Ski Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is not terribly well known internationally for its downhill ski areas, but there are in fact more than 100 of them stretching across the country, the largest of which have at certain times made it in to international tour operators' brochures attracting skiers from across Europe.

It  is particularly popular to ski the Czech Republic amongst German skiers who pop over the border to enjoy lower prices and in some cases better ski slopes than they find in Germany. It’s also possible for skiers based anywhere in Europe to fly in to one of the Czech Republic’s airports on a low cost airline and find a small ski hill within a few kilometres.

Particular popular Czech ski resorts for German skiers and boarders include Železná Ruda Špičák, one of the largest ski centres in the Czech Republic and located very close to the German border.

It also has more challenging terrain than most of the country’s resorts including the Spicák sector with several kilometres of steep runs, linked by a ski bus to the other slopes.

There have been downhill ski slopes in the Czech Republic for more than a century but few have developed beyond a few drag lifts in a village meadow, most of them run by separate local owners, so common lift passes are a rarity.

There are several larger Czech ski resorts which have invested money in new lifts over the past few decades since the stagnation of the ‘communist block’ era has moved further in to the past.

The country’s largest is Špindlerův Mlýn, a scattered community centred around the old village of St. Peters, located in the central Krkonose Mountains, about 140 km (90 miles) from Prague. It has a beautiful Baroque church (1807) and was once popular with Franz Kafka and more recently the tennis legend Martina Navratilova.

One of the highest ski areas in the country and also with the longest slopes over a near 500m vertical and more lifts than most others including several modern chairlifts, there are two local ski areas. The highest ski area is Horni Misecky and snow cover is usually good to late April, with recent investment in snowmaking making up for any natural deficiencies if they ever occur. 

Pec pod Sněžkou is another of the Czech Republic's most famous resorts, located by Snezka (Snow) Mountain, the country's highest peak (1602m). Originally an iron mining town, tourism became more popular after the first World War and the first drag lift was installed more than 70 years ago. It has a dozen lifts, most of them drags, and a single challenging black run, the 600m long Hnědý vrch II descent.

Rokytnice nad Jizerou in the Jizera river valley offers skiing on Lysa Hora (the bald mountain), close to Harrachov.  It has the most lifts and one of the greatest vertical differences between its highest and lowest lifts but these are spread over four separate ski areas surrounding the small resort. There’s night skiing here to 9pm and some of the longest pistes in the country at up to 3.2km.
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Czech Republic: latest snow conditions round-up


CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAKIA REPORT Most ski areas in the Czech and Slovak Republics have closed for the season already, many noting that it has been a challenging season and with no real sign of a significant change from the predominantly warm, dry weather, they might as well call it a day on 23-24. But the big resorts will carry on into April, and they've had some cooler weather and even a little snowfall this week as a reward.

The region's biggest, Slovakia's Jasna (40/80cm / 16/32"), still has about two-thirds of its terrain open.

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Czech Republic. Fresh snow is forecast at 0 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

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A–J

K–Q R–Z

Ski resorts in Czech Republic from A to J

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

(710m — 802m)

snow report 24 days ago

Bedřichov webcam
3.0 cm
25 days ago
1.0
9.0
part cloud cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 756 m
400m 1650m 1800m 1400m 1050m

(610m — 970m)

snow report 24 days ago

5 cm
25 days ago
5.0
11.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 790 m
450m 1600m 1750m 1400m 1050m

(518m — 774m)

3.0 cm
41 days ago
1.0
5.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 646 m
200m 1100m 1650m 1200m 1800m

(589m — 869m)

5 cm
41 days ago
2.0
cloud cloud light rain cloud cloud
Mid station 729 m
1200m 1800m 1900m 1550m 1000m

(850m — 1135m)

snow report 28 days ago

2.0 cm
29 days ago
1.0
2.0
cloud cloud light rain cloud light snow
Mid station 992 m
1450m 1850m 1950m 1850m 1000m

(630m — 750m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
13 days ago
16.0
17.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 690 m
200m 1250m 1650m 1300m 1250m

(610m — 802m)

7 cm
41 days ago
1.0
light rain cloud part cloud cloud light rain
Mid station 706 m
1500m 1900m 1950m 1850m 950m

(750m — 958m)

snow report 24 days ago

Čenkovice webcam
2.0 cm
25 days ago
14.0
14.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 854 m
300m 1250m 1750m 1350m 1300m

