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Rosa Khutor

Russia’s Vladimir Potanin Backs New Sochi Resort

2021-04-16 by Phil Butler

Krasnaya Polyana

Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin’s Interros Holding and its partner Vasta Discovery will invest $1 billion in a new Sochi resort.

Tags: BoogelWoogel 2021, domestic tourism, investing, Rosa Khutor, Russia resorts, ski resorts, skiing, Sochi Olympics, Sochi resorts, tourism investment, Vasta Discovery, Vasta Valley, Vladimir Potanin

BoogelWoogel 2021 Aims to Set Digital Swimsuit Downhill Record

2021-04-02 by Phil Butler

boogelwoogel

Skiers and snowboarders worldwide will congregate online for this year’s modified version of the famous BoogelWoogel downhill ski event.

Tags: BoogelWoogel, Nikita Girin, Rosa Khutor, Russia events, ski festivals, ski resorts, Ski Russia, ski Sochi, skiing, snow rolling, snowboarding, Sochi

World’s Coolest Ski Event Cranks Up: BoogelWoogel 2018 Registration Begins

2018-03-01 by Phil Butler

BoogelWoogel 2018

BoogelWoogel-2018 will be bigger, better and “crankier” than ever before. The Alpine Carnival that takes place at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort from March 28 to April 1 has a reputation for building on past successes, so this year’s event will surely out-do all previous carnivals.

Tags: 2018 skiing, alpine skiing, BoogelWoogel, Guinness, Guinness World Record, Laura Pergolizzi, Rosa Khutor, Russia events, ski events, Ski Russia, snowboarding, Sochi, Sochi ski events

BoogelWoogel 2017: World’s Biggest-Nuttiest Ski Event

2017-02-13 by Phil Butler

BoogelWoogel 2017

Coming to Sochi ski resort Rosa Kutor March 30th to April 2nd, the second annual Russian alpine ski insanity BoogelWoogel welcomes 20,000 or more swimsuit-clad ski nuts.

Tags: BoogelWoogel, Our Russia, Rosa Khutor, Rosa Khutor ski resort, Sochi, Sochi skiing

Rosa Khutor Winter Season Starts

2016-12-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Rosa Khutor ski lifts via Skiing in Caucasus

High up in the mountains of Krasnodar Krai the cable car to the ski slopes of Rosa Khutor are running wide open. The resort resumed operation with the first guests of the season arriving via cableways “Olympia”, “Forest”, “Conversation”, and “Chalet”.

Tags: Alpine Russia, Alpine skiiing, Krasnodar Krai, Rosa Khutor, Russia skiing, skiiing, snowboarding, Sochi

Winter Olympics Ski Resort Opens for New Season

2012-10-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russia’s newly-revamped Olympic ski resort near Krasnaya Polyana is reaching out to the world’s leading travel agencies as part of its plans to establish itself as a premiere ski holiday destination ahead of the 2014 Winter Games.

Tags: 2014 Winter Games, Rosa Khutor, Rosa Khutor ski resort, russian ski resort, ski resort, Sochi Olympics

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