Scheme of the routes of the hill in the city of Krasnaya Polyana. Ski complex "Gorki Gorod" Flight to Adler from your city

"Gorki-Gorod" or "Mountain Carousel" is considered one of the first ski resorts in Sochi, the slopes of which corresponded to international standards. This is not just an ordinary place for ski lovers, but a real city in which even the most demanding tourist will find something to suit his taste.

A distinctive feature of the resort is its all-season availability and scale (Gorki Gorod facilities are located on four levels: +540, +960, +1500 +2200 m above sea level).

In particular, next to the “Mountain Carousel” there is the “Gorki Gorod” complex, consisting of chic and fashionable hotels that offer everything you need for a quality and unforgettable winter holiday. A distinctive feature of the resort is its all-season availability and scale (Gorki Gorod facilities are located on four levels: +540, +960, +1500 +2200 m above sea level). The ski season lasts from December to May.

Trails

Gorki Gorod has trails for all categories of riders. Third stage of the Main cable car, which starts from the top, is suitable for confident skiers and snowboarders; in the second stage there are trails of medium difficulty and an excellent training track for beginners.

Under "Circus-2" there is a ramp to the "Eastern Sector" ski area. It is connected to the station" Upper Town"one gondola lift (K-10) and three chair lifts (K-11, K-12, K-13). In the upper part of the "Eastern Sector" there are difficult red slopes, in the lower part there are green and blue slopes that are convenient for training.

The climate of Krasnaya Polyana is ideal for lovers of powder: soft, without severe frosts, and at the same time with heavy, prolonged snowfalls...

Black trails and freeride. The climate of Krasnaya Polyana is ideal for lovers of powder: soft, without severe frosts, and at the same time with heavy, prolonged snowfalls. Their peak, as a rule, occurs at the end of January - beginning of February. This year, the resort has four freeride zones: two in the Central and two in the Eastern sector of the resort. All of them are located above 1000 meters above sea level, where the softest and fluffiest snow is. These sections are very difficult and unpredictable and can only be ridden with special training.

Scheme of the ski resort Gorki Gorod (Mountain Carousel)

In the winter season 2017/2018, 11 lifts operate. The main lift is three stages of the Main Cable Car with 8-seater gondolas (K-1, K-2 and K-3), which lift to a height of 2200 m. Three more chairlifts (K-4, K-5 and K -6) work in the "Circus-2" and "Circus-3" ski areas.

"Circus-2" is located at an altitude of about 2000 m under the Black Pyramid mountain (2375 m - the highest high point descent at the resort).

"Circus 3" is located right behind it. There is also a chairlift (K-8) from the Upper Town station, which takes you to a height of 1130 m.

Central sector

1. Route 2A. Difficulty: red, length: 704 m, elevation difference: 290 m
2. Route 2B. Difficulty: blue, length: 1177 m, vertical difference: 230 m
3. Route 2C. Difficulty: red, length: 1255 m, elevation difference: 470 m
4. 2D track. Difficulty: blue, length: 1373 m, vertical difference: 340 m
5. Route 2G. Difficulty: black, length: 381 m, vertical difference: 180 m
6. Route 2H. Difficulty: red, length: 136 m, vertical difference: 30 m
7. 2K track. Difficulty: blue, length: 138 m, vertical difference: 20 m
8. Route 3A. Difficulty: red, length: 2541 m, elevation difference: 740 m
9. Route 3B. Difficulty: red, length: 919 m, vertical difference: 292 m
10. 3G route. Difficulty: black, length: 863 m, vertical difference: 270 m
11. Route 8A. Difficulty: green, length: 1255 m, vertical difference: 210 m
12. Route 8E. Difficulty: blue, length: 392 m, elevation change: 100 m

Circus-2

1. Route 4A. Difficulty: blue, length: 587 m, vertical difference: 106 m
2. Route 5A. Difficulty: blue, length: 941 m elevation difference: 231 m
3. Route 5B. Difficulty: red, length: 240 m, elevation difference: 231 m

Circus-3

1. Route 6A. Difficulty: red, length: 587 m, vertical difference: 106 m
2. Route 7A. Difficulty: red, length: 941 m, vertical difference: 231 m

Eastern sector

1. Route 4S. Difficulty: red, length: 2123 m, elevation difference: 580 m
2. Route 4H. Difficulty: blue, length: 716 m, vertical difference: 195 m
3. Route 11S. Difficulty: red, length: 1791 m, elevation difference: 570 m
4. Route 11E. Difficulty: blue, length: 598 m, vertical difference: 325 m
5. Route 11G. Difficulty: black, length: 501 m, vertical difference: 250 m
6. Route 11H. Difficulty: blue, length: 398 m, vertical difference: 95 m
7. Route 12A. Difficulty: green, length: 618 m, vertical difference: 100 m
8. Route 13A. Difficulty: red, length: 343 m, vertical difference: 62 m
9. Route 13B. Difficulty: blue, length: 1656 m, elevation difference: 390 m
10. Route 13C. Difficulty: red, length: 502 m, vertical difference: 240 m
11. Route 13E. Difficulty: red, length: 200 m, vertical difference: 60 m
12. Route 13K. Difficulty: blue, length: 822 m, vertical difference: 230 m

For those who do not have the opportunity to ski during the day, the resort offers good conditions for evening skiing. In the winter season 2017/2018, two tracks are available for evening skiing "blue" (8E) And "green" (8A), which are equipped with an artificial snowmaking system and are well lit, which makes evening skiing enjoyable and safe. During the evening skiing period, you can also use the drag ropeway (K-9) with a length of about 300 m, which is most suitable for beginners.

