Cable cars in Krasnaya Polyana

What to Expect and Is It Worth Visiting

An obligatory tourist activity in Krasnaya Polyana, which every guest of the village and other resorts of Sochi should and seeks to experience, is, of course, cable cars. This is not about skiing or snowboarding, but about climbing on a cable car to one of the viewing platforms on the slopes or peaks surrounding the village of Krasnaya Polyana. By the way, even in early summer you can climb to a height with snow and play snowballs in June, although everything, of course, depends on the weather in a particular year.

At the top of the equipped viewing platforms offer stunning views of the Caucasus Mountains and snow-capped peaks, mostly two and three thousand people. So that tourists are not bored, there are cafes and restaurants upstairs (prices are high), there are binoculars for observing the mountains and maps of the surroundings so that you can determine which mountain you see. Most vacationers spend 5-10 minutes on the upper observation deck and go back down, but if desired, here and at any intermediate transfer station you can stay as long as you like, Of course, taking into account the time of the cable car. During this time, you can leave the observation deck and walk around the immediate surroundings, or even take a hiking trip to the nearest natural attractions.

In addition to climbing the observation decks in the mountains, there are also complex tours with Entertainment and visiting individual attractions at the top (usually waterfalls and hiking trails) or at the bottom (museums). For example, these are tickets to waterfalls Polikara, Mendelich, Bear, etc.

Most of the ascent takes place in closed cabins (gondola type), but the highest and farthest points are accessible with transfers between cable cars, and sometimes with a change of gondola to chairlift. The scheme of cable cars is complex: there are many lifts and routes, they diverge and converge, lead to different places. But you have nothing to worry about, because at each transfer station there are signs and staff who will help with the transfer and make sure that you leave Strictly in the direction where you bought a ticket.

By the way, during the ascent or descent you can stay at any intermediate station for an unlimited time and walk around, there are a lot of interesting things there. We advise you to dress warmer, because upstairs is 8-12 degrees colder. And yet, we advise you to choose the highest point of ascent, and not be limited to 900 meters, which are offered when selling excursions as the cheapest option.

Here are popular walking cable cars for lookouts and prices for the landmark in 2021:

• "Rose peak" in the resort "Rosa Khutor" (lower ropeway station on the map. Height of 2320 meters / cost from 1590 rubles, and 950 rubles for children. From the top you can take the Edelweiss chairlift to mendelich falls complex.
• "Mountain Carousel" in the resort "Krasnaya Polyana" (lower ropeway station on the map. Height 2375 meters (according to other estimates 2350 or 2300) / cost from 1390 rubles, and 850 rubles children. From here you can visit the bear waterfall, Polycarium, walk along the easy hiking route "Alpine Meadows"
• "Gazprom-Alpika shelter of the winds" resort "Gazprom" (lower ropeway station on the map. But in fact, this cable car does not start from the main zone of Gazprom, but from the village of Estosadok and the Krasnaya Polyana resort. Height 2356 meters / from 1400 rubles, and 800 rubles children's.

The indicated prices are minimal and are only available when buying excursions, and at the ticket offices of the lifts the prices are usually higher.

We also advise you to see interesting options for individual and group excursions on these proven sites:

• 📷 search for excursions in Krasnaya Polyana on Sputnik8.com
• 📷 excursions in Krasnaya Polyana from the tour operator TEZ Tour
• 📷 search for excursions in Krasnaya Polyana on Tripster.ru