Winter Fun

Obviously, with our long winters, people here have to find many different ways to beat the winter blues and enjoy some outdoor recreation. We have a ski resort, Bobrovy Log, for down hill skiing and snowboarding.

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Snowmobile tracks can be seen all over the sides of the roads and up the hillsides. 

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Cross-country skiing is also a very popular sport. Our kids love it!  I love it when I can go out with them. It is definitely a good activity for our boys to help them expend their "extra" energy after long school days!

Ice Skating is also a great way to enjoy the winter weather.

An even better way to enjoy the winter weather is to go sledding down ice slides that people make by building elevated steps up to a wooden ramp. Hot water is poured onto the boards again and again to build up layers of ice.

Eventually the ice runs all the way down a street or path. Some can be made completely out of snow and ice. This particular ice slide was made by a man who lives in our village. He built the slide right beside his house so he could stand out on a balcony and watch the children as they slide down the street.

Beka enjoying the slide.

The kids loved to pile up with my husband and slide down with five or six children hanging on to a large piece of cardboard or whatever they could find to give them the quickest and farthest run!

For those who enjoy a bit more extreme fun, we found a new way to make the best of winter weather here in Siberia.

 This is something a little more ingenuitive, creative, and masculine.

Recently as my hubby was driving our daughter to piano lessons (in our village), he spotted something we had never seen here before.

Ready?

A snowcycle??


We've actually seen this beast in action. It's quite funny watching a guy drive this around.  We need to catch it being driven around and video it to post on here!

Just goes to prove the old saying, "Boys will be boys," no matter where they are in the world!