Alternatives to Niederau

Tony_H wrote:Just found out that Poprad flights have been suspended because of the recession. Thats a shame. Jasna was getting some great reviews.

Tony, am I looking at the right Jasna resort? Looks likes there's even fewer km's of Piste than N?

http://www.snow-forecast.com/pistemaps/Jasna-Chopok_pistemap_full.jpg

Pete

Did I say anything about the size?

Let me just think is size everything ...... MMmmmmm yes :lol:

Size might be everything, but for a realy good cheap holiday, Jasna is unbeatable. The Slovaks are doing all they can to encourage tourism. The resort is not massive, and for hard core very experienced skiers, you would be bored after 3 or 4 days possibly. But the ski map does not do justice to the variety and length of runs, and the fact that no queue is ever longer than 5 mins is hard to beat. We never spent more than 30 euros a day on the mountain and that included lunch for a family of 4, and a few jager bombs and hot chocolate when the ski lift closed.

There is also a fairly large off piste area that good boarders and skiers tell me is as good as anywhere in the world. The map does not show you that the lift goes all the way to the top, and you can ski the other side of the mountain as well.

We took another family with us last year, one of whom is a reasonably (10 Trips) competent skier. He said that it wasnt one of the biggest European resorts, but for a mixed ability cheap family holiday, he couldnt think of a better place to go. Door to door from Bristol, including flights, accomodation, ski hire, lift pass, spending money, 7 nights food in good quality restaurants, transfers and airport parking for a family of 4 worked out at under £800 a head. That includes pretty much anything we want while on the mountain.

Saffer, what time of year was it that you went?

Also, what are the transfer times like and the facilities (e.g. medica lif you have an accident)?

Pete

Went end of Feruary one year and Feb half term the year before. To be honest the resort only opens in December, but this year they had snow in november already.

The first year we flew to Poprad(2 and a half hours) but I dont know if any one is flying there from the uk at the moment. Transfer is 45 mins to Jasna.

Last year we flew to Bratislava(2 hrs), took a 10 min taxi to the station(25 euros) and then a 3 hr train journey( 30 euros first class return) to a small village outside Jasna called Liptovsky Mikulas. 15 mins up the mountain from LM to the resort. We stayed with Ed and Ruth from skiandsnowboardslovakia. All the info on their web site. Brilliant holiday and what you see on the web site is exactly what you get. On the mountain there is good medical support, and I am told by Ed that the hospital, etc is very good, and most Slovaks speak a reasonable level of English.