For evening skiing, two tracks are available: “blue” (8E) and “green” (8A), which are equipped with an artificial snowmaking system and are well lit, which makes evening skiing enjoyable and safe.

For children, Gorki Gorod has comfortable gentle slopes and excellent conditions for climbing in cabins. The resort also employs experienced instructors who, using a specially developed Austrian program, can teach any beginner the basics of skiing.

Today the resort is in the final stages of construction, which should be completed in the near future. After this, the total length of all routes will reach approximately 75 km.

Infrastructure

Today "Gorki Gorod" is not just ski resort. This is a real city with a full-fledged infrastructure, in which hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over Russia and from abroad vacation throughout the year. The resort has 3, 4 and 5 star hotels with a total capacity of 1,628 rooms and a complex of apart-hotels and townhouses with 1,368 apartments. In 2011, the Gorki Gorod project won the UrbanAwards in the category “Integrated development of territories.

“Gorki Gorod” is a real city with a full-fledged infrastructure, where hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over Russia and from abroad vacation throughout the year.

About 10 thousand people can stay at the resort and use its services at the same time. Restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, shops, multi-level shopping Entertainment Center, indoor water park with sandy beach, cinema, bowling alley, billiards, sports schools, children's clubs and gardens - what is there! There are also SPA centers, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, gyms, beauty salons and a medical center.

The infrastructure of "Gorki Gorod" is located on four levels: at altitudes of +540m - "Lower City", +960m - "Upper City", +1500m and +2200m - cable cars, ski slopes, excursion sites and routes. The highest point of descent is the Black Pyramid peak of the Aibga ridge, +2375m above sea level.

"Lower City" (+540m). At an altitude of +540m above sea level there are the five-star Sochi Marriott Krasnaya Polyana hotel, the four-star Gorki Plaza hotel and the Gorki City 540 Apartments with a total capacity of 2000 rooms. There is also a shopping gallery, a multifunctional entertainment center (formerly the Olympic media center), sport complexes, fair, shops, water park and playgrounds, service school and medical center. The Mzymta mountain river stretches along the resort: its embankment with recreation areas and wide pedestrian areas are ideal for vacationers to walk. Our cable car begins at an altitude of +540m. This part of the city can be called active and democratic.

In the "Lower City" there is a shopping gallery, a multifunctional entertainment center (formerly the Olympic media center), sports complexes, a fair, shops, a water park and playgrounds, a service school and a medical center.

"Upper City", at +960m, is more suitable for a quiet, secluded holiday. Its architecture is more aristocratic and reminiscent resort towns Italy, Spain, southern France. Hotels with large areas, low-rise townhouses and chalets. These are "Rixos Krasnaya Polyana Sochi", "Gorki Hotel (formerly Solis Sochi Hotel)", "Gorki Hotel Suites (formerly Solis Sochi Suites)", "Valley 960", "Gorki Panorama", "Gorki Art", "Gorki Grand" and "Apartments Gorki Gorod 960". The total number of rooms is 1070 rooms. There is a cable car station on the main square. Altitude +960 m has its own restaurants, bars and cafes, as well as venues for cultural and sporting events.

The architecture of the "Upper City" is more aristocratic and reminiscent of the resort towns of Italy, Spain, and the south of France. Hotels with large areas, low-rise townhouses and chalets.

The "Lower" and "Upper" levels of the city are connected by road and cable cars. The city's rich infrastructure allows it to serve large groups tourists, as well as corporate clients. The resort is ready to provide everything necessary for organizing various M.I.C.E. events: wedding packages and individual VIP programs. services with accommodation in deluxe hotels, wellness in the mountains, yoga in the mountains.

Prices for the 2017/2018 season

If you are going skiing for more than two weeks, ski every day, at any time, or simply do not want to limit yourself to any time frame, it is better to choose a seasonal personalized ski pass. This ski pass is valid from 12/01/2017 to 05/31/2018 inclusive, for an unlimited number of lifts, and also gives access to both daytime and evening skiing. The price of the seasonal ski pass includes the cost of a contactless card. Adult - 35,000 rubles, children - 15,000 rubles.

There are also excursion tickets for climbing the cable cars of the Upper Town resort, " Relic forest", "Panorama", "Gorki Tour" from 300 rubles to 1300 rubles for adults and from 200 rubles to 800 rubles for children.

