What's on in Krasnaya Polyana (Rosa Khutor), Russia through the year

Peak crowds — RosaFest, Ski season

• Festival

  RosaFest

  20 Jan – 5 Feb · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  Rosa Khutor's flagship winter gathering combines ski and snowboard competitions, concerts and an apres-ski village, usually late January into early February. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (15 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)), New Year holidays (31 Dec – 8 Jan)

Peak crowds — RosaFest, Ski season

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: RosaFest (20 Jan – 5 Feb (usually)), Ski season (15 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Busy — Ski season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ski season (15 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — The May holidays, Ski season

• Holiday

  The May holidays

  29 Apr – 11 MaySchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Russia runs two public holidays into one long break at the start of May, and the valley fills for the last of the snow at the top and the first of the trails below it. Book the gondola the night before. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (15 Dec – 30 Apr (usually))

Busy — The May holidays, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: The May holidays (29 Apr – 11 May)

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Alpine meadows and the summer lifts

  1 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallyTrail season

  The gondolas run for walkers through the summer and the meadows above the tree line are the reason to come. Cloud builds most afternoons up there, so the ridge walks are a morning job.

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Alpine meadows and the summer lifts (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Festival

  Rosa Khutor Classica

  10–26 Aug · usuallyMusic festivalBook early

  A classical music festival staged on mountain terraces above Rosa Khutor, drawing conductors and orchestras from Russia's leading opera houses each August. Source ↗

Still on: Alpine meadows and the summer lifts (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Alpine meadows and the summer lifts (1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Peak crowds — Ski season, New Year holidays

• Season

  Ski season

  15 Dec – 30 Apr · usuallyCrowded

  The lifts turn from the second half of December, and the top of the mountain holds snow into April and sometimes past it while the coast an hour below is already in shirtsleeves. Source ↗

• Holiday

  New Year holidays

  31 Dec – 8 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The first eight days of January are one national holiday and this is where a good part of Moscow spends them. Rates peak, the lift queues are the longest of the winter, and rooms go months ahead. Source ↗