Kranjska Gora Ski Resort
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Kranjska Gora Ski Resort is an old Slovenian ski resort
Ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 located in seven different areas in Municipality of Kranjska Gora (Mojstrana
Mojstrana
Mojstrana is a village in the municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia located in the Upper Sava Valley at the point where Bistrica Creek joins the Sava River below the main road from Jesenice to Kranjska Gora at an elevation of 641 m. The glacial Vrata Valley leads...

, Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps...

, Gozd Martuljek
Gozd Martuljek
Gozd Martuljek is a settlement in the Kranjska Gora municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The settlement was once called Rute, and is even today divided into Spodnje and Zgornje Rute....

, Planica
Planica
Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking destination in Triglav National Park.Planica is famous for...

, Podkoren
Podkoren
Podkoren is a settlement in the Kranjska Gora municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The village church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is of late Gothic origin as are many houses in the village, but was largely refurbished in the Baroque style.Podkoren lies immediately below the...

 1 & 2 and "Planina pod Golico"). Nearest city is Jesenice
Jesenice
Jesenice is a town and a municipality in Slovenia, on the Slovene side of the Karavanke mountain range, bordering Austria to the north. It is known as the home of Slovenia's largest steel company, Acroni, and the hockey club it sponsors, Acroni Jesenice. The town name derives from the ash tree ,...

 and about an hour away from Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

.

It has a total of 30 km of ski slopes, 40 km tracks for Cross country skiing and Snow Fun park for snowboarders.

Resort statistics

Elevation

Summit - 1623 m (5,324 ft)

Base - 795 m (2,659 ft)

Ski Terrain

1,25 square km (308 acres) - 19 named runs covering around 30 km (18.6 mi) on one mountain, but four different areas.

Slope Difficulty

- 2 slopes expert

- 5 slopes advanced

- 8 slopes intermediate

- 2 slopes beginner

Vertical Drop

- 481 m (1578 ft) in total

Longest Run: "Velika dolina" - 1237 km (768.6 mi)

Average Winter Daytime Temperature: /

Average Annual Snowfall: /

Lift Capacity: 20,200 skiers per hour

Ski Season Opens: December

Ski Season Ends: March

Snow Conditions Phone Line: +386 (0) 4 5809400

Other activities

  • Snow Fun Park/Halfpipe (snowboarding)
  • Cross country skiing (40 km/25 miles)
  • Sledding, Bike Park, Tubing (only in summer) & hiking

Ski slopes

Name Length Category
Kranjska Gora
Kekec 730 m easy & medium
Dolenčev rut 1000 m easy
Vitranc 1 1229 m medium
Vitranc 2 1048 m /
Mojca 1 1254 m easy
Mojca 2 448 m easy
Rožle 550 m easy
Preseka 2 806 m easy
Tinkara 313 m easy
Brsnina 452 m easy
Podkoren 1
Podkoren 1200 m expert
Zelenci 398 m expert
Ruteč 1 761 m expert
Podkoren 2
Velika dolina 1237 m easy & medium
Bedanec 754 m easy
Pehta 616 m easy
Kolovrat 497 m easy
Planica
Slatna 270 m easy
Planina pod Golico
Španov Vrh 1630 m /
Mojstrana
Mojstrana 600 m /
Gozd Martuljek
Gozd Martuljek 561 m easy
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