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March 18, 2007
Alpine Skiing -- 15 Minutes from Red Square
Yuri Mamchur

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Enjoy these photos taken last month by Anton Verstakov on the Sparrow Hills near Moscow State University! The slopes are not nearly as nice as Lake Tahoe in California, Mount Baker in Washington or Vail in Colorado, but they are good enough for being near downtown Moscow, just a 15 minute drive from the Kremlin!

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Click here to watch a YouTube video of snowboarding down the Sparrow Hill slopes at night

Posted by Yuri Mamchur on March 18, 2007 4:52 PM |



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2 Comments

Kelly | April 2, 2007 9:31 PM | Reply

Awesome! Didn't know you could ski in Moscow.

Anna | November 12, 2007 4:53 PM | Reply

pretty cool (even though i knew about it). It lets people play in the snow and get away from their busy Moscow life... One day i will ski there too!

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