If you will be skiing for less than two weeks, you know exactly what time you usually go on the slope or combine skiing with intense cultural program- one-day ski passes or ski passes for 2-3 days for a certain period of the day may be more profitable:

1. morning (from 9:00 to 13:00)
2. daytime (from 9:00 to 17:00), sometimes 1, 2, 3 days. Available for the entire season from 01/08/2018 to 05/31/2018;
3. midday (from 13:00 to 17:00), there is only one day. Available in the high season from 01/08/2018 to 03/11/2018 and in the spring season from 03/12/2018 to 03/31/2018;
4. evening (from 18:00 to 23:00), there is only one day, it allows only evening routes. Available in the high season from 01/08/2018 to 03/11/2018 and in the spring season from 03/12/2018 to 03/31/2018;
5. valid throughout the day (from 9:00 to 23:00), there is only one day. Available during high season from 01/08/2018 to 03/11/2018;

Children under 6 years old receive free admission. Children's tickets are available to children from 6 to 16 years old inclusive.

You can buy ski passes at Gorki Gorod online on the official website of the resort in the online store (only some tariffs); at the ticket offices of the Lower Town (+540 m) and the Upper Town (+960 m), ticket activation occurs on the day of its purchase); at the box office of hotel and apartment reception desks (only for residents of the resort with a 20% discount, except for the period from 12/30/17 to 01/07/18 - during this period there is a 10% discount, tickets are activated from the moment of the first passage through the turnstiles. The discount is not provided on tariffs “Family”, “School”).

How to get there?

1. Transfer to the train "SWALLOW": "Gorki Gorod" - Railway station. "Esto-Sadok" - "Gorki Gorod". Travel for guests of the Gorki Gorod resort is FREE! The shuttle moves between departure points without stopping! Shuttle movement along the route "Gorki Gorod" - Railway station. "Esto-Sadok" is carried out from the stop, opposite the ticket office of the main cable car; from the railway station "Esto-Sadok" - from the parking lot, which is located on the right when exiting the Lastochka electric train, without additional stops! When organizing a transfer, a comfortable air-conditioned Mercedes Benz Tourist bus (18 seats) is used.
2. Transfer Sochi Airport - "Gorki City" - Sochi Airport. Travel for guests of the Gorki Gorod resort is FREE! Boarding the transfer is carried out only upon presentation of a voucher/booking confirmation (possibly in electronic form). The shuttle moves between departure points without stopping! The shuttle movement along the route Sochi Airport - "Gorki Gorod" - Sochi Airport is carried out from the stop opposite the ticket office of the main cable car, from Sochi Airport - from the parking lot next to terminal "D". When organizing a transfer, a comfortable air-conditioned Mercedes Benz Tourist bus (18 seats) is used.
3. High-speed electric train "Lastochka". Branded Lastochka electric trains run from the railway stations in Sochi, Matsesta, Khosta and Adler to Krasnaya Polyana (to the Esto-Sadok station). Travel time from Sochi station is about 1 hour.
4. By private transport from the central part of Sochi you need to get to Adler along the bypass road, which is adjacent to the M-27 highway. From Adler - along the A-148 "Old Krasnopolyanskoye Highway" highway or along the A-149 "New Krasnopolyanskoye Highway" highway. Travel time from the center of Sochi is about 1 hour.
5. Public transport. From the central part of Sochi and Adler, as well as the microdistricts of Khosta and Kudepsta, you can get to Gorki Gorod by bus No. 105, next from shopping center"More Mall" via Sochi station. You can also get there from the center of Sochi and Adler (including from the airport) by bus No. 105с. From Adler towards Krasnaya Polyana from the stop of the shopping center " New Age" should bus number 135.
6. A free shuttle runs on the route Airport - Gorki City - Airport.

More detailed information about the resort about the ski resort "Gorki Gorod", "Mountain Carousel" (opening hours, contacts, tariffs, etc.). You can get it on the official website or on social networks:

1. gorkygorod.ru;
2. vk.com/gorky_gorod;
3. instagram.com/gorky.gorod.

This interactive map, where you can see online all working lifts, pistes and eco-trails both in summer and winter. For details, click on objects on the map or on the convenient panel on the left. All below detailed information about the routes, ski passes, walking tickets, opening hours, etc.

