Skiing in St. Petesrsburg

St Petersburg, one of the most important cities in Russia

St Petersburg is one of the most important cities in Russia. The city was founded by Peter the Great to be a local window to the west, that’s why St Petersburg is the only Russian point located in the sea of northern Europe. Its foundation was equal to many great European capitals’ origins, with the discipline and the European pump characteristics of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. St Petersburg is a city that surprises everyone who visits it.  

St. Petersburg weather

Winter could be very interesting in the City, first the St. Petersburg weather in winter is very cold but adequate to practice winter sports like Nordic ski, ski inclusive snowboard. Toksovo is the most great ski resort in St Petersburg, where tourists and visitors can practice one of these winter sports.

The best ski resorts in Russia

However, the best of St Petersburg is yet to come, Golden Valley is located 90 km to St Petersburg, in a region called Korobitsyna. This ski resort is considered the best in Leningrad. Besides this ski complex has hills with a height difference of 105 meters and duration of slope length 800 meters.  In addition, the ski resort has its own production system of artificial snow for hot seasons. Considered one of the best ski resorts in Russia, the Golden Valley has exceptional installations as coffee shops, an exclusive restaurant, a small but friendly hotel and a convenient parking. 

The complex is perfect for those people who want to learn to ski because the ski resort has instructors of different disciplines of ski, schools, rental of ski equipment, inter alia. Otherwise, if we pay attention, Komarovo is another good option to develop the winter sports; the place is adequate to practice Nordic Ski, this ski resort is located 45 kilometers north of downtown St. Petersburg. 

European map

On this way, if we see a European map, we can see another option near St. Petersburg city to enjoy our winter holidays like Abzakovo, Balkans, Dombai, Golden Valley, Red Lake, Kazan, and Rosa Khutor, of course these are ski resorts abroad St Petersburg. All these places are examples that Russia and specially St Petersburg is a good destination to spend a great winter vacation practicing different winter sports, skiing, Nordic skiing and snowboarding.

St Petersburg has become an important city inside Russia, even the city has reached a greater popularity than Moscow, the capital of the Country. This way, this city has many attractions to offer, museums, parks, gardens, historical buildings. However one of its principal attractions are the places and regions where the visitors can practice winter sports with all accommodations that places like tourist and hotel services offer.