Ski Slovakia

Since separating itself from being the latter half (in name order only) of Czecheslovakia several decades ago now, the Slovak Republic to the east of the Czech Republic and north of Austria has emerged as one of Europe’s leading ski nations.

Ski guide books published in the country reveal that there are more than 300, mostly small, Slovakia Republic ski resorts, although some of these are in fact adjacent hillsides in the same village.

The Tatra and Giant mountains here are a little higher than those of the Czech Republic and half a dozen Slovak ski areas have lifts stretching up towards 2000m. This allows for verticals of over 1,000m to be feasible.

Slovakia’s ski resorts saw little modern development during the communist block era but in recent decades the arrival of private capital to invest, and Slovakia’s entry to the European Community has allowed for the country’s better resorts to invest in modern lifts, snowmaking and off-slope facilities.

These are all provided at typically half the price of a ski holiday/lift pass elsewhere in the EC, particularly the Alps, making the Slovak Republic an appealing low cost ski destination for many.

However many of the country’s more famous ski areas have been attracting winter sports fans for at least a century, so they have a heritage that pre-dates all of the differing 20th century political systems.

Tatranská Lomnica, located beneath Lomnicky Stit, the second highest mountain in the Tatra mountains, is one of the Slovak Republic’s best known ski areas with a big vertical served by a couple of gondolas. Founded as a tourist destination with its first hotel back in the 1870s, the slightly more recent Majestic Grand Hotel Praha is one of the best ski hotels in Eastern Europe.

Jasna is another major centre with more than 1000m of vertical and more than 20 lifts, including a gondola added in 2009. This was an early pioneer in the winter sports industry that his grown to become one of the larger resorts in the region.

World Cup races were staged here back in the 1930s and the resort was actually part of a regional bid to host the 2006 Winter Olympics, losing out to Torino in Italy. The ski slopes are divided in to two main sectors on the north and south sides of Mt Chopok where there are three ski areas, Zahradky, Otupne and Chopok-North along with a snowpark and several freeride zones.

A third major ski area, Vrátna (Vratna Dolina), has a reputation for some of the best off piste powder terrain for those who wish to board or ski Slovakia, with again more than 1000m of lift served vertical, runs up to 3km (two miles) long and more than a dozen lifts on Chleb mountain, including a modern gondola and a quad chairlift which was installed in the late 1990s after the resort was privatized.

The ski area is also known for its great natural beauty and was made Slovakia's fourth national park in 1988.
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Slovakia: 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 Slovakia. Fresh snow is forecast at 0 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

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Recent Eyeball Snow Reports for Slovakia

A–R

S–Z

Ski resorts in Slovakia from A to R

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

(600m — 750m)

2.0 cm
55 days ago
6.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 675 m
300m 1100m 1750m 1550m 2000m

(470m — 650m)

Čachovo - Selce webcam
1.0 cm
52 days ago
1.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 560 m
350m 950m 1650m 1400m 1450m

(600m — 900m)

1.0 cm
41 days ago
6.0
2.0
clear cloud mod rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 750 m
250m 1100m 1600m 1300m 2000m

(1238m — 1381m)

snow report 2 days ago

1.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
4.0
10.0
clear part cloud light snow part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1310 m
300m 900m 1500m 1200m 1450m

(1100m — 2024m)

snow report 2 days ago

2.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
5.0
10.0
clear part cloud light snow part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1562 m
300m 900m 1550m 1250m 1500m

(650m — 973m)

snow report 27 days ago

1.0 cm
28 days ago
6.0
1.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 812 m
250m 1000m 1600m 1300m 1800m

(430m — 535m)

2.0 cm
55 days ago
clear part cloud cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 482 m
400m 1000m 1650m 1450m 1600m

(950m — 2024m)

snow report 2 days ago

2.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
4.0
10.0
clear part cloud light snow part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1487 m
250m 900m 1600m 1200m 1550m

(915m — 1402m)

snow report today

Donovaly webcam
opens in 263 days 2.0 cm
23 days ago
4.0
4.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1158 m
300m 900m 1650m 1350m 1550m