Prices for walking tickets 2019

During the period from 06/01/2019 to 11/30/2019

"Gorki Tour". All cable cars. One climb on each of the routes (Central and Eastern sectors). from 9:00 to 19:00 You can walk along all the eco-trails, climb to the highest point - the peak Black Pyramid+2375 m, walk among the rhododendrons in the Circus-2 zone, walk to the high-mountain Polikarya waterfall in the Eastern sector, and see the sea and sunset from observation deck at +2200 m.
	At the register	Online
Adult	1 390 ₽
Child* / discount****	850 ₽
For the whole family
Family (2 adults + 2 children)***	3 750 ₽
2 days out of 3 days
Adult	RUB 2,290
Child* / discount****	RUB 1,390
For those with local registration "I am a Sochi resident"
Adult	1,190 RUR
Child* / discount****
For groups
School groups**
"Upper City" One ascent/descent by cable car from +540 m to +960 m Daytime from 9:00 to 18:00 Evening from 18:00 to 23:00 You can walk around the Upper Town, whose architecture is reminiscent of the resort towns of Italy, Spain and the south of France, and the landscapes on all sides offer panoramic views of the mountains. For guests not staying at our resort.
	At the register	Online
One ascent to +960 m and descent to +540 m for guests not staying at our resort
Adult	590 ₽
	390 ₽
Evening single	350 ₽
Descent from +960 m to +540 m for guests not staying at our resort
Adult	300 ₽
Daytime children's* / reduced****	200 ₽
"Polikar Waterfall". One lift by cable car from +540 m to +1370 m from 9:30 to 18:00 You will see the most high waterfall on the territory of Sochi
	At the register	Online
Adult	1 190 ₽
Child* / discount****	850 ₽
"Rope Adventure Park" One ascent by cable car from + 540 m to + 1460 m and completion of 2 rope park routes. from 9:00 to 18:00 You can also take a walk along the “Relic Forest” eco-trail
	At the register	Online
Adult	1 250 ₽
Child* / discount****	900 ₽
"A Day in the Mountains" One climb on all cable cars of the Eastern and Central sectors and passage of 2 routes of the rope park from 9:00 to 18:00
	At the register	Online
Adult	1 690 ₽
Child* / discount****	1 150 ₽
Seasonal “Summer in the Mountains”. All cable cars throughout the summer season. from 9:00 to 18:00 You can walk along all the eco-trails as much as you like, climb to the highest point - the Black Pyramid peak +2375 m, walk among the rhododendrons in the Circus-2 zone, walk to the high-mountain Polikarya waterfall in the Eastern sector, and look at the sea and sunset from observation deck at +2200 m.
	At the box office / Online
Adult
Child* / discount****

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Ticket sales are available:

• in the resort’s online store (only some tariffs), tickets are activated from the moment you first pass through the turnstiles
• at the resort ticket office +540m and +960m; ticket activation occurs on the day of purchase from the moment of the first passage through the turnstiles;
• at the resort’s accommodation service desks with a 10% discount (except for the tariffs: “Upper City Evening”, “Family”, “Gorki Tour 2 days out of 3”, “School”, “I am a Sochi resident”, “Summer in the Mountains” ), tickets are activated from the moment of the first passage through the turnstiles

*Children's tickets

**School groups provided to a group of schoolchildren of 10 or more accompanied by an adult upon presentation of certificates from the school (regular/sports) and/or an order from an educational institution. Tickets at this rate can only be sold at the resort box office.

***Family ticket is valid for 2 adults + 2 children (7-14 years old) valid upon presentation of a document confirming relationship. Additional child - 25% discount on the cost of the Gorki Tour child tariff.

Ticket at Gorki tour rate 2 days out of 3 valid for 2 days out of three from the moment of activation on all cable cars of the Krasnaya Polyana resort. Personalized ticket.

Ticket according to the tariff I am from Sochi Valid for one lift on all cable cars of the Krasnaya Polyana resort for guests with a Sochi residence permit. Mandatory presentation of the document.

****Discount ticket (40% discount on the current fare) provided (only upon presentation of supporting documents with subsequent mandatory copying of these documents):

• elderly people over 60 years old;
• disabled people of groups II and III of all degrees and groups of working ability;
• accompanying a disabled person of group I;
• veterans/disabled combatants, without a note on the certificate of entitlement to benefits and advantages established by current legislation for veterans/disabled persons of the Patriotic War/Great Patriotic War.

******Free ticket provided (only upon presentation of relevant documents with subsequent mandatory copying of these documents):

• disabled people of group I only;
• disabled children;
• veterans, prisoners and disabled people of the Patriotic War/Great Patriotic War;
• people (disabled people of any groups, degrees and forms of working ability) who have the right to benefits and benefits established by current legislation for disabled people/veterans of the Patriotic/Great Patriotic War;
• people over 70 years of age.

Copying of documents is carried out with consent to the processing of personal data of the recipient of the benefit and filling out the “Consent to the processing of personal data”.

Special conditions:

The validity period of each tariff can be changed in accordance with the operating schedule of the cable cars of the Krasnaya Polyana resort (the operating hours of the cable cars can be found on the official website of the resort, at information center and central ticket offices of the resort).

The price of tickets for the “Gorki Tour” and “Day in the Mountains” tariffs includes a visit to the “Circus-2” climatic zone (cable cars K-4 and K-5), which is free and depends on weather conditions. If it is impossible to visit this area, the cost of tickets will not be refunded.

Rope park services, included in the tariffs, are provided to the guest at the point of service provision upon presentation of a walking ticket with the name of the tariff.

