Mountain-tourist center of OJSC "Gazprom"

GTZ Gazprom is located 3 km from the village of Esto-Sadok, 7 km from the village of Krasnaya Polyana and 40 km from Adler, in the valley of the rivers Achips , Laura and Mzymta . The resort is surrounded by mountains of the Main Caucasian Range - Psekhako and Aibga .

From the Adler International Airport, the resort can be reached via the combined road and rail in 30 minutes. From the railway stations of Sochi and Adler the electric train "Swallow" runs.

The total area of ​​the resort: 800 hectares at elevations from 550 m to 2256 m above sea level.

Vladimir Putin at the opening of the Gazprom Mountain and Tourism Center on January 2, 2008

The first work on the construction of the facility began in 2000 . The investor of the complex was PJSC Gazprom , the project was implemented by its subsidiary Gazprom Sotsinvest LLC ^[1] . After Sochi was chosen as the capital of the XXII Winter Olympic Games , it was decided to build at the expense of the budget a number of sports facilities in the complex ^[2] . Implementation took place in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Program for the construction of Olympic facilities and the development of Sochi as a mountain-climatic resort ^[3] , approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.

February 21, 2007 in the Gazprom GTC on the Psekhako plateau the second stage of the Russian Ski Track Grand Prix was held. The strongest skiers, winners of regional competitions, went to the start of the future Olympic track. In 2008, construction of the first stage facilities was completed. Some of the facilities were inaugurated in the presence of President of Russia V.V. Putin on January 2, 2008 .

The Laura ski and biathlon complex was built in 2011 on the Psekhako plateau at an altitude of 1450 meters above sea level. The complex included two separate stadiums with start and finish areas, 2 separate system of tracks for skiing and biathlon, a shooting range, a zone for preparing for competitions, a fitness room, a conference room. In 2012, the first test competitions were held there.

In 2013, the construction of the Gazprom mountain-tourist center was completed ^[4] . According to the newspaper Izvestia, Gazprom’s expenses for the complex from 2009 to 2013 amounted to 35.37 billion rubles ^[5] .

During the XXII Winter Olympic Games in 2014 at the Laura ski and biathlon complex , located on the territory of the GTZ, all skiing and biathlon competitions were held. There was also a mountain Olympic village in which athletes lived. Since December 2014, it was this former Olympic mountain village that opened its doors as a hotel complex “Polyana 1389. Hotel and Spa”.

Ecology

Since 2010, GTZ Gazprom has been implementing a program of compensatory measures and environmental measures. During the construction of the Olympic facilities, specialists of Gazprom Sotsinvest LLC transplanted Red Book plants to places remote from the construction. On the Psekhako ridge they planted a Colchis needle, bulbs of a Caucasian peony, Caucasian cyclamens, seedlings of wild apple trees, wild bird cherries.

To minimize the environmental impact at the construction sites of Olympic facilities, Gazprom Sotsinvest specialists applied modern drilling and construction technologies.

Environmental organizations sharply criticized plans to expand the Rosa Khutor and Laura (Gazprom) resorts within the boundaries of the Sochi Reserve ^{[6] [7] [8]} .

Currently, the resort is implementing environmental monitoring and separate collection of solid waste.

The objects of the Gazprom mountain-tourist center are located on the Psekhako and Aibga ridges, at different heights, starting from 540 m from sea level and ending with the mark of +2556 meters.

The ski complex is designed to receive up to 8 thousand guests daily. Guests can stay in the hotel complexes "Grand Hotel Polyana" and "Polyana 1389 Hotel and Spa", with a total capacity of about 1300 people.

The main feature of the resort is year-round operation.

Winter

On average, the ski season lasts from December to early May. To increase the skiing period, snowmaking systems are used.

The resort has 35 tracks of all difficulty levels: green, blue, red and black with a total length of 45 km with a vertical drop of up to 1,154 meters above sea level. The width of some of the slopes reaches 66 m. The resort also runs in the evening, in total 12 illuminated ski slopes with a total length of 12 km work.

GTZ Gazprom is the only ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana where there are cross-country skiing tracks. Skating is carried out on the territory of the Laura ski and biathlon complex, built specifically for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The length of the cross-country ski runs is 12 km.

At the Gazprom resort there are 18 lifts of various types: tow rope, belt, chair, gondola. The capacity of the main gondola ropeways is about 2000 people per hour.

The resort has instructor schools, a children's ski school with special pistes, ski equipment rental, and left-luggage office.

