The entrances to Ai-Petri are covered with snow - you can only drive in jeeps with chains
Simferopol, January 05 (PolitNavigator, Evgeny Andreev) – On Monday morning, the approaches to Mount Ai-Petri were covered in snow, reports Crimea Media.
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“There was a strong snowstorm at night, and all the fresh snow blew onto the road. Now the entrance from Yalta and Bakhchisarai is covered with snow,” said Galina Rublevskaya, head of the control and rescue post on Ai-Petri.
According to her, only prepared SUVs with chains on the tires will be able to drive onto the Ai-Petri plateau.
According to Rublevskaya, two cars left the road at night, so they had to call the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
“As of this morning, the thickness of the snow cover is 12 cm, so you can ski and sled. Yesterday we had over 300 people. The Kichkine lift is working,” noted the head of the post.
The air temperature on Ai-Petri has now dropped to 10 degrees below zero, there is a snowstorm, wind gusts reach 18-20 m/s, visibility is about 400 meters.
The approaches to Ai-Petri are covered in snow – you can only get through in jeeps with chains.