Lifts and Trails

Skiing Infrastructure

The Gornaya Karusel resort and sports center is the largest of its kind in Krasnaya Polyana. It is a top-notch resort that meets the highest standards of quality and comfort. Besides skiing facilities, the resort has every kind of modern service a skier might need. The master plan of the resort was devised by the famous French architect Pierre Diener. Monsieur Diener has extensive experience in the area of designing mountain skiing resorts and villages. He is the architect who designed the renowned resort at Courchevel. The Gornaya Karusel currently utilizes three lines of an eight-seat gondola type ski lift with stops at the heights of 540, 960, 1,450, and 2,200 meters as well as brand new four-seat chair lifts, and a modern t-pole lift. The Gornaya Karusel has 10 kilometers of ski trails (2 with a difficulty rating of green, 2 of blue, 3 of red and one of black). Along with other Olympic facilities, the Gornaya Karusel will help make sure the 2014 Olympics are conducted at the appropriate quality level and give a boost to the region's development.

Layout of lifts and ski trails

The project's skiing grounds, designed and furbished by Dianeige (France), covers several hundred acres of the Sochi National Park. The skiing grounds are split into four levels by lift stops at the heights of 540, 960, 1,450, and 2,200 meters above sea level. There are several ski-fit cirques located between ridgelets of the Aibga mountains at the height of 1,500–2,200 meters. One can get from one level to another via a modern gondola type cableway manufactured by POMA (France).

The project envisages the construction of up to 28 cableways of various types. New trails are on their way too: the constructors are planning to build 6 green (minimum difficulty), 8 blue (medium difficulty), 16 red (increased difficulty), and 6 black (maximum difficulty) trails with an overall length of 70,000 meters. The trails will be fitted with artificial snow cannons and lights, making it possible to prolong the season or ski at night. The construction of said trails will make the Gornaya Karusel the biggest mountain ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana by trail length, surpassing even those resorts that are only in planning at the current moment.

The trails and lifts will be furbished with all necessary security equipment and a well-developed service infrastructure. The resort already has a team of professional instructors, a rental service, and a ski school for children.

	Lift number	Lift type	Length (m)	Height difference (m)
1	1 TSF circus	Chair lift	1 100	600
2	TSF 15	Chair lift	224	110
3	TSF 16	Chair lift	570	240
4	TSF 17	Chair lift	700	284
5	TSF 18	Chair lift	600	205
6	TC 10	Chair lift	1 400	500
7	TSD 13	Chair lift	1 670	523
8	TSF 12	Gondola	630	100
9	TSF 5	Chair lift	510	105
10	TSF 6	Chair lift	780	230
11	TSF 7	Chair lift	1 010	250
12	TSF 11	Chair lift	560	125
13	Funitel	Funitel	3 125	974
	Total		12 879

	Track	Area (m2)	Length (m)	Height difference (m)
1	44	11 153	225	85
2	45	30 445	696	152
3	46а	28 794	710	167
4	46b	8 523	290	16
5	35	104 626	4 045	1 004
6	53	42 640	826	336
7	37	48 845	1 416	400
8	34	60 847	1 152	495
9	39	24 646	347	127
10	40a	16 525	165	92
11	40b	32 924	1 020	374
12	40c	47 605	650	362
13	40d	16 483	1 570	224
14	47	53 624	1 990	362
15	48	79 815	815	394
16	49	32 155	770	200
17	50	12 623	991	110
18	6a	46 401	710	276
19	6b	41 213	615	176
20	6c	40 346	940	100
21	6d	48 000	1 675	160
22	41	75 128	1675	688
23	42	14 145	410	110
24	51	59 860	1 510	320
25	52	14 070	350	157
26	37а	62 000	700	100
	Total	1 053 437	25 813

Front view.

Top view.