Elbrus Resort
Elbrus Resort

The Elbrus All-Season Tourist and Recreational Complex (ATRC) is located in the Elbrus region of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and has been a popular destination on Russia's tourist map for over half a century. Tens of thousands of athletes and winter sports enthusiasts from around the world flock here. They are drawn by the high-altitude observation platforms, ski slopes, snow park, hiking eco-trails, and the opportunity to climb Elbrus, the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. Elbrus boasts the highest cable car in the country, at an altitude of 3,847 meters. Its uniqueness is confirmed by the Russian Book of Records. The resort boasts a well-developed infrastructure: 19.5 km of maintained ski slopes, 7 ski lifts (including 3 modern gondola lifts), over 65 km of nature trails, and approximately 800 accommodations of varying comfort levels. The resort offers skiing opportunities even in spring and summer. The ski season continues until July, with training camps for regional and national Russian alpine skiing and freestyle teams, and all-Russian alpine skiing competitions taking place.

Almost 300 young skiers competed for the Elbrus Prize.

From July 2nd to 5th, the Elbrus resort hosted the largest all-Russian competition for teenagers of various ages—12-13 and 14-15.

At an altitude of 4,000 meters, the winners were determined in two disciplines: slalom and giant slalom. Teams from Moscow, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Murmansk, and Kamchatka won medals.

Elbrus is the only place in Russia that allows training and competitions of this level to be held in the summer. Especially for the athletes, the Kavkaz.RF operation service is installing a three-section T-bar lift on the Garabashi Glacier, with a total length of 900 meters. The only equipment available at this altitude is snowcats, which clear snow for the installation of the stations.

"We preserve the glacier as much as possible, so we don't drill anything. We bury a pipe in the snow, attach guy ropes to it, and then attach the stations to them. "Plus, the snow melts in the summer, so we constantly adjust the positions of the stations to ensure the athletes' safety," said Khasan Timizhev, Executive Director of Kavkaz.RF.

The "Elbrus Prize" was a preliminary result of the training camp that has been underway at the resort since April. The athletes gradually got used to the altitude and the feel of the equipment on the summer snow. Acclimatization was a major focus:

"On the ground, we got used to it with light jogging, gradually increasing our overall fitness, adding strength training and trekking. On the weekends, we went to the thermal springs to take a break from the high altitude and refocus our minds," shared Roman Chudny, coach of the Moscow national team.

The resort plans to create year-round training conditions for national alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, ski mountaineering, and Paralympic sports teams. The corresponding order was approved by Mikhail Mishustin following a meeting with members of the Government Commission on the Socioeconomic Development of the North Caucasus Federal District in May 2026.

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