In a remote river valley on the north side of Russia’s Caucasus Mountains sits the Arkhyz Gosdacha, a mountain retreat originally created for Soviet leaders during the Cold War and now a base camp for extensive and unexplored heli skiing. Salomon Freeski TV Season 06 Episode 04 head behind the scenes of this hidden gem and into the wild wilderness of the Caucasus Mountains.

Exactly how the Salomon team made it into the secretive mountain mansion, we may never know…