“The Snow Path” sports festival in Kamchatka will be held with a military twist

The ninth city winter sports festival “Snowy Path” will be held on February 23.

The ninth city winter sports festival “Snowy Path” will be held on February 23, Defender of the Fatherland Day, at the site next to the Lesnaya ski base.

Representatives of 12 sports federations of the region will take part in the festival. More than 400 athletes will identify the best in various competitions.

There will be races on snowmobiles and motorcycles, weight-pulling competitions, snow wrestling, a sports and entertainment program “Power Extreme”, and a motor sports competition “Jeep Sprint”.

There will also be the Canine Freestyle, Snowboard Test Drive, Wet Nose enclosure, and the Path of the Strong obstacle course. Attractions and competitions with the participation of animators are being prepared.

The territory of the games “We are family!” will open its doors for children. We are strength! For the first time this year, the festival will host the Winter Sports Day ski race.

This year the festival is held jointly with the command of the Troops and Forces in the North-East of Russia and will be dedicated to military personnel currently performing their military duty. Guests of the festival will be able to look at military equipment, appreciate the demonstration performances of soldiers and try soldiers’ porridge.

In total, the Snowy Path will feature 14 sports and creative venues. The first ones will start working on February 23 at 12 noon. The grand opening and main events will begin at 1 p.m. Festive trade and an exhibition area with a presentation of souvenirs will be organized.

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A unique jeep expedition set off from Anadyr to Kamchatka

The automobile expedition started on February 11 from Chukotka to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

“Four crews from Anadyr and Egvekinot in Japanese jeeps will cover over 6 thousand kilometers off-road in both directions. According to the participants, no one has ever done this before,” the message says.

In total, four crews set off on Japanese SUVs – Toyota Land Cruiser and Nissan Safari. Three of them represent the Anadyr public association “Chukchi Trail”, and one is the Egvekinot auto club “Polar Bear”.

From the capital of Chukotka to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky they will have to cover about 3 thousand kilometers. And then go back.

“About 1.5 thousand kilometers in one direction will have to be covered off-road, since the winter road only goes to Markovo. Estimated time – two weeks there, two back, a week in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. And we set aside a week for force majeure. There are seven of us, at the farthest point of our expedition one participant will leave the expedition and fly to the mainland, six of us will go back,” said expedition member Ivan Sosnovsky.

According to expedition members, only one expedition using Volkswagen Amarok cars took this route in 2013. But then the convoy was accompanied by tracked special equipment, which at some stages dragged the jeeps behind it on a cable. Chukotka extreme sportsmen rely only on themselves.

“The idea is to drive ordinary cars. Not on expensive all-terrain vehicles that are designed for this. And in jeeps – in winter, and on virgin soil to cover such a distance. We want to show that anyone who is able to invest effort in preparing and improving their car can do this. We are completely autonomous – there are heaters, sleeping bags, and stoves. We can snowstorm in the car for a week,” said Andrey Polishchuk, chairman of the Polar Bear car club.

On the way to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Chukotka road adventurers will have to visit over a dozen settlements. At the same time, as the expedition organizers clarified, the temperature outside along the entire route will drop to -50 degrees, and the snow depth will reach two meters.

Photo by Chukotka News Agency/Sergey Stefan

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Kamchatka bears dropped out of the category of wild animals

Let us remind you that from summer to winter, the settlements of the region, including Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, are periodically visited by bears.

The government of the Kamchatka Territory summed up the work of hunting inspectors last year. According to official information, the settlements of the region were visited by lynxes, foxes and stoats.

According to Deputy Chairman of the regional government Roman Vasilevsky, last year Kamchatka hunting inspectors returned about ten wild animals that entered the city to their natural habitat. “The organization of catching wild animals in urban settlements that are in distress and pose a potential threat to the health of citizens has been established. For these purposes, a pneumatic remote injector was purchased to immobilize them,” explained the deputy chairman. Let us remind you that from summer to winter, the settlements of the region, including Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, are periodically visited by bears. Fortunately, the predators’ promenades along the city streets did not lead to tragic consequences. They usually simply try to drive wandering clubfoot into the forest. If this does not work out, the predators, due to their danger to people, are shot the old fashioned way. Apparently, tranquilizer injectors do not work on bears, but they did work on officials who forgot to add dangerous animals to the list of wild visitors to the cities and towns of Kamchatka.

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Kamchatka won the Grand Prix of the “Wonder of Russia – Golden Brand” competition in the city of Yaroslavl

The Grand Prix of the festival-competition and the main “Golden Brand” were awarded to the Kamchatka Tourist Information Center for the project “Kamchatka – Your Incredible Adventure”.

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Kamchatka is one of the three leaders in promoting the travel brand in the international competition “PRObrand”

The Union “Eurasian Commonwealth of Travel Industry Specialists – ESOT” announced the winners and prize-winners of the Second International Marketing Competition in Tourism “PRObrand”.

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Clarifications for tourists arriving in Kamchatka from foreign countries

Clarifications of the Department of Rospotrebnadzor for the Kamchatka Territory for travel agencies, tour operators and for tourists arriving from foreign countries

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