Countless numbers of amateur and advanced skiers and snowboarders flocked to Rosa Khutor to have some winter fun as the season started on December 15 in the country's biggest alpine ski resort, which is located in Sochi on the slopes of the Aibga mountain ridge.

A young woman in a swimsuit at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

This season, the resort, which hosted the alpine skiing events for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has opened its 28th ski lift and added eight kilometers of new skiing routes.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists pose for a photo at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

The total ski area will be 102 kilometers long.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

It is expected that about 1 million tourists will visit ski resorts of the region this season.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

A tourist at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

The resort is located at the Aibga Ridge of the Western Caucasus along the Roza Khutor plateau.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

The highest lift at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort climbs to the summit of Roza Peak at 2,320 meters (7,610 feet).

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.

Tourists at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi, Krasnodar Region, Russia on December 16, 2017.
