2016 Ski holidays

It has become a tradition - our winter trip for a week of skiing in the mountains. Every year we have new experiences.

For the winter break in 2016, we went to Gliczarów Górny - a small village near Zakopane. It is a place loved by amateur skiers, and we are amateurs too.

Fun fact: Gliczarów Górny lies between 900 and 1006 m above sea level and is one of the highest villages in the Podhale region. From the hill you can see the whole Tatra range, and the local school is said to be the highest school in Poland.

We used the slopes:

Gliczarów Górny - Stosel
A tiny slope, perfect for learning to ski. It has a T-bar lift and very friendly staff. There are also a lot of skiing instructors that you can hire for ski lessons. Prices are low.

Gliczarów Górny - U Steni
Advertised as a centre with three slopes. Well, when we visited, only two of the three lifts were working, and one of them is for small children only. There is no parking lot nearby, so parking is quite a challenge. While we were there, the lift also stopped for 15 minutes. Prices are average. Impression - negative.

Bukowina Tatrzańska - Rusin-ski
Fully professional. You can see why this slope is called one of the best in the area. Two high-capacity chairlifts and T-bar lifts. The slope is much larger than the previous two. However, it requires more skiing skill. We felt ready to ski here only on the last day of our stay, when the kids were already skiing on their own. Prices are high, but you have to pay for quality.

New skills?
First of all, Justine learned to ski. You can see it well in the video: at the beginning she has lessons with an instructor, and at the end she skis down fast on the Rusin-ski slope.

New experience?
Instead of renting skis, we decided to buy them second-hand, because we don't have high expectations. The difference is that for the same money we would have spent on rental, we came home with our own skis.