Sheregesh is a urban locality (an urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 in Tashtagolsky District

Tashtagolsky District

Tashtagolsky District is an administrative district , one of the 19 in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia....

 of Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast

Kemerovo Oblast , also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains...

, Russia

Russia

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. Population: Postal code: 652971.

Previously a mining town, it is now a popular winter sports resort.

History and economy

It is named after brothers Sheregeshevy, who struck iron ore in 1912. Nowadays thousands of travelers, mainly from Siberia

Siberia

Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

, go to Sheregesh every winter for its snowboarding

Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...

 and skiing

Skiing

Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

. As a rule, the tourist season lasts from November till March.

Weather

The climate of Sheregesh is continental: winters are usually cold and snowy, summers are short and chilly. The snow mantle reaches four meters.

External links

• Worldsnowboardguide.com. Information about Sheregesh
• Sheregesh skiing center