The best snow resorts in Russia are waiting for you

Increasingly popular among Russians are skiing and snowboarding. Snow resorts in Russia are becoming more attractive not only for compatriots, but also for foreign tourists.

What is attractive for a winter holiday?

Even the existing rather high level of prices for ski equipment and overalls, as well as the dangers that await vacationers on steep routes, are not an obstacle for tourists.

All these difficulties are more than compensated by the snow-white charm of mountain landscapes, the cleanest healthful air and unforgettable emotions that give the best snow resorts.

A mandatory feature of such places is the availability of good trails. Some brave souls like to learn the so-called wild slopes, but this is far from safe. Of course, only the best snow resorts in our country differ by good ski runs.

About the advantages of ski resorts

To their pleasant bonuses is the opportunity to use the services of an experienced instructor who will professionally teach the technique of skiing or snowboarding.

Such snow resorts usually have trails of different levels of complexity, which allows beginners in a calm environment to learn the basics of skiing techniques from the mountains, and more experienced skiers - to freely enjoy the descents from the mountain slopes.

Thanks to skiing from the mountains you can get not only excellent physical activity. A person for a long time is charged with vivacity, while enjoying the amazing views of snow-covered mountain forest landscapes, breathing in the cleanest mountain air.

For a long time, the impressions of a cup of hot coffee drunk in a cozy cafe on top of a huge mountain are remembered.

Comfortability of ski holidays

All snow resorts of this level have a highly developed and the most modern infrastructure, for example, no one is surprised by modern trailers that take tourists to the tops of the mountains, which was formerly characteristic only of foreign centers.

Hotels, cottages and other types of rented accommodation near the mountain tracks for any purse size allow the holidaymaker to choose a comfortable ski tour for several days or weeks for enjoying a light frost and bright sun.

Here you can not only enjoy skiing, but also relax in cozy cozy restaurants, nightclubs, saunas, bathhouses, rent a snowmobile or a bagel.

Everyone who has ever descended at a huge speed along the mountain slope, will never forget their sensations, they will necessarily want to get a fresh portion of adrenaline again.

Availability of ski resorts in Russia

On the territory of the Russian Federation there are many localities in which nature has created excellent opportunities for skiing to develop : the presence of convenient descents, mild climate, good thickness of the cover and quality of snow.

37 Russian regions can already boast of having good ski slopes. In total there are approximately 150 such resorts in the country, it is planned to bring this figure to two hundred.

Some snow resorts were inherited from the Soviet times, for example, the famous mountain skiing tracks of Dombai, etc., but many newly created modern ski centers in the suburbs, near St. Petersburg, in the Ural and Altai mountains and even in the vicinity of Vladimir .

The Urals have even received the nickname "Ural Switzerland", since the beautiful ancient mountain peaks and lakes surrounded by forests are not inferior to the famous Swiss landscapes.

The All-Russian Union, which oversees the ski industry, noted in 2011 some of the best resorts with special awards.

Snow resorts of the Leningrad region

54 km from the northern capital, on Priozerskoye Highway, there is a ski resort with one of the best infrastructure called Igor.

You can get to St. Petersburg from there by bus, train or private car.

From subway station "Devyatkino" to the resort there is a regular bus number 859.
The resort is equipped with 8 trails, one of which is educational.

Holidaymakers will be able to eat well in such convenient institutions as Panorama Restaurant, Le Chalet, Sushi Bar, Lobby Bar, Grand Cafe, Bistro, where in the winter there is a "lunch" -buffet ", combining high quality food and the client's ability to determine itself with the size of the portion and its cost.

Lunch will not take more than twenty minutes, during this time the body will be saturated with the necessary energy to continue the conquest of the mountain slopes.

At the service of guests - an excellent SPA-complex with a sauna and a sauna, an ice palace for five hundred seats, comfortable hotel rooms of various price categories.

Snow resorts of Krasnodar region

The real opening after the Olympics-2014 for everyone was the Sochi resort - "Rosa Khutor", located near the village of Esto-Sadok in the Krasnaya Polyana area, where sixteen tracks are equipped, one of which is adapted for freeriding.

The total length of the descents is 77 km, while 13 of them have an international certificate and can host world-class competitions.

You can reach it on the highway from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana. From the central part of the city reach the 135th bus or a fixed-route taxi, from the Sochi and Adler railway stations there are also minibuses and the 105th bus.

In this ski resort every day comfortable and high-quality service for 10,500 tourists.

Unique snow resorts, among which, as one of the best, includes "Rosa Khutor", all year round it is very comfortable and almost safe to enjoy any kind of mountain sports.