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Has anyone been skiing in Czech Republic? I am looking at booking a lads weekend and as we have some experienced skiers, we are looking at somewhere different and we fancied Czech Republic, anyone been anywhere good and fairly busy? Or maybe someone could come up with some ideas?
Cheers for any help
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That sounds great Raceplate.....I will look into it and we are also considering Croatia and Slovenia now as none of the lads have been there before
Cheers for the info
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davidhammy, I don't know what sort of skiing you're looking for, but when I was in Bovec (Slovenia) this summer for kayaking I noticed a lot of adverts for guides/freeride skis around, so presumably there's some good stuff there.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi,
So I tend to ski there annually as Mrs Old Skool is Czech. I've tried several of the ski areas and they're all reasonable but not particularly varied. The largest area is Krkonose and Spindleruv Mlyn (main resort) which has about 30km of pisted runs. It's the cross country that most Czechs are keen on so there's tons of that (85+km).
In Krkonose (the mountain range in the north of the country) you'll find several smaller ski areas too.
Then you'd have to look towards the east of the country past Plzen (beer land), towards the German border in the Sumava mountains to find Zelezna Ruda, an old mining town which doubles as a ski resort in the winter. The runs are steep, narrow and busy! Head across the border into Germany to Grosser Arber for some better, more relaxed skiing,but we're only talking 14km of runs there as well.
Really, you need a car to experience it well if you are the sort who gets bored easily, however, if it's the experience you're after, then head towards Spindleruv Mlyn where the infrastructure is relatively good and enjoy yourselves.
The food is not too expensive and beer plentiful. Then you can get the bus back directly to the centre of Prague if you so choose.
Hotels are best booked online and you can find self catering apartments if you simply type in "Spindleruv Mlyn apartments" into Google.
The ski schools are excellent if you so choose to have lessons with English speaking instructors, and, if you don't go during their school holidays (they don't have half term, just two semesters per year), then the waiting times for lifts are negligible.
have fun.
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| davidhammy wrote: |
That sounds great Raceplate.....I will look into it and we are also considering Croatia and Slovenia now as none of the lads have been there before
Cheers for the info |
Can heartily recommend
Popova Shapka, Macedonia
Brezovica, Kosovo
Savin Kuk & Kolasin, Montenegro
Friendly, inexpensive, varied skiing for all levels.
Not huge nightlife, but a good laugh.
Kopaonik, Serbia (close to Pristina, Kosovo but not sure if you can go into Serbia from Kosovo. Otherwise it's a transfer from belgrade) is reputed to be party central if that's what you're looking for.
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Then you'd have to look towards the east of the country past Plzen (beer land), towards the German border in the Sumava mountains to find Zelezna Ruda
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Think that'll be "west" 
Some interesting off the beaten path resorts there. Been meaning to get to some for MTBing. And to Jasna, Slovakia for both MTBing and skiing (where there are a few Brits running chalets and minibus shuttle).
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Oops, was late . Thanks for the correction
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