In the village Gornozavodsk Nevelsky rayon opened new skiing lodge and the rope and towing road. The day before here the big sports festival to which participants at first suggested to try the hand in winter competitions, games and entertainments took place. And after such warm-up - to rise on cross-country skis and to test the modern mountain-skiing elevator. Details of Pacific information agency "Ostrova" told in Government of Sakhalin region.

Opening of a winter sports season for the area took place on track at new skiing lodge. In mass starts invited to participate everyone, previously having broken them on age groups. In the most younger - till 8 years about two tens little girls and boys with strong support of the senior relatives ran the competitive 200 meters first in life.

Six-year-old Grankin Youri all distance were accompanied by the grandmother. Hit in ten the strongest became result for the grandson.

- the Main thing - love to sports. I try to impart these values Grankin Youri. The sportswoman-skier with a long-term experience, at amateur level I play for Nevelsky central regional hospital, - Kiseleva Olga told. - Also it is very glad for Gornozavodsk that the village, at last, had own worthy skiing lodge, which everyone can use now services.

In the new building of base located rooms of storage of stock, a locker room, a workshop for repairs equipments, a first-aid post and bathrooms. Some rooms are taken away under placement of office of cross-country skiing of children's and youth sports school Nevelsk. During the whole winter season on weekdays and days off for inhabitants and guests of the area point of free hire of skis will work here.

built the sporting venue mainly to sponsor's means. During the holiday noted a contribution of companies "Miner-1", "Sakhspetsstroy" and "Yuva". Thanked them both local officials and the governor Oleg Kozhemyako, arrived to an opening ceremony. Having examined base opportunities, it went on a ski track. Together with other adult participants of race the head of area overcame a distance 2,5 kilometers long.

- Pleasant and very scenic road, she allows skiers to perfect skill on different sites of a relief, liftings and descents, - the head of area gave an assessment to a mining ski track. - Opening two specialized sporting venues - skiing lodge and the mountain-skiing elevator will allow at once Nevelsky rayon more actively to involve youth in sports and to organize healthy leisure for adult population. But the most important - conditions for trainings and physical development children who live in the city district are created today. It to what we aspire in scales only Sakhalin region.

- we Hope that the sports infrastructure created on this platform will attract both locals, and tourists, - in turn, the mayor reported Nevelsky rayon Pak Vladimir. - Already today here free hire of cross-country skis works. And recently made illumination of the route that people could after work, even in late time, make ski walks.

the new rope and towing road Located near skiing lodge in day of the opening lifted

to top of the mountain of everyone free of charge. Many involuntarily compared it with former, still the Soviet surface lift which worked until recently here, yet did not become useless.

- I Remember

, on the old elevator it was necessary to show dexterity miracles, clinging a special hook to a cable. Happened, you will be unhooked and you fall, you fly down, - the skilled mountain skier Valery shared reminiscence. - with former even it is difficult to compare the new rope road, these are absolutely different categories. It is very convenient and comfortable, made for people. Surely I will come here and to use it. Construction of new rope and towing roads in Gornozavodsk began

in June 2016 at the request of the governor. Necessary funds were allocated for these purposes from regional budgets. On the mountain installed elevators of the Austrian productions the bugelny type, already well proved on the sports and tourist complex "Mountain Air". Now on "kanatka" of 24 seats, and in the short term will be more than 50. The way from the bottom to top on such road takes about four minutes as the first users - pupils of sport school of the Olympic reserve on mountain skiing and a snowboard counted it.

It is very healthy. Until recently we could dream of such elevator only. Popularity of mountain skis and snowboard steadily grows in Nevelsky rayon, the mountain skiing and snowboard coach-teacher of sports school told.

the new route 50 wide and with a general extent about 800 meters appeared

On the mountain. On it it is given platforms and so-called artificial waves for working off by mountain skiers of specific elements. According to experts, the slope quite is good to hold here regional competitions.

- new mountain-skiing elevators in Nevelsky rayon, by Tomari district and Kholmsk district are handed over Recently to

. The powerful system of sports infrastructure continues to be created on "Mountain air" Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. I think, over time in each region of area there will be mountain-skiing complexes. On islands suitable climatic conditions. The most important that to residents of Sakhalin and kurilchanam to liking winter sports, - the minister of sports and youth policy Zaytsev Anton noted.

according to the mayor Nevelsky rayon Pak Vladimir, this year on slopes Gornozavodsk are planned to install system of artificial snowmaking not to depend on vagaries of the weather and shortage of snow. Soon tariffs for using the new elevator for fans of mountain skis and a snowboard will be here too defined.

- I Think, they will be low. We invite all to our area, come and play here sports, - the head of local administration told.