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Sports and recreation in Murmansk region

The central part of the Kola Peninsula is known as an area of winter trips and outdoor recreation. It has got fame as an interesting ski mountaineering resort in Russia. Three ski mountaineering areas are just about the same latitude. The most famous of them is on the mountain slopes of the Khibiny massif in the neighborhood of the town of Kirovsk.

The earliest and the latest snow cover in Russia assure a long sport season for people who decided to go skiing on the mountain slopes of Murman. March and April is the best time for ski mountaineering. The polar night ends, and the weather is bright and sunny. It is very warm in daytime. But as everywhere in spring the danger of an avalanche increases. The period from December till March is the time of polar night. Ski mountaineering time is narrowed by a short daylight (from 3 to 5 hours).