Small and Beautiful: The Best Slovenia Ski Resorts Ever
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Bloska planota, the crib of Slovenian skiing
Photo left: Coat of arms of municipality Bloke, Slovenia
There's a place in Slovenia which people ironically describe as: ...where there's winter for half of the year and freezing cold the other half.
Bloska planota (Bloke Plateau) is also one of the "forgotten corners of Slovenia", especially appreciated by cross-country skiers (in winter), mountain bikers, hikers and horse-back riders - who find the network of cart-track and dirt roads in pristine nature unstoppably attractive.
Photo left: Bloke lake - courtesy of aviana2
With an average altitude of over 700 m (2,300 feet) Bloska planota (Bloke Plateau) is not only famous for being cold, but also for having a lot of snow throughout the winter months.
No wonder people who lived there invented a way to get around - famous bloske smucke (Bloke skis). They are among the oldest skis, measure 160 cm (63 inches) in length, are 12 cm (4.7 inches) wide and 1.5 cm (0.6") thick.
What's different about them is the fact that Bloke skiers used a rod along with skis - for support, breaking and changing direction.
Bloke skis were traditionally used for traveling, transportation of heavy loads and playing - and skiing in Slovenia has a long tradition - since the area has been populated since pre-historic times.
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Stari vrh
Voted best mid-sized ski resort for three seasons in a row: 03/04, 04/05, 07/08
Basic info:- altitude of resort: 580m (1903 feet)
- cross country trails: 20km (12.5 mile)
- max vertical piste: 636m (0.4 mile)
- lowest piste altitude: 580m (1,903 feet)
- number of ski lifts: 6
- highest lift altitude: 1,216m (3,990 feet)
Slovenian ski resort at Stari Vrh is part of the Bohinj Ski Area with access to 82 individual pistes.
Purchase of the appropriate Ski Lift Pass will enable you to ski or snowboard in the other Bohinj ski resorts of Bled, Kobla, Kranjska Gora, Krvavec, Soriska Planina and Vogel - in addition to the skiing in Stari vrh.
The altitude of ski resort Stari vrh is relatively low, therefore snow cover can be variable.
Photo of ski resort Stari vrh at night - courtesy of STC Stari vrh d.o.o.
Bled in Slovenia
Krvavec
Voted #1 among large Slovenian ski resorts in season 07/08
Basic info:- altitude of resort: 1450m (4,757 feet)
- length of downhill pistes: 35km (21.75 mile)
- max vertical piste: 521m (570 yards)
- lowest piste altitude: 1450m (4,757 feet)
- number of ski lifts: 10
- highest lift altitude: 1971m (6,467 feet)
- ski lift capacity: 13,700 skiers/snowboarders per hour
Krvavec is best for intermediate level skiers and also offers some good boarding - and there is a Snow Park.
Krvavec ski resort is also part of the Bohinj Ski Area with access to 82 individual pistes.
Purchase of the appropriate Ski Lift Pass will enable you to ski or snowboard in the other Bohinj ski resorts of Bled, Kobla, Kranjska Gora, Stari vrh, Soriska Planina and Vogel - in addition to the skiing in Krvavec.
Photo of Krvavec - courtesy of Wyeco
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Photo of Velika planina, Slovenia - courtesy of aviana2
Photo of Kope - courtesy of ati_drago
Photo of Kanin - courtesy of Darko Drazic
Photo of Kranjska gora - courtesy of carniz
What's your favorite place to go skiing?
If you don't ski - what other sport do you fancy?
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TamaraKajari
Oct 16, 2011 @ 4:56 am | delete
- And where's Rogla? :) We in Zagreb often go to Rogla for a weekend skiing. Great lens and really nice photos. Blessed!
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SereneSea Jul 2, 2011 @ 10:34 pm | delete
- This looks a beautiful place and though I do not know how to ski, I would love to learn.
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JaguarJulie Aug 10, 2009 @ 8:48 am | delete
- Gosh, I never thought of Slovenia for skiing -- you have convinced me!
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tdove
Jan 19, 2009 @ 2:51 pm | delete
- Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory!
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nejka
Dec 29, 2008 @ 3:04 pm | delete
- lots of snow this year btw...(kanin 7m - record of all times)
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DP2727
Dec 27, 2008 @ 9:59 pm | delete
- WOW looks and sounds incredible! *****
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