Silichy or Silichi is a ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 situated in Lahojsk

Lahojsk

Lahojsk is a city in the Minsk Province of Belarus, an administrative center of the Lahojsk district. This city has a ski resort named Silichy.-External links:* * *...

 (or Logoysk), Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, located 30 km (18.64 mi) away from Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

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Silichy was officially open by the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko on January 29, 2005. The length of 3 routes for skiing is 2.5 km (1.55 mi), its total capacity is 1000 skiers per day and it has a 4-chair elevator. There are a parking lot for 500 cars, hotel accommodations and hire of skiing equipment.

The mountain skiing season starts in December and lasts until March (until there is no snow).

External links

Tours & Excursions Belintourist.by