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 We're down to about 10% of Czech and Slovak ski areas still operating, of course the bigger resorts. Most have now closed their lower runs as spring gathers pace but still have 40-70% of their overall terrain open on the upper mountain. The past week has seen cooler temperatures than many other parts of mainland Europe, with subzero temperatures on high runs and valleys only getting to +6C, but with thin cover, the spring thaw is still making rapid progress.

Unsurprisingly, the biggest area, Slovakia's Jasna (30/60cm / 12/24"), still has the most open, about two-thirds of its full terrain.

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)

2.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear rain showers part cloud clear
Mid station 756 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3450m 3400m

(610m — 970m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 790 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3600m 3500m

(518m — 774m)

4 cm
47 days ago
clear clear cloud light rain clear
Mid station 646 m
4050m 4150m 4150m 3900m 3800m

(589m — 869m)

1.0 cm
92 days ago
clear clear light rain clear part cloud
Mid station 729 m
4100m 4150m 4000m 3500m 3250m

(850m — 1135m)

3.0 cm
92 days ago
clear part cloud light rain clear cloud
Mid station 992 m
4000m 4100m 4000m 3700m 3350m

(630m — 750m)

3.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 690 m
4000m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3600m

(610m — 802m)

1.0 cm
92 days ago
clear clear rain showers part cloud part cloud
Mid station 706 m
4050m 4100m 3950m 3700m 3350m

(750m — 958m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 854 m
4050m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3650m

(682m — 787m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 734 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3500m 3450m

(600m — 1001m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 800 m
4100m 4200m 4000m 3600m 3500m

(600m — 985m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 792 m
4050m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3650m

(840m — 1165m)

1.0 cm
45 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 1002 m
4000m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3650m

(395m — 545m)

2.0 cm
on 13 Feb
clear clear part cloud rain showers clear
Mid station 470 m
4100m 4200m 4150m 3850m 3700m

(650m — 740m)

České Petrovice webcam
2.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 695 m
4050m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3650m

(630m — 800m)

1.0 cm
92 days ago
clear clear light rain clear part cloud
Mid station 715 m
4100m 4100m 4000m 3500m 3300m

(390m — 520m)

1.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 455 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3500m 3450m

(610m — 850m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear clear cloud clear
Mid station 730 m
4050m 4250m 4050m 3750m 3600m

(428m — 478m)

Dlouhoňovice webcam
1.0 cm
on 16 Mar
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 453 m
4100m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3650m

(610m — 760m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 685 m
4100m 4200m 4000m 3600m 3500m

(650m — 1140m)

4 cm
47 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 895 m
4050m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3600m

(480m — 550m)

Fajtův Kopec webcam
2.0 cm
on 13 Feb
clear clear part cloud thunderstorm clear
Mid station 515 m
4150m 4200m 4100m 3900m 3650m

(675m — 890m)

5 cm
47 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 782 m
4000m 4250m 4100m 3800m 3650m

(650m — 1020m)

snow report 30 days ago

opens in 165 days 1.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 835 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3500m 3500m

(540m — 1019m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 780 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3600m 3500m

(300m — 380m)

Hlubočky webcam
3.0 cm
on 13 Feb
clear clear clear cloud clear
Mid station 340 m
4050m 4200m 4150m 3950m 3700m

(630m — 1315m)

snow report 30 days ago

opens in 165 days 2.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm rain showers clear
Mid station 972 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3550m 3500m

(1000m — 1235m)

4 cm
44 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 1118 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3550m 3550m

(590m — 700m)

2.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear clear light rain clear
Mid station 645 m
4000m 4200m 4100m 3850m 3650m

(800m — 900m)

1.0 cm
91 days ago
clear clear heavy rain thunderstorm thunderstorm
Mid station 850 m
4150m 4200m 4100m 3950m 3550m

(450m — 672m)

1.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 561 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3550m 3500m

(700m — 1260m)

snow report 30 days ago

opens in 151 days 2.0 cm
47 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 980 m
4100m 4200m 4000m 3650m 3500m

(424m — 968m)

5 cm
47 days ago
clear clear part cloud light rain clear
Mid station 696 m
4050m 4200m 4150m 3900m 3800m

(540m — 1000m)

snow report 30 days ago

opens in 165 days 2.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear part cloud part cloud clear
Mid station 770 m
4100m 4200m 4000m 3500m 3350m

(600m — 850m)

3.0 cm
85 days ago
clear clear thunderstorm part cloud clear
Mid station 725 m
4100m 4200m 3950m 3500m 3450m