(555m — 1068m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
5.0
part cloud part cloud light rain clear part cloud
Mid station 812 m
0m 650m 1150m 1000m 1500m

(690m — 810m)

snow report 12 days ago

2.0 cm
12 days ago
4.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 750 m
400m 1050m 1700m 1550m 1750m

(555m — 1068m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
5.0
2.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 812 m
250m 1000m 1600m 1300m 1750m

(460m — 550m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
2.0
part cloud part cloud light rain clear clear
Mid station 505 m
0m 650m 1100m 1000m 1650m

(503m — 723m)

1.0 cm
yesterday
5.0
clear part cloud cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 613 m
350m 950m 1550m 1400m 1450m

(900m — 1142m)

snow report 2 days ago

3.0 cm
3 days ago
4.0
5.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1021 m
250m 850m 1550m 1200m 1800m

(585m — 705m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
4.0
clear cloud cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 645 m
250m 700m 1150m 1000m 1450m

(780m — 1060m)

snow report 2 days ago

1.0 cm
3 days ago
2.0
6.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 920 m
250m 900m 1550m 1200m 1650m

(540m — 769m)

snow report today

Jasenská Dolina webcam
opens in 270 days 2.0 cm
28 days ago
2.0
2.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 654 m
300m 950m 1500m 1250m 1650m

(929m — 2004m)

snow report today

Jasná - Chopok webcam
60
30
Spring snow 2.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
4.0
10.0
clear part cloud light snow part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1466 m
250m 900m 1550m 1200m 1500m

(245m — 396m)

2.0 cm
55 days ago
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 320 m
300m 1150m 1750m 1450m 1950m

(420m — 600m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
3.0
clear cloud cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 510 m
250m 700m 1150m 1000m 1450m

(450m — 650m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
2.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 550 m
250m 850m 1600m 1200m 1650m

(650m — 1246m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
4.0
7.0
clear cloud cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 948 m
250m 700m 1250m 1100m 1450m

(620m — 820m)

snow report today

opens in 277 days 1.0 cm
13 days ago
6.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 720 m
250m 900m 1500m 1150m 1600m

(840m — 910m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
5.0
1.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 875 m
350m 950m 1700m 1350m 1400m

(889m — 1232m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
6.0
1.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1060 m
400m 1000m 1700m 1350m 1450m

(805m — 929m)

1.0 cm
47 days ago
5.0
1.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 867 m
400m 950m 1700m 1350m 1400m

(550m — 800m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
2.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 675 m
400m 950m 1650m 1350m 1550m

(670m — 865m)

5 cm
52 days ago
1.0
5.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 768 m
300m 900m 1550m 1250m 1500m

(660m — 810m)

snow report 27 days ago

1.0 cm
28 days ago
2.0
4.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 735 m
200m 850m 1500m 1150m 1900m

(675m — 790m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
7.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 732 m
200m 800m 1350m 1150m 1800m

(790m — 1396m)

snow report today

opens in 270 days 3.0 cm
3 days ago
4.0
5.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1093 m
250m 800m 1550m 1200m 1800m

(500m — 710m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
1.0
2.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 605 m
250m 850m 1600m 1200m 1750m

(940m — 1035m)

snow report today

opens in 270 days 1.0 cm
yesterday
3.0
7.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 988 m
350m 950m 1500m 1350m 1450m

(850m — 987m)

snow report 2 days ago

2.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
8.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 918 m
200m 700m 1250m 1100m 1500m

(880m — 990m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
13 days ago
2.0
7.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 935 m
250m 850m 1400m 1200m 1450m

(690m — 1070m)

snow report 27 days ago

2.0 cm
28 days ago
4.0
3.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 880 m
300m 900m 1600m 1300m 1600m

(669m — 920m)

snow report yesterday

Litmanová webcam
1.0 cm
2 days ago
5.0
part cloud part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 794 m
200m 650m 1250m 1050m 1900m

(660m — 948m)

snow report 2 days ago

1.0 cm
3 days ago
5.0
3.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 804 m
250m 1050m 1550m 1300m 2000m

