METRO
Winter lives here
You go to Poland when the frost arrives because adventure hides in snow, ice and every wind-whipped corner of the country.
Poland is such a rich and interesting offer for the coldest season of the year that you can have a fantastic time also outside the Sudety Mountains or the Carpathians.
Ski slopes, cross-country trails and ice-skating rinks, spas and thermal baths, forests, hot springs all await — and for the brave ones also the ice-cold rivers and the Baltic Sea!
Where to hit the slopes?
The largest ski station in the north of the country is Kurza Góra in the village of Kurzętnik in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship.
The offer includes three illuminated ski routes (a total of 2.5 km downhill), a winter amusement park for the kiddos, an ice-skating rink, a ski school and the largest “snow factory” in Europe, as well as seven year-round tubing tracks (including one for children).
The resort of Gołdap with the ski slope Piękna Góra (272 m above sea level) is the winner of the best European tourist destination in the category of health and wellness tourism in the European EDEN competition (in 2019).
It triumphed in the “Winter attractions 2020” online survey as well. Also located in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship, it has three ski routes (350 m, 500 m and 750 m) with ski lifts: two T-bar lifts and a two-seater chairlift situated next to the inn, along the longest downhill route.
An over a kilometer-long concrete toboggan run goes down from the top of Piękna Góra toward the inn. It is open both in the winter and summer seasons.
The café on the summit has a revolving floor which makes a full circle in 50 minutes, allowing visitors to admire the post-glacial panoramic view outside along with the town of Gołdap and the Romnicka Forest.
In the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the heart of Kashubia, at the foot of the Wieżyca hill (329 m above sea level) on Ustrzyckie Lake, there is a year-round Centre for Active Recreation in Koszałkowo-Wieżyca.
In winter, you can hit the illuminated and groomed slopes equipped with snow-making machines and ski lifts. Children can use a ski kindergarten with a conveyor belt.
The ski equipment rental will service your skis, while licensed ski and snowboard schools await those eager to learn. There’s also sledding and new snowtubing routes on the menu.
At the foot of Jesionowa Mount in the Suwałki region in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, the year-round Szelment resort proudly advertises its offer, as the winter season there can last up to 100 days!
You can choose from 10 ski and snowboard routes (difficulty levels from blue to black), hone your skills in licensed ski and snowboarding schools, rent boards, practice snowtubing — you name it.
The Fojutowo Inn in the locality of Legbąd in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship was launched a ski slope two years ago. As many as six ski slopes are found in the picturesque town of Kazimierz Dolny on the Vistula River in the Lubelskie Voivodeship (Stacja Narciarska Kazimierz Dolny).
Also in the same voivodeship, you can visit the Narciarski Raj u Rzetelskiego in Chrzanów with 4 km of trails and a chairlift. As for Warsaw, every year skiers eagerly congregate in Górka Szczęśliwicka.
Cross-country skiing in the woods
Fans of cross-country skiing will find a lot of trails to explore. Many of them are managed by the local sports and recreation centres, such as snow-covered cross-country trails recommended for families with children in the “Dojlidy” Water Sports Center run by the Białystok sports and recreation center (up to 3.5 km of trails, rental with 100 ski sets) and the “looped” routes in Uroczysko Siwa Dolina near Tomaszów Lubelski, in the “Tomasovia” forest sports complex (5 kilometers).