Vertikalny Mir’s story is the development history of alpine skiing in Russia. Founded in 1991 by Vitaliy Ilyinikh and Nikolai Veselovsky, for all those years our company and our partners have heard the call of the mountains. By organising ski tours in the Alps, freeride tours in the most remote places of Russia, ski expeditions to Latin America and New Zealand, national and international freeride competitions and heli-skiing in the most fascinating places in Russia and other countries, we gained precious experience that we are happy to share with you!
Timeline of events:
- 1991 – first alpine skiing training tours in Russia
- 1992 – founding of the first private school of mountain guides in Russia
- 1993 – first group of Russian alpine skiing tourists and instructors skiing in the Alps (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
- 1996 – opening of the heliski camp in Krasnaya Polyana
- 2000 – «Ski-tania» movie release (literally “ski- wandering” in Russian): first movie about skiing in Russia
- 2002 – opening of the heliski camp in Kamchatka Peninsula
- 2003-2006 – organisation of various freeride competitions
- 2008 – organisation of the first Freeride World Cup event in Krasnaya Polyana
- since 2005 – Vertikalny Mir is the first and only heli-skiing company in Russia employing an international team of mountain guides
- 2011 – opening of the heliski camp near Archyz mountain region
- 2017 – opening of the heliski camp near Lake Baikal