In case of closure of the K-2 and/or K-3 cable car weather conditions and the impossibility of using tariffs for individuals, resort guests may be offered tariffs for wholesale buyers

Prices for ski passes winter 2019/2020 PRE-SALE

+540 m, +960 m, +1370 m, +1460 m, + 2050 m, +2200 m, +2375 m

Works on everyone open tracks resort.
	New Year holidays 28.12.2019 - 07.01.2020	High season 08.01.2020 - 10.03.2020
	Online. 10% discount	Online. 15% discount
Adult
Child*
Day ski pass 3 days out of 5 days Valid on all open slopes of the resort
	High season 08.01.2020 - 10.03.2020
Adult
Child*

*Children's tickets are provided to children from 7 to 14 years old inclusive. Children under 6 years of age receive free admission.

Season ski passes winter 2019/2020 with a 15% discount

The seasonal personalized ski pass is valid from the beginning of the winter season. ski season 2019-2020 and until 05/31/2020 inclusive for an unlimited number of lifts.

All prices are indicated in rubles (including VAT at a rate determined in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees)

*Children's tickets are provided to children from 7 to 14 years old inclusive. Children under 6 years of age receive free admission.

The cost of a seasonal ski pass includes the cost of a contactless card (100 ₽).

Purchasing a seasonal ski pass gives you the right to attend daytime and evening skiing, and a technology break from 16:30 to 18:00.

Tickets are available for sale:

• in the resort's online store

Activation of tickets and photographing of the ticket holder occurs at the moment of the first passage through the turnstile.

Ropeways (characteristics, operating mode)

They work at our resort 13 lifts, of which 4 are gondola type, 7 are chair and 2 are rope tow. The total capacity of all cable cars is 2,400 people per hour.

For your convenience, our resort is divided into Central and Eastern sectors. The main lift is three stages in the Central sector of the Main Cable Car with 8-seater gondolas (K-1, K-2 and K-3), which lift to an altitude of +2200 meters above sea level.

Three more chairlifts (K-4, K-5 and K-6) operate in the Circus-2 and Circus-3 ski areas. Circus-2 is located at an altitude of about +2000 m under the Black Pyramid mountain (2375 m is the highest point in the resort). Circus 3 is right behind it. There is also a chairlift (K-8) from the Upper Town station at +960 m, which takes you to a height of 1130 m.

You can get to the Eastern sector from the Upper City station at +960 m on K-10.

Observation platforms are located at altitudes: +960 m, +1460 m, +2200 m.

Ropeway operating schedule

On Mondays the cable cars are closed for routine maintenance until 12:00

	Tuesday - Sunday
Cable cars	Opening time	Last rise time	Last descent time
"Krasnaya Polyana" K-1		23:00* / 17:30**	23:00* / 18:00**
"Eastern Forest" K-10
"Champion's Start" K-12
“Polikar Waterfall” K-13

* For tourists (Tickets sold 30 minutes before the end of the last lift)

** For cyclists

Autumn maintenance schedule

Cable cars	Carrying out routine maintenance
"Krasnaya Polyana" K-1	11.11.2019 - 29.11.2019
"Relic forest" K-2	21.10.2019 - 15.11.2019
"Vershina" K-3	21.10.2019 - 15.11.2019
"Aibga" K-4	10/21/2019 - before the start of the season
"Black Pyramid" K-5	10/21/2019 - before the start of the season
"Eastern Forest" K-10	11/11/2019 - before the start of the season
"Champion's Start" K-12	11/11/2019 - before the start of the season
"Polikar Waterfall" K-13	11/11/2019 - before the start of the season

Ski slopes of the resort

general characteristics

Our resort has ski slopes different levels difficulties total length about 30 km from an altitude of +2340 m to +960 m.

Illuminated routes with a total length of about 3 km, evening skiing from +1460 m to +960 m.

Artificial snow trails with a total length of 4.9 km from +1500 m to +960 m, 64 snow cannons.

Difficulty level: 11 blue, 2 green, 14 red, 5 black. 4 freeride zones.

Ski season: from December to May.

The third stage of the Main Cable Car, which starts from the top of +2200 m, is suitable for confident skiers and snowboarders; the second stage (+1460 m) has trails of medium difficulty and an excellent training track for beginners.

Under Circus 2 there is a ramp to the Eastern Sector ski area. In the upper part of the Eastern sector there are difficult red tracks, in the lower part there are green and blue tracks that are convenient for training.

Work is provided

Evening skiing in winter

From 1460 m to 960 m.

For evening skiing, the following tracks are available: “blue” 2B and 8E, “green” (8A), which are equipped with an artificial snowmaking and lighting system, which makes evening skiing enjoyable and safe.

During the evening skiing period, you can also use the drag ropeway (K-9) with a length of about 300 m, which is most suitable for beginners.

Black tracks

The climate of Krasnaya Polyana is ideal for lovers of powder: soft, without severe frosts, and at the same time with heavy, prolonged snowfalls. Their peak, as a rule, occurs at the end of January - beginning of February.

This year the resort has allocated four freeride zones: two in the Central and two in the Eastern sector of the resort. All of them are located above 1000 meters above sea level, where the softest and fluffiest snow is. These sections are very difficult and unpredictable and can only be ridden with special training.

