Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
The Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort is an alpine ski resort in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located at the Aibga Ridge of the Western Caucasus along the Roza Khutor plateau near Krasnaya Polyana. Constructed from 2003 to 2011, it hosted the alpine skiing events for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, based in nearby Sochi. The resort is 50 kilometers (30 mi) east of the Black Sea at Sochi; the majority of the slopes at Rosa Khutor face northeast, with the backside slopes facing southwest.
Ski runs at 1600 m above sea level, April 2014
Jean-Claude Killy, Dmitry Medvedev, and Vladimir Putin at the European Cup events at Rosa Khutor in February 2011
Gondola base area in 2011
General view of the elevation of 1170 m (Rose Plateau) from the Aibga Ridge.
Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Krasnaya Polyana is an urban locality in Krasnopolyansky Settlement Okrug, which is under the administrative jurisdiction of Adlersky City District of the City of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Population: 4,598 (2010 Russian census); 3,969 (2002 Census); 3,300 (1989 Soviet census).
General view of the Krasnaya Polyana from the Psekhako Ridge. In the foreground is a mountain Olympic village.
Vladimir Putin at the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort in 2008
Ski slope in Krasnaya Polyana
Bottom station Alpika Service
