Ruddy cheeks, sparkling drifts, ice slides -constant attributes of winter fun, which are always popular. Both adults and children skiing, sledding, skating and calling to spend the day in the fresh frosty air. In recent years, skating on “cheesecakes” has been added to the winter entertainment. Such an active holiday in the frosty air, accompanied by the ringing laughter of children, will be remembered for a long time.
Where to ride on the "cheesecake"? How to do this without injury and not cause concern to others? You can choose a specially equipped slides. And you can get on the forest slopes or in parks.
What is “cheesecake”?
"Cheesecake", or inflatable tubing - specialrubberized sleigh for riding with slides. They slide perfectly. For them, it is not necessary to look for ice cover - a small snow layer is enough. How and where to ride the "cheesecakes"?
Все тюбинги различаются по размеру и load capacity. There are very small for children 2-4 years old (size 75-80 cm). Toddlers should be rolled only under the supervision of an adult from a hill not more than 1 meter high. It is best to use tubing as a sleigh and roll a small child along a snowy road.
There are medium and large "cheesecakes" (sizefrom 90 to 130 cm). They are intended for riding an adult or his joint trip with the child. Their carrying capacity is up to 120 kg. You can skate with your child if he is 7 years old.
"Cheesecakes" are made of PVC awning. This is a modern material that, if simple rules are followed, will last several seasons. Store tubing folded with a deflated chamber.
Safety regulations
On a sunny winter day, it is easy to find a place where you can ride the “cheesecakes” from the mountain. There are certain security rules. To prevent injury, it is worth adhering to these tips.
It is best to choose a specially equipped place, where to ride the "cheesecake" will be convenient and safe. Such routes exist, for example, in St. Petersburg and in its suburbs - Yukkah, Igor.
- It is not necessary to bind a few "cheesecakes" towing cables. It is better to use multi tubing.
- After riding, the tubing should be cleared of clogged stones, ice and sand. This is done so that the “cheesecake” does not break and lasts longer.
- It is necessary to sit in tubing as deep as possible so as not to touch the ground with your feet.
- If the trip is a joint one with the child, you need to make sure that he is holding his hands on special fixings.
- Do not tie the tubing to a car or a snowmobile.
- You should not ride with the child (or one baby) on a hill with a springboard.
Riding from the forest slopes
If the winter day beckons on nature - you canride with forest slides, slopes. In this case, you should be more careful. Since all responsibility for the safety, the life and health of children lies with you. It should be remembered that if you do not hold the handles - from the "cheesecake" you can easily fly out.
- Pre-check the forest hill so that it does not grow bushes, trees, there were no springboards, obstacles.
- Do not skate while under the influence of alcohol.
- Do not allow children to descend from the mountain.
- You should not ride on the "cheesecake" standing.
- It is better not to move forward with your back or lying on your stomach. You should always look forward.
- Before the trip, make sure that the slide is free and there is no one else on the movement path.
Where to ride the "cheesecakes" in St. Petersburg?
Small slopes in the winter turn intowonderful slides. Children and adults enjoy riding in the parks closest to their homes. There are also organized places in the city where you can ride “cheesecakes”. If you buy such a sleigh in the store, at any time you can get to the snow slope. In some places of the city there is a rental of tubes.
Babushkin Park (станция метро «Ломоносовская»).There you can find a slide to your liking. On natural slopes should not ride in warm weather. They end in a stream that is covered with ice only in frost. In the warm season, wood slides should be preferred. Their maximum height is 9 meters.
"Ice Palace" (metro station "Prospect Bolsheviks"). The slopes of different heights are in the wasteland behind the palace.
Shuvalovsky park (metro station "Ozerki"). Several slopes with slides. Some of them are dangerous: there are springboards, trees are growing nearby.
Apple Orchard, Kupchino (metro station "International"). Beautiful park, small height slides.
If you want to spend the whole day freshBy air, ski resorts and parks offer active recreation. There are specially equipped tracks where you can ride a cheesecake without any risk to health.
"Red Lake"
For a good mood and fun pastime here is equipped with a track for "cheesecakes". Its length is 200 meters. Back to the beginning of the hill is possible on the free lift.
Travel by train to Sosnovo (Finland Station). Then on buses number 645, 646 (before reaching Korobitsino). The whole road will be just over an hour.
Tuutari Park
The park is located in the southern part of St. Petersburg. Beautiful recreation area, where to ride on the "cheesecake" can be enough, at least a whole day. Exit to the slope is paid. But the "cheesecake" is allowed to bring his own.
Travel by train from the Baltic station to the station "Mozhaisk". Next - 40 minutes on foot. In addition, there are special buses from the metro station "Moskovskaya" and "Prospect Veterans".
Golden Valley
This is a ski resort in Korobitsyno, where the track for “cheesecakes” is equipped. The choice of slopes - from extreme to low (for kids and their parents).
Travel by train from Finland Station to Sosnovo. Then on buses No. 645, 646. Or by bus No. 678 from the Ozerki metro station.
"Igor"
Ski resort with two excellent slopes for tubing. The slopes themselves are low, so you can return to the beginning of the slides without the services of a lift.
Travel by train from the Finland Station to the stop "69 km". Next - 10 minutes on foot. Or by bus number 897, 859 from the metro station "Devyatkino."
Okhta-Park
Pine forest, a park near the city, and you can ride here all day. There are various heights of slopes, trails for "cheesecakes".
Travel by train from Finland Station toKuzmolova. Next - on the bus. Or by minibus No. 627 (from the Devyatkino metro station), No. 333 (from the Grazhdansky Avenue metro station). As well as a special bus from the metro station "Prospect Enlightenment."
