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Essentials
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• short breaks from £825 and 7 nights from £1,129
• ski the 2014 Olympic ski area of Sochi before anyone else
• very reliable snow conditions
• made up of 3 ski resorts
• amazing vertical drop -
Resort Height
520m (1,705ft)
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Transfer time
Adler/Sochi Airport 1 hrs
Private transfers included in all packages -
Fly from
Heathrow via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines.
Good for...
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Advanced Ski Rating
4
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Intermediates Ski Rating
4
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Beginners Ski Rating
2
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Snowboarding Rating
4
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So what's it like?
Incredible new ski destination – be the first to ski this Russian Olympic ski resort
Host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi is set to be a world leading ski destination and we are exclusively offering it for 2011/12 - if you are a ski aficionado you have to be the first to try it out! Each of the three ski resorts has a new, modern lift system and receives huge snowfalls, although the number of runs isn’t large the vertical drop is - with up to 1,700m! Gasprom Ski Resort has the Hotel Polyana at its base and lends itself to intermediate skiers. Rosa Khutor (just 1km from Gasprom) is the largest ski resort, with great off piste and two new hotels planned to open next season as well as a range of shops and restaurants. Mountain Carousel ski resort has no accommodation at present but is a must for advanced and expert skiers.
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Ski information
Beginners
For absolute beginners Sochi would be an interesting place to start skiing! The ski schools are actually pretty good having copied what is offered in the alps, although the level of English is not always the best. The resort of Gasprom has the most beginner terrain on offer.
Intermediates
Gasprom and Rosa Khutor Ski Resorts have a good range of intermediate blue and red runs. With around 1700m of vertical drop although there isn’t a massive amount of runs many are so long you need a quick vodka before doing another. Mountain Carousel has some easier runs too, but not a huge amount.
Advanced
Rosa Khutor ski resort is the place to base yourself for the best access to harder runs, this is by far the largest of the ski areas and has a good mix of terrain including large number of red runs and some surprisingly steep blacks, some with a vertical drop of over 1km. Although Gasprom has some good red runs to shoot down it doesn’t have anything incredibly testing but Mountain Carousel is definitely worth visiting for a day or two with some really testing bowls at its peak.
Nightlife
• Quiet nightlife as currently only a small number of hotels open, most hotels have bars that stay open late
Activities
• Jeeping • Snowmobiling • Spas • Russian baths
Eating out
• there is a choice of restaurants in the village of Krasnaya Polyana which is accessible by taxi from the hotels • each resort has one or two dining options planned for 2011/12 plus hotel restaurants
Other information
You can get between the three ski resorts by taxi at an additional local cost, they are only a few minutes apart from one another. Each ski resort is on a different lift pass.
Representatives (Reps)
There will be no Crystal representatives in Sochi, you will have the contact details for a company locally who will be available 24 hours a day if you should need any assistance.
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