Krasnaya Polyana

Krasnaya Polyana is an urban locality in Krasnopolyansky Settlement Okrug, which is under the administrative jurisdiction of Adlersky City District of the City of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Population: 4,598; 3,969; 3,300.Located in the Western Caucasus, it is home to the new Rosa Khutor alpine ski resort, with a base elevation of 560 meters along the Mzymta River, 39 kilometers from its influx into the Black Sea in Adlersky City District of Sochi. The lift-served summit climbs to 2,320 meters, giving a vertical drop of over a mile at 1,760 meters. The resort hosted the Alpine and Nordic events of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, having previously hosted World Cup alpine events from February 2012, two years earlier.