Summer

In the summer season, 18 gondola and chair-lift lifts operate at the Gazprom resort from 540 meters above sea level to 2,256 meters above sea level.

On the Laura slope from Pikhtovaya Polyana (1660 meters above sea level), a road begins that leads to the routes of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve: Bzerpinsky cornice, camp "Cold", Lake Dzitaku.

At the Psekhako mountain shelter (1,440 meters above sea level) is the Green Planet park, which contains more than 100 topiary figures.

The resort also has a rodelban, a husky park, a deer farm, a fairy tale park “Ulukomorya”, a sovarium, rental of sports equipment, a trampoline center, a school of painting, a dance school, and a fighting club. On the slopes of the resort, paragliding, all-terrain vehicles and horseback riding are carried out.

The main activities of the resort are concentrated in the entertainment center "Galaxy":

• aquapark
• bowling
• billiards
• cinema
• interactive exhibition of robots
• family entertainment center
• Ice Arena

Hotel Complexes

Grand Hotel Polyana

The flagship hotel of the resort is the Grand Hotel Polyana. The five-star hotel complex accommodates about 800 guests, which includes 413 rooms, 16 cottages. On the territory are located:

• Wellness Center Chandelle Blanche Medi SPA & Beauty Lounge
• Russia's only SPA Valmont
• 4 swimming pools (including a heated 50-meter outdoor swimming pool)
• mountain font with artesian water
• gyms with saunas
• tennis courts
• sports grounds
• conference rooms
• cinema
• kids clubs
• billiards
• restaurants

Polyana 1389 Hotel & Spa

The hotel complex "Polyana 1389 Hotel and Spa" is a legacy of the 2014 Winter Olympics. During the Games there was an Olympic village where athletes from all over the world lived. Later, the buildings were modernized for year-round recreation in the mountains. This is the highest mountain four-star hotel in Sochi. The complex is located on the Psekhako ridge 1389 meters high, which includes 151 rooms, 70 apartments, 28 cottages, an outdoor pool, SPA center and direct access to the ski slopes (ski-in / ski-out hotel).

Also located on the territory:

• the gym,
• climbing wall
• ballroom
• monobrand spa center Thalgo
• kids club
• family entertainment center
• conference halls

Free shuttle services run to hotel complexes at the Gazprom Resort.

3S Cable Car

At the Gazprom resort there are 2 slopes: Laura and Alpika . They are connected by a 3S-type lift, the longest ring-shaped cableway in the world. The cabin moves at the expense of three ropes. 41 cabins, each of which is designed to carry 30 people, rest on only five supports, the height of one of them is 78 meters, which has no analogues in Europe. The design is designed to meet the most extreme operating conditions.

Laura Ski and Biathlon Complex

The Laura ski and biathlon complex was built in 2011 at an altitude of 1,450 meters especially for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi . The tracks for biathlon and cross-country skiing in the Laura ski and biathlon complex are designed taking into account the requirements of the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the International Biathlon Union (IBU) . The stadium building is one of the largest and most comfortable facilities of this kind in the world. The total capacity of the ski and biathlon complex is 9600 spectators.

The complex included both permanent and temporary buildings and structures. The permanent building is a biathlon stadium with stands for spectators. The characteristic colors for the stadium are metallic, silver, white, gray.

Throughout the year, professional skiers and biathletes from all over Russia train at the Laura LBC . This is the only ski and biathlon complex in the country located in the middle mountains, which allows athletes to prepare for international competitions at home at the same height abroad.

Entertainment Center "Galaxy"

The entertainment center "Galaxy" is located in a picturesque valley at an altitude of 540 meters above sea level. The area of ​​the complex is about 50 thousand m ² . Total capacity - up to 4,000 people.

The complex operates year-round:

• aquapark
• bowling
• billiards
• cinema (3 cinemas)
• interactive exhibition of robots
• family entertainment center
• Ice Arena
• restaurants
• viewpoint
• conference room with 1100 seats
• shopping gallery
• parking for 1200 cars

The highest bathhouse in Russia

The NeProsto Banya bathhouse was opened in the Gazprom resort in the spring of 2018. Her title of the highest bathhouse in Russia is officially registered in the Russian Book of Records. NeProsto Banya is located at an altitude of 2256 meters above sea level, on the slope of the Alpika ^[9] .

• winter Olympic Games 2014
• Olympic facilities of Gazprom
• Combined complex for skiing and biathlon competitions
• Mountain Olympic Village on the Psekhako Range
• Alpika Service

• The Gazprom 2014 Community on Facebook.