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Best Ski Areas In and Around Moscow

SOROCHANY - SHUKOLOVO - STEPANOVO/VOLEN - KRYLATSKOE - CHYLKOVO - KANT

Moscow is the perfect place for winter sports with all this snow! But what are the best places to ski near Moscow? The nearby options have a limited altitude but there are a few other options on a 1-1.5 hour drive.
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Sorochany


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Tripadvisor

This is the most modern and largest ski area and only a 1.5 hour drive from Moscow. It has restaurants, a daycare, ski rental and ski schools. For beginners this area is perfect to practice. You can easily go here for a day trip, but if you'd like to stay overnight try: https://www.moscowliving.org/blog/chalet-yakhroma-perfect-group-accommodation, or the next door hotel complex http://www.sorochany-mdk.ru/.

- Lifts#: 10 (http://sorochany.ru/skhema-kurorta/)
- Highest mountain 225m
- Location: Der. Kurovo 68, Dimitrovsky rayon (49km from MKAD)

Shukolovo « Горнолыжный клуб Леонида Тягачева »


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Shukolovo
This is the ski area where the ski team that usually trains indoor at "снеж.ком" trains on their outside practices. It's 1 hour north of Moscow and offers a good practice area for a day trip. It also offers ski rental, a ski school and a restaurant.
It only has 1 chairlift, the rest is tow-lifts.
- Lifts #: 13
- Highest mountain: 200m
- Location: D. Schukolovo, Dimitrovsky rayon

Stepanovo/Volen


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Russia-IC

These are 2 very small ski areas that are mostly suitable for beginners. It has 3 lifts and you can ski on 2 mountains. There is a ski rental and a restaurant. If you are a little more advanced we recommend to go to nearby Sorochany.

- Lifts#: Stepanovo 2, Volen 3 (http://www.volen.ru/o-parke/skhema-parka)
- Highest mountain: 200m
- Location: Ulitsa Troiskama 2, Yakhroma

Krylatskoe «Lata-Trek»


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Tripadvisor

The ski slopes at Krylatskoe are perfect for a day trip because it's within the MKAD and easy to reach by metro! There a several ski schools and rental options, so perfect for learning to ski or for a sporty day trip with the skyline of Moscow city :). There's also a tubing slope and rental. Great family activity!

- Lifts #: 4 http://spusk.ru/about/
- Highest mountain: 63m
- Location: Krylatskaya Ulitsa 1

Chylkovo «Горнолыжный клуб Гая Северина»


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Tripadvisor

After Krylatskoe this is the closest ski area to Moscow, just outside of the MKAD. It only has 3 lifts and 3 slopes with an altitude of 75 meters. But if you just want to practice a bit, it's fine for a day trip. You can even go here by metro and taxi.

- Lifts #: 3 (http://chylkovo.ru/shema-trass)
- Highest mountain: 75m
- Location: P. Telmana, Ramensky rayon

Kant


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Tripadvisor

This is the largest area close to the city that you can reach by metro (Nagornaya). It has 17 slopes, a ski school, ski rental and a huge ski store. The altitude is only 55m, but for the little ones this is perfect to learn how to ski!

- Lifts #: 8
- Highest mountain: 55m
- Location: Electrolitny perelok 7/2

All in all there are a few nearby ski options, but if you'd like to get the full experience and if you can go for a weekend, take the little effort to go to Sochi! It's just a 1.5 hour flight and a 45 min. taxi drive and you'll enjoy Russia's high quality powder snow on the beautiful mountains of Roza Chutor! https://www.moscowliving.org/blog/sochi-weekend-ski

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