochany ski resort is suitable even for those who live in the capital and work late. Its tracks are equipped with lighting and are open until late at night, and four cable cars and the same number of drag lifts are lifted up the mountain.
Prices for ski passes - 70 rubles for each rise on weekdays and 160 - on weekends. Equipment rental is not too cheap - from 1370 rubles per set on weekdays and up to 3000 on weekends, depending on the category of skis and snowboards.
It is easy to get to Sorochany from the Altufyevo metro station (to the Dmitrov bus station and further to Kurovo), from the Savelovsky railway station (by a regular train to Yakhroma or by express train to Dmitrov and again to Kurovo)
Catching adrenaline in St. Petersburg
Guests of the northern capital will be helped to combine a rich cultural program with active sports at the resort of Igora. The residents of St. Petersburg also prefer to spend their winter weekends here, because the tracks in Igor are laid taking into account the interests of all categories of athletes - both beginners and experienced professionals.
Hotels in Igor are not cheap, and therefore most skiers prefer to come to the resort from the city. Equipment rental on the mountain will cost 720 and 880 rubles for three hours on weekdays and weekends, respectively. You will pay 1500 rubles for a ski pass for the whole day.
Trains from Finlyandsky railway station, following to Sosnovo, Priozersk or Kuznechny and bus line 685 from the stop at ul. Ho Chi Minh City near the Prospekt Enlightenment metro station is the fastest way to get to the slopes
Russia's coolest ski resort in the north
A very long skiing season is not the only advantage of the polar Big Vudyar near Murmansk. The technical characteristics of the lifting systems allow guests not to stand in lines - the mountain is served by 6 drag, belt, chair and gondola lifts. The rental price of a set of equipment is 1400 rubles, and for a five-day ski pass you will be asked to pay 4600 rubles. If such a long skiing is not included in your plans, you can buy a pass for hours or days.
In the center of Apatity, you need to take a regular bus to Kirovsk, from where buses and taxis run to Bolshoi Vudyar
Among the best Russian ski resorts are Dombay in the Caucasus and Zavyalikha near Chelyabinsk. In the first case, magnificent mountain landscapes will become a bonus to a decent level of tracks, and tens of kilometers of slopes of the "red" level are laid in Zavyalikh, and therefore even real professionals will not be able to get bored at the Ural resort.