(682m — 787m)

snow report 24 days ago

4 cm
25 days ago
2.0
11.0
part cloud cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 734 m
500m 1600m 1700m 1400m 1050m

(600m — 1001m)

snow report 24 days ago

7 cm
25 days ago
7.0
11.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 800 m
350m 1550m 1750m 1400m 1050m

(600m — 985m)

snow report 24 days ago

2.0 cm
25 days ago
13.0
14.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 792 m
300m 1250m 1750m 1350m 1250m

(840m — 1165m)

snow report 12 days ago

2.0 cm
13 days ago
23.0
24.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 1002 m
0m 1250m 1600m 1300m 1300m

(395m — 545m)

snow report 24 days ago

1.0 cm
25 days ago
14.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 470 m
350m 1300m 1800m 1450m 1200m

(650m — 740m)

snow report 24 days ago

České Petrovice webcam
2.0 cm
25 days ago
13.0
15.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 695 m
250m 1300m 1750m 1350m 1200m

(630m — 800m)

7 cm
41 days ago
2.0
cloud light rain light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 715 m
1300m 1800m 1900m 1550m 1000m

(390m — 520m)

2.0 cm
41 days ago
9.0
part cloud cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 455 m
500m 1600m 1700m 1400m 1050m

(610m — 850m)

snow report 24 days ago

6 cm
25 days ago
14.0
15.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 730 m
200m 1400m 1800m 1350m 1100m

(428m — 478m)

Dlouhoňovice webcam
1.0 cm
40 days ago
13.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 453 m
300m 1350m 1800m 1400m 1200m

(610m — 760m)

snow report 24 days ago

6 cm
25 days ago
4.0
10.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 685 m
350m 1550m 1700m 1400m 1050m

(650m — 1140m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
13 days ago
20.0
19.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 895 m
250m 1250m 1700m 1350m 1250m

(480m — 550m)

Fajtův Kopec webcam
2.0 cm
57 days ago
7.0
clear part cloud light rain cloud heavy rain
Mid station 515 m
500m 1550m 1900m 1700m 1100m

(675m — 890m)

snow report 12 days ago

2.0 cm
13 days ago
16.0
20.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 782 m
0m 1250m 1600m 1300m 1300m

(650m — 1020m)

snow report yesterday

15
10
Wet snow 4 cm
25 days ago
5.0
14.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 835 m
500m 1600m 1650m 1350m 1050m

(540m — 1019m)

snow report 24 days ago

5 cm
25 days ago
5.0
11.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 780 m
450m 1600m 1750m 1400m 1050m

(300m — 380m)

1.0 cm
41 days ago
8.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 340 m
200m 1200m 1750m 1350m 1600m

(630m — 1315m)

snow report today

opens in 270 days 1.0 cm
13 days ago
5.0
16.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light snow
Mid station 972 m
500m 1550m 1650m 1350m 1050m

(1000m — 1235m)

snow report 12 days ago

Horní Mísečky - Medvědín webcam
1.0 cm
13 days ago
8.0
19.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light snow
Mid station 1118 m
450m 1550m 1650m 1350m 1050m

(590m — 700m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
13 days ago
12.0
10.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 645 m
200m 1250m 1700m 1300m 1500m

(800m — 900m)

snow report 24 days ago

5 cm
25 days ago
1.0
light rain cloud rain showers part cloud light rain
Mid station 850 m
1350m 1900m 2050m 2100m 1050m

(450m — 672m)

snow report 24 days ago

Jablonec nad Jizerou - Kamenec webcam
2.0 cm
25 days ago
1.0
9.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 561 m
500m 1600m 1750m 1400m 1050m

(700m — 1260m)

snow report yesterday

60
20
Old snow from last ski season 1.0 cm
13 days ago
9.0
15.0
clear cloud light rain cloud light snow
Mid station 980 m
300m 1550m 1700m 1350m 1050m

(424m — 968m)

5 cm
41 days ago
3.0
3.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 696 m
200m 1100m 1650m 1200m 1800m

(540m — 1000m)

snow report today

opens in 263 days 2.0 cm
25 days ago
1.0
6.0
part cloud cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 770 m
400m 1650m 1850m 1450m 1050m

(600m — 850m)

snow report 24 days ago

3.0 cm
25 days ago
2.0
10.0
part cloud cloud light rain cloud light rain
Mid station 725 m
500m 1600m 1750m 1400m 1050m