Attention!

We do not recommend trying your hand at black trails and freeride areas for those who have recently started riding. You risk not being able to cope with a difficult area, which can be fraught with various injuries. There are many dangers here that we never tire of warning our guests about.

Most routes end in drops and rocks, so before you set off on them, you need to know the exits that you can use. For this purpose, novice riders need to contact professional off-piste instructors, who are offered by the resort's accredited instructor schools. Their services cost from 3,000 to 5,000 rubles per person per day, including training and equipment.

We remind you that under no circumstances should you drive in an unknown direction following someone’s trail. This mark on the descent could have been left by a resort employee who knows the area well and is much better prepared than you.

If you want to be the first to ski on fresh snow immediately after a snowfall, then choose a hotel in the Upper Town. You can climb to the beginning of the descent directly from the hotel - just like returning from the mountain - right to the doorstep. The lifts start operating at 9:00, so you can start your descent as early as 9:15-9:20.

Gorki Bike Park trails

The trails are laid at an altitude of 960 to 540 meters above sea level. The total length of downhill trails is more than 7 km with a height difference of 340 m.

In Gorki Bike Park, the tracks are of green, blue and black difficulty levels with well-developed blinkers, drops, counter slopes, sharp turns and rhythm sections.

Green route: 6 green bay.

Blue trails: 1 Bear's Corner, 3 Crimean Trip, 4 Nizhny Dorblu, 5 Dorblu, 7 Dining room.

Black route: 2 Blackberries.

Walking routes along eco-trails

IN summer season Our resort offers walking eco-routes for traveling to hard-to-reach places in the Krasnaya Polyana mountains. Pedestrian tourist routes are located at an altitude of +960 m to +2200 m above sea level.

To climb the eco-routes, you must purchase a walking ticket for the cable car to the corresponding mark at the resort ticket office.

Visiting eco-routes is free.

Eco-route operating hours: 10:00 - 16:00

Routes:

• T1 - route to the Polikarya waterfall
• T2 - eco-trail through relict forest
• T5 – eco-trail to Medvezhiy waterfall
• T4 - route through alpine meadows
• T6 - route among blooming rhododendrons
• T7 – Trail to the Krasnaya Polyana pass
• T8 - Trail to Iceberg Lake
• T9 - health path

Many novice skiers and snowboarders who come to the Krasnaya Polyana resorts do not understand which slopes to take their first steps on. These can be found on any route - frozen in front of a steep hill or flying head over heels downwards.

How do they get there? Some people think that the green slopes are too easy and climb the blue ones. But almost all blue trails have sections that are more like the red ones. And then, if there is no way back, the ski lifts are far away, chaos begins - people turn into uncontrollable projectiles, whistling past us.

Others simply cannot find the tracks they need because Krasnopolyansk resorts have become large and it is easy to get lost. And the areas for beginners are so small that they can easily be overlooked.

Now we'll fix everything! Are you with me? Dive for beginners!

Ski slopes for beginners at Rosa Khutor, Gorki Gorod, Gazprom

If you come to our resorts for the first time and have never skied/boarded before big mountains, then you need to start with the simplest areas.

Why? Because they are almost flat and it is convenient to practice the first movements on them. Because mostly beginners ride here, and they ride slowly - safely. Because in such paddling pools There is no shame in falling - everyone falls here.

These slopes are also short and absolutely not attractive for experienced skiers/snowboarders, so the queues here are not as long as at other lifts during the peak season.

And there are always a lot of kind instructors here, and if anything happens, they will help you.

Once you learn how to turn and control your speed on such tracks, you can move on to blue tracks.

Not all green slopes at the Krasnaya Polyana ski resorts are created equal. If such, the sight of which can easily paralyze a beginner - he or she will never budge. I’ll show you those that are really comfortable for beginners.

Trails for beginners on Gorki Gorod

Gorki Gorod ski resort - green slopes for beginners

How to get there

From the lower level of the Gorki Gorod resort you climb to the upper station in lift K1(cabins). Next, go around the lower station of the K2 lift on the left and after 50 meters take the short lift K10(cabins). Lifts on the map are highlighted with double red squares.

After 3 minutes you reach the starting point of the desired one (green) route 12A, which is served by a 4-seater chairlift lift K12. It is highlighted in red and shaded with green stripes.

Route 12A webcam.

Trails for beginners at the Gazprom resort

Gazprom ski resort - green slopes for beginners

How to get there

The Gazprom resort has two ski areas for beginners:

• Level (intermediate) Psekhako Shelter - routes E1, C1
• Level (upper station) Pikhtovy Shelter - Route I

Before Shelter Psekhako get there by lift A1 (cabins). Before Shelter Fir— lift A2 (booths), which you can transfer to at the top of lift A1. Even to Pikhtovoye you can take the new 30-seater A3 lift directly (without transfers) from the lower station of the Alpika-Service resort, which is located next to railway station Rosa Khutor.

Stations are highlighted on the map in red, routes in green.