(458m — 648m)

snow report yesterday

Makovica - Nižná Polianka webcam
1.0 cm
2 days ago
3.0
cloud part cloud light rain part cloud clear
Mid station 553 m
0m 700m 1050m 950m 1900m

(504m — 1372m)

snow report 2 days ago

2.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
6.0
part cloud part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 938 m
200m 700m 1300m 1050m 1600m

(1150m — 1456m)

snow report today

45
15
Wet snow 2.0 cm
3 days ago
1.0
7.0
4.0
clear cloud light snow part cloud cloud
Mid station 1303 m
250m 950m 1500m 1250m 1750m

(730m — 996m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
yesterday
1.0
9.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 863 m
250m 800m 1300m 1200m 1400m

(697m — 942m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
6.0
1.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 820 m
250m 1000m 1600m 1300m 1950m

(700m — 1035m)

snow report 12 days ago

Mraznica - Hnilčík webcam
1.0 cm
12 days ago
2.0
9.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 868 m
250m 750m 1250m 1150m 1400m

(595m — 900m)

snow report today

opens in 263 days 5 cm
52 days ago
5.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 748 m
300m 950m 1500m 1250m 1450m

(600m — 860m)

4 cm
41 days ago
1.0
4.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 730 m
200m 850m 1550m 1150m 1900m

(710m — 950m)

snow report 27 days ago

1.0 cm
28 days ago
1.0
6.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 830 m
250m 900m 1550m 1200m 1600m

(760m — 960m)

snow report 27 days ago

2.0 cm
28 days ago
3.0
4.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 860 m
200m 850m 1500m 1150m 1900m

(470m — 570m)

3.0 cm
41 days ago
2.0
3.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 520 m
250m 950m 1450m 1250m 2050m

(450m — 580m)

2.0 cm
55 days ago
2.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 515 m
400m 1000m 1700m 1400m 1700m

(403m — 595m)

snow report 11 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
9.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 499 m
300m 1250m 1900m 1750m 1850m

(470m — 912m)

snow report today

1.0 cm
12 days ago
3.0
clear part cloud light rain clear part cloud
Mid station 691 m
200m 700m 1200m 1100m 1450m

(800m — 850m)

snow report 12 days ago

2.0 cm
12 days ago
7.0
part cloud part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 825 m
200m 850m 1400m 1150m 1850m

(700m — 900m)

snow report 27 days ago

1.0 cm
28 days ago
5.0
1.0
clear cloud mod rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 800 m
250m 1000m 1600m 1300m 1950m

(800m — 987m)

snow report 27 days ago

1.0 cm
28 days ago
4.0
3.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 894 m
350m 950m 1650m 1350m 1450m

(1120m — 1300m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
yesterday
3.0
8.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1210 m
350m 950m 1550m 1350m 1450m

(610m — 905m)

5 cm
52 days ago
6.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 758 m
300m 900m 1450m 1200m 1450m

(649m — 786m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
5.0
clear part cloud light rain clear part cloud
Mid station 718 m
200m 700m 1250m 1100m 1400m

(506m — 743m)

2.0 cm
47 days ago
1.0
3.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 624 m
250m 800m 1550m 1200m 1800m

(595m — 875m)

snow report 27 days ago

1.0 cm
28 days ago
4.0
2.0
clear cloud light rain part cloud cloud
Mid station 735 m
250m 950m 1600m 1300m 1800m

(520m — 760m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
2 days ago
5.0
cloud part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 640 m
0m 700m 1050m 950m 1900m

(650m — 1005m)

snow report 12 days ago

1.0 cm
12 days ago
6.0
part cloud part cloud light rain part cloud clear
Mid station 828 m
150m 650m 1150m 1000m 1600m

(1030m — 1454m)

snow report 2 days ago

4 cm
3 days ago
2.0
10.0
part cloud part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 1242 m
150m 950m 1550m 1150m 1700m

(567m — 1209m)

snow report today

Ružomberok - Malino Brdo webcam
opens in 277 days 2.0 cm
28 days ago
3.0
4.0
clear part cloud light rain part cloud part cloud
Mid station 888 m
250m 850m 1600m 1200m 1650m