Poland has diversified and rich offer of winter sports resorts. This short review of the best places for ski and snowboard amateurs consists basic, useful information about the most popular destinations in Polish mountains.

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Swieradow-Zdroj

This place is famous for the perfect connection of natural resources of radial waters, mud, spruce forests and incredible location between mountains which ensures its specific atmosphere. Thanks to this, natural snow cover stays on slopes for at least 90 days in the year. Ski trail here is one of three the longest ski trails in Poland.

Conditions for skiing:

modern nacell railway length of ski run: 2500 m,

average inclination of the run:19%

20 snow cannons 68 light masts with 136 lamps along the ski run (night rides available)

900m stretch of the run has authorization of FIS for implementing competitions to Polish Championships level ski run for beginners available

Info:

length of ski lift: 2171 m

slopes difference: 443 m

average inclination of the run: 19%

capacity: 2400 P/h

restaurants parking opening hours: 9:00-16:00, 18:30-21:00

Equipment renting

In the resort there is ski and snowboard school Prorider Polska that provides children and adult beginners training. Lessons are given in a special, well equipped ski garden, SunKid.

Official sites: www.kolejgondolowa.pl www.swieradowzdroj.pl

Zakopane, resort Koziniec Zakopane

Charming, touristic town located in South East Poland, next to the Tatra Mountains, is decidedly a capital of winter sports in the country. One of many resorts in Zakopane - Koziniec offers complex of slops for beginners, intermediate ad advanced ski riders.

Conditions for skiing:

2 ski lifts 150 m long, one ski lift 180 m long

capacity of ski lifts: 600 P/h trail for beginners available

one trail for advanced ski riders

snow cannons and lights (night rides available)

bars available

Other very popular place in this region is Bukowina Tatrzanska (Bialka Tatrzanska) with well-equipped resorts:

Kotelnica Bialczanska, Kaniowka and Bania Resorts

Resorts offer plenty of modern ski lifts and ski trails: one trail 1400 m long one trail with FIS homologation many other slops with different levels of difficulty.

Official sites: www.bialkatatrzanska.pl www.kaniowka.pl www.bania.pl 

Ustron, resort Czantoria Resort

This place is situated in Silesian province, in a beautiful town called Ustron Polana, next to the road Krakow – Wisla.. Its location (289 m over the sea level). Height of the slop is 851 m.

Available ski lifts:

Ustron Polana (length: 1640 m, capacity: 2000/h) Czantoria Faturka (length: 670, capacity: 457/h) Czantoria Stoklosica (length: 198 m, capacity: 500/h) Czantoria Solisko (length: 348 m, capacity: 400/h) Czantoria Polanka (length 250, capacity: 400/h) Ski trails on Czantoria: red (difficult) – 1900m blue (medium) – 2600m Official site: www.czantoria.com.pl