All of the mentioned slopes are served by rope tows, which are less comfortable than chairlifts, especially for snowboarders.

Webcam on the E1 highway.

Webcam on the C1 highway.

Trails for beginners at the Rosa Khutor resort

Green trail area at the Rosa Khutor resort - Rosa Plateau

How to get there

To get to the necessary trails at the Rosa Khutor resort, you need to take the Olympia lift from the lower level of Rosa Dolina to the upper station. This level is called Rose Plateau or Mountain Village. That's it, you're there.

You should not go up from below on the Strela lift - it will take you above the required level. From there you will have to go down the B52 highway.

An enlarged section of the map of the Rosa Khutor - Rosa Plateau resort:

Rosa Khutor - green trails for beginners at the Rosa Plateau level

At the Rosa Khutor ski resort, very little space is allocated for beginners - the track along the Chalet chairlift (4-seater) and then the Lilliputian area with a belt lift (magic carpet) for those who are completely green. Both routes are highlighted in red on the map.

Not enough when compared to the total number of tracks.

Chalet ski lift webcam.

Webcam on the training slope along the belt lift (magic carpet).

There are other green slopes on the resort map (B52 and Plateau), but they are not suitable for training, as they are narrow and long paths designed to connect different ski areas and access the ski lifts for descent.

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Brief description of the Gorki Gorod ski complex

All season and mountain resort"Gorki Gorod" is located in the foothills of Main Caucasian ridge, on the territory of the famous Krasnaya Polyana of Greater Sochi. High level service, architectural sophistication and picturesque landscapes nature reserve Every year they attract hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world to the resort. The resort is already 15 years old - long before the Olympics the administration Krasnodar region and a group of private investors launched a project to create and develop the Gornaya Karusel ski complex!

At the time of the start of preparations for the city of Sochi for the Olympics Winter Games 2014, the Gornaya Karusel resort was the largest ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana. Only its territory made it possible to build an entire city (buildings with total area almost 600 thousand square meters) and provide Olympic participants with accommodation in almost 3 thousand rooms. Therefore, in 2010, the Gorki Gorod project successfully passed the state examination and received a construction permit.

Total area of ​​the resort: 863.7 hectares at elevations from +540m to +2200m above sea level.

Today Gorki Gorod is not just a ski resort. This is a whole city with a full-fledged infrastructure, in which hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over Russia and from abroad vacation throughout the year.

In general, the infrastructure of "Gorki Gorod" is located on four levels: at altitudes of +540m - "Lower City", +960m - "Upper City", +1500m and +2200m - cable cars, ski slopes, excursion objects and routes. The highest point of descent is the Black Pyramid peak of the Aibga ridge, +2340m above sea level.

The "Lower" and "Upper" levels of the city are connected by road and cable cars.

Route diagrams

Click on the diagram to open it in a larger size:

WINTER slopes and lifts:

Winter
Due to the special location of the mountains, the resort has the longest ski season - from December to May. At the service of tourists: 30 kilometers ski slopes of varying difficulty levels, illuminated pistes for evening skiing and pistes with artificial snow.

Ski slopes: of varying levels of difficulty, from “green” to “black”, with a total length of about 30 km, from altitudes from +2340m to +960m.
Illuminated routes: 3.1 km, evening skiing from +1500m to +960m.
Trails with artificial snow: 4.9 km from +1500m to +960m, 70 snow cannons.
Cable cars: 11 gondola and chairlifts with a capacity of up to 2400 people/hour.
Additional services: 5 accredited instructor schools, 4 children's schools ski club, rental of ski equipment, ski workshop, ski simulators, storage rooms.

Opening hours: from 9:00 to 23:00, evening skiing is available, the slopes are illuminated.

Trails	Ski areas
	Second stage of the Main Cable Car	“Circus-2”	“Eastern sector”	“Circus-3”
“green”	1	0	1	0
“blue”	4	2	5	0
“red”	6	2	5	1
“black”	1	0	1	0

Evening skiing in winter
Resort guests have access to the most interesting and longest evening ski area in Krasnaya Polyana. For those who don't have the opportunity to enjoy ski holiday during the day, now there is a unique opportunity to ride under the light of the night sky. Trails of varying difficulty levels, located at altitudes from +960m to +1460m, are equipped with an artificial snowmaking and lighting system, which makes evening skiing enjoyable and safe.

SUMMER slopes and lifts:

Summer
The resort offers activities related to mountain recreation in both winter and summer.

"Gorki Bike Park"– a complex of trails for downhill mountain biking from an altitude of about +1000m.
For mountain bike training: wooden and earthen pump track, wooden skill park.
Hiking routes: different levels of difficulty at altitudes from +2300m to +960m above sea level.
Excursion lift: on the resort's cable cars up to +2300m above sea level.
Rope Adventure Park: at an altitude of +1500m above sea level with a separate children's route.
Other activities: quad tours, rafting on a mountain river.
Additional services: rental of city and mountain bikes, scooters and Segways, roller skating school.
Private beach: to the sea with organized transfer.

