The stock of snow (16 photos) Bashny.Net

On the slopes of the Olympic resort "Rosa Khutor" in full swing working on growing drifts
as tall as a five-story building. So, everyone was waiting when the snow melted, and here it has and store. Mind can not understand Russia.
Further, the blog "Olympstroy", describes how these drifts giants survive the spring, summer and autumn.




Tons of snow produced by a snow guns, compacted, moisturize, mixed with natural snow and stored at special sites.

At the foot of the mountains warm. During the day the thermometer rises to 25 degrees. Someone has already sent to the beach for spring, golden tan: after sunbathing takes sea.



The higher the mountain, the warm clothes and shoes. At around 2,000 meters above sea level, is hosting a winter. Aibga ridge shrouded in white veil of snow.



Snow-covered mountain slopes plow tractors - snowmobiles. 24 cars, one after another, all day shoveling snow into piles giants. The white mountains rising close to the Olympic slopes for skiers, snowboarders and freestylers.





At different altitudes Aibga are seven sites where you need to save 450,000 cubic meters of snow. It is about 1,000 loaded up to the top of dump trucks BelAZ! If all the snow melted, turn the whole lake.







And the kings of the biggest snow mountain! 200 people every day to conquer the giant snowdrift using climbing equipment. Work them unique - Tons of snow should be wrapped in a thermal blanket. Giant painting "cross-linked" from the individual bands in the open air. The fabric is similar to the foil - it reflects the sun's rays.





Under the blanket thickness of 2 cm will be cold. Unique fabric produced in Russia, produced by special order of "Rosa Khutor" insulates the snow from the sun. Its outer layer will not miss even the brightest rays of July, and the reverse side is like a thermos to keep the cold. To hide the 450,000 tons of snow needed 120,000 square meters of heat-resistant blankets. That's five Red Square in Moscow. The scale canned snow for the first time in the world!





Canning snow helps aviation. Flying the shuttle - the helicopter runs between the sewing shop, where the fabric are sewn into long rolls, and snow storage located at different altitudes - from 1200 to 2000 meters above sea level.







Snow experiment began in Krasnaya Polyana two years ago. The first 50 thousand cubic meters of snow had spent the summer under a layer of sawdust. According to the Finnish technology it was able to save about 70% of the huge snowdrift. The resort "Rosa Khutor" went further. For the Olympic Sochi in Russia was made isothermal fabric that is twice as thick as the existing analogue. Under this thick blanket with double reflective surface snow survive the spring, summer and autumn. Thousands of tons of cold material will become a precious reserve in case of a warm winter with little snow or 2014. Create favorable conditions for the strongest athletes in the world will help the snow guns: hundreds of guns, if necessary, start shooting with artificial snow on the Olympic slopes.



Each snow storage establish clock surveillance. Monitor will be everything - both the temperature and the quality of the snow, and the parameters of the blanket. However, the resort "Rosa Khutor" sure to open the bins do not have snow. As a rule, the sky above the Krasnaya Polyana on the generous rainfall. Natural snow and in 2014 should be a lot!

Source: www.sc-os.ru