Курорт Красная Поляна, Krasnaya Polyana Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Курорт Красная Поляна, Krasnaya Polyana Resort is a ski area in Krasnodar, Russia. Its 37 mapped downhill runs add up to 26 km, which ranks it #7 of 166 ski areas in Russia and gives it 3.6% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 703 m long.

Slopes at Курорт Красная Поляна, Krasnaya Polyana Resort

About 40% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 52% intermediate and 8% advanced or expert, which makes Курорт Красная Поляна, Krasnaya Polyana Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 13 lifts: 7 chairlifts, 4 gondolas, 2 drag lifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 899 m up to 2,283 m, a vertical drop of 1,384 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Курорт Красная Поляна, Krasnaya Polyana Resort

The nearest airport is Sochi International Airport (AER), about 34 km away in a straight line — roughly 44 minutes by car; Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport (SUI) is 113 km away. Nearby ski areas include Альпика-Сервис, Alpika (5.2 km), Роза Хутор, Rosa Khutor (89.9 km), Газпром, Gazprom (36.9 km) and Лаго-Наки (Lago-Naki), which together add 177 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.