Opening hours: Cable car opening time: Mon from 10:00; Tue – Sun from 9:00. Last descent time: 23:30.

Infrastructure

Tourist capacity: up to 10,000 people can stay at the resort at a time.
Resort hotels and apartments: 11 accommodation facilities, total number of rooms: 3070 rooms for 6,500 people.
Food and leisure: 16 restaurants, 26 cafes and bars, 2 night clubs.
Purchases: Shopping and entertainment center Gorky Gorod Mall, specialized stores.
Entertainment: water park with sandy beach, cinema, bowling, billiards.
Wellness: SPA centers, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, gyms, medical center.
Children's holiday: children's clubs and kindergartens.

"Lower City" (+540m)

Hotels:

" " – 428 numbers.
" " – 204 numbers.
"Apartments Gorki Gorod +540m" - 1368 rooms.

There is also a shopping gallery, a multifunctional entertainment center (formerly the Olympic media center), sports complexes, a fair, shops, a water park and playgrounds, a service school and a medical center.

The Mzymta mountain river stretches along the resort: its embankment with recreation areas and wide pedestrian areas are ideal for vacationers to walk.

At an altitude of +540m the cable car begins.

"Upper City" (+960m)
"Upper City", at +960m, is more suitable for a quiet, secluded holiday. Its architecture is more aristocratic and reminiscent of the resort towns of Italy, Spain, and the south of France. The total number of rooms is 1070 rooms.

11 conference rooms and meeting rooms.
Weddings and banquets: 19 banquet halls and terraces, wedding packages.
VIP: individual service programs and accommodation in deluxe hotels.
Service school in the mountains.
Recovery in the mountains.
Yoga in the mountains.
Unified transport service.

Main characteristics of cable cars and ski slopes

11 gondola and chairlifts with a capacity of 2,400 people/hour.

Ski slopes of varying difficulty levels from “green” to “black” with a total length of about 30 km from an altitude of +2340 m to +960 m.

Illuminated trails with a total length of 2 km, evening skiing from +1130 m to +960 m.

Artificial snow trails with a total length of 4.9 km from +1500 m to +960 m, 64 snow cannons.

In the winter season 2017/2018, 11 lifts operate. The main lift is three stages of the Main Cable Car with 8-seater gondolas (K-1, K-2 and K-3), which lift to a height of 2200 m. Three more chairlifts (K-4, K-5 and K -6) work in the “Circus-2” and “Circus-3” ski areas. "Circus-2" is located at an altitude of about 2000 m under the Black Pyramid mountain (2375 m is the highest point of descent at the resort). "Circus 3" is located right behind it. There is also a chairlift (K-8) from the Upper Town station, which takes you to a height of 1130 m.

“Gorki Gorod” has trails for all categories of riders. The third stage of the Main Cable Car, which starts from the top, is suitable for confident skiers and snowboarders; the second stage has tracks of medium difficulty and an excellent training track for beginners.

Under “Circus-2” there is a ramp to the “Eastern Sector” ski area. It is connected to the Upper City station by one gondola lift (K-10) and three chairlifts (K-11, K-12, K-13). In the upper part of the “Eastern Sector” there are difficult red tracks, in the lower part there are green and blue tracks that are convenient for training.

Black tracks

The climate of Krasnaya Polyana is ideal for lovers of powder: soft, without severe frosts, and at the same time with heavy, prolonged snowfalls. Their peak usually occurs at the end of January - beginning of February.

The resort has four freeride zones: two in the Central and two in the Eastern sector of the resort. All of them are located above 1000 meters above sea level, where the softest and fluffiest snow is. These sections are very difficult and unpredictable and can only be ridden with special training.

Evening skiing in winter

From 1130 m to 960 m.

For those who do not have the opportunity to learn to ride during the day, the resort offers the opportunity to learn by the light of the night sky. In the 2017/2018 winter season, two trails are available for evening skiing: “blue” (8E) and “green” (8A), which are equipped with an artificial snowmaking and lighting system, which makes evening skiing enjoyable and safe. During the evening skiing period, you can also use the drag ropeway (K-9) with a length of about 300 m, which is most suitable for beginners.

In the evening, we are pleased to offer our guests a full range of related services: rental of ski equipment, classes with experienced instructors, as well as a variety of food outlets where you can have fun with a friendly company.

Attention!

We do not recommend trying your hand at “black” trails and freeride areas for those who have recently started riding. You risk not being able to cope with a difficult area, which can be fraught with various injuries. There are many dangers here that we never tire of warning our guests about.

Most routes end in drops and rocks, so before you set off on them, you need to know the exits that you can use. For this purpose, novice riders need to contact professional off-piste instructors, who are offered by the resort's accredited instructor schools. Their services cost from 3,000 to 5,000 rubles per person per day, including training and equipment.

We remind you that under no circumstances should you drive in an unknown direction following someone’s trail. This mark on the descent could have been left by a resort employee who knows the area well and is much better prepared than you.