Ski resorts in Belarus

Belarus is a country with a heart that is so into winter sports. From December till March, the temperature is low enough to bring some snow to cover the hills and valleys, which is all we need to get our skis ready for rolling. Snowboarding has also been increasingly popular, and for a small country with no mountain higher than the World Trade Center, it has surprisingly good and sufficient venues for proper winter vacation.
To the most popular both among locals and foreign guests is the Silichy Ski Resort in Belarus. Opened in 2005, it is located 32 kilometers away from Minsk, in a picturesque valley in the middle of pine tree forest of the Logoisk district. The complex has a developed infrastructure, which attracts visitors both winter- and summertime.

In winter, the ski center offers the following services:

• 4 trails of varying difficulty, distance from 620 to 920 meters, vertical drop up to 100 meters;
• a training point and ski slopes for beginners and children;
• trails for sleds, snowmobiles, cross-country skiing and tubing;
• extreme zone (halfpipe, snowpark and springboards);

There’s a chair lift with a paid pass and a rope tow.
For those who’d like to stay for a few days or more, there’s a hotel complex with 104 rooms and a few holiday cabins, cafes and restaurants, a gym and a skating rink – in case if snow is somehow too soft for you to fall on. By the way, there’s a good medical department, and – cherry on top – bath and wellness treatment centers. Just saying.
Summertime available: outdoor tennis courts, a playground with a special pavement for football, basketball and volleyball, a sports equipment rental center: roller skates, table tennis, bicycles, roller skis, badminton, paintball grounds, a karting center – 2 open tracks 400 and 50 meters long, etc.

Another large skiing and fitness complex near Minsk is Logoisk, same region, as you can see. This center provides services of a ski school, a good modern slope, all the equipment of the center meets European standards, and the complex itself is open all year round. Logoisk is of of the best ski resorts in Belarus.
Logoisk ski center has 5 lighted ski trails with total length of 3 679 meters, vertical drop up to 82 meters. The trails are equipped with chair lift, the capacity of which is 2 thousand people per hour (the rise takes about 5 minutes). There is a rope tow. The training slope, 120 meters long and 11 meters high, is ideal for beginners. In general, the length of the slopes is from 630 to 810 meters.

Among other services offered for guests there are: snowboard and ski equipment rental, instructor services, snow tube rides, sleigh rides, a hotel of 48 rooms, 9 guest houses, a medical center, currency exchange, a restaurant and a cafe, paid parking for 1000 places.
The center will satisfy the needs of both large corporate clients and families with children, offering guests such entertainment as tennis, billiards, shooting gallery, climbing wall, summer tubing, paintball, volleyball, etc.

Solnechnaya Dolina (“Sunny Valley”) Ski Center is located in the city of Minsk in a park with a large pond. In winter you can go snowboarding, cross-country and downhill skiing in Belarus, ice skating and snow tube riding here. In summer roller-skating, bicycles, quad bikes, boats and catamarans are available. This is a recreation center or a sport activity club rather than a resort, however, it’s great for those who put time over ambitions, as it’s a concentrated winter fun zone.