På gång i Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia under året

Mycket folk — Russian New Year holidays, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Volcanic ash and flight delays

  1 jan – 31 decVulkanisk aktivitetStängningar

  Several volcanoes within sight of the city are active in any given year, and an ash cloud closes the airport or the trails around it at no notice. Aviation colour codes are published daily. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Russian New Year holidays

  1–8 janNationell helgdagStängningarBoka tidigt

  The country stops for the first eight days of January: offices and agencies shut, tour desks run skeleton hours, and the flights in from Moscow are booked out either side of it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Interior closed by snow (15 okt – 28 feb)

Mycket folk — Maslenitsa, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Maslenitsa

  16–22 febKarnevalTrångt

  Pancake week before Orthodox Lent: blini at cafes and street stalls, and open-air fairs with folk music and games in the main square and city parks. It peaks on the Sunday, when a straw effigy of winter is usually burned. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Beringia sled dog race

  20 feb – 5 apr · vanligtvisSportevenemang

  One of the longest sled dog races in the world, starting from villages in central Kamchatka such as Esso in late winter and running north for weeks across the peninsula. The start is a public day out; the rest is unreachable. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Interior closed by snow (15 okt – 28 feb)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Spring ski touring season

  1 mar – 31 maj · vanligtvisSkidsäsong

  March to May is the settled window for skiing the volcanoes, sometimes down to the sea. The snowpack is deep into May and the daylight has come back, which is why the heli operators run then.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Maslenitsa (16–22 feb), Beringia sled dog race (20 feb – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Beringia sled dog race (20 feb – 5 apr (vanligtvis)), Spring ski touring season (1 mar – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring ski touring season (1 mar – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Regel

  Valley of Geysers permit flights

  1 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisBoka tidigtStängningar

  The valley sits inside Kronotsky reserve and is reachable only on a permitted helicopter day with a ranger. Flights go when the caldera weather allows, so operators tell you to hold a spare day. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Salmon run

  15 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  Six species come up the rivers through the summer, in the largest run of wild Pacific salmon anywhere. Everything else on the peninsula, bears included, arranges itself around it.

• Risk

  Mosquito season

  20 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisInsekter & sjukdomar

  The tundra and the river valleys are unusable without a head net and repellent for most of the summer. It is the one thing every trip report about the peninsula agrees on. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Säsong

  Volcano trekking season

  1 jul – 20 sep · vanligtvisLedsäsong

  The tracks out to Mutnovsky and Gorely only clear of snow in July, and are impassable again by late September. Avachinsky is the one climbable in a long day from the city.

• Natur

  Brown bears at Kuril Lake

  15 jul – 20 sep · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsongBoka tidigt

  Bears gather at the lake in the south reserve while the sockeye are spawning, and access is by helicopter with a permit and a ranger. Places are sold months ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Valley of Geysers permit flights (1 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Salmon run (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Mosquito season (20 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Natur

  Berry and mushroom season

  1 aug – 20 sep · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  Crowberry, blueberry and cloudberry come on across the tundra in August and the mushrooms follow. Half the city drives out at weekends with buckets, which is why the tracks are busy.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Valley of Geysers permit flights (1 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Salmon run (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Mosquito season (20 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Volcano trekking season (1 jul – 20 sep (vanligtvis)), Brown bears at Kuril Lake (15 jul – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Valley of Geysers permit flights (1 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Salmon run (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Volcano trekking season (1 jul – 20 sep (vanligtvis)), Brown bears at Kuril Lake (15 jul – 20 sep (vanligtvis)), Berry and mushroom season (1 aug – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Stängt

  Interior closed by snow

  15 okt – 28 feb

  The unpaved roads into the interior are under snow from mid-October and everything beyond the city becomes a snowmobile or helicopter trip. The bay and the hot springs stay reachable. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Interior closed by snow (15 okt – 28 feb)

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Volcanic ash and flight delays (1 jan – 31 dec), Interior closed by snow (15 okt – 28 feb)