About Chopok
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 Well-equiped and less luxusrious hotels and dining-rooms
hotels make out of Demanovska dolina an international known
ski center fitting modern requirements.
One of the biggest
and most popular centers of winter sports is situated
15 km away from Liptovsy Mikulas and 60 km from an airport
in Poprad. It lays in the upper part of Demanovska dolina.
Its a part of National park Low Tatras, on the northern slopes
of Chopok and Deresov in the hights 950 to 2024 m.
Here are
excellent terrains for skiing and many different difficult
ski-running tracks, a cabin funicular ,seat elevators,
and ski tows.Skialpinists have many posibillities here
too.
In this center a world championship in junior skiing ,
a World winter universiada, and many world and europe FTS cup
competitions took place. Thie center was a candidate
for the XX. WOG (Winter Olympic Games) 2006 in skiing disciplines.
The skiing season is from 15.XII. To 30. IV.
Getting There: Go to Liptovsky Mikulas by train or by
bus from Bratislava (about 3 hours), then by bus to the Demanovska
dolina Valley. Chopok resort lies at the end of the valley.
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Technical specifications:
the capacity of the cabine funicular : 1200 persons in a hour
the capacity of 5 seat funiculars(elevators) : 8400 peersons in a hour
the capacity of 11 ski tows : 6700 persons a hour
14 ski-tracks with a total lenght of 42200 m
besides the 14 skitracks one 5 km for beginners a 10 km recreational and
a 15 km long ski-running-track
the average lenght of the ski season is 120 days
Demanovska dolina - Jasna is a mountain
center for all-year turistics. There are two public caves in
Demanovska dolina: Demanovska ladova jaskyna (ice cave) and Demanovska
jaskyna slobody. Nearby is Vrbicke pleso (a lake; a national reservation
sized 25 ha) and many marked turistic paths are here. The Mountain
live savers are active here, many complex services for skiers,
a ski-school, ski service, a pool, fitness center. You can reach
it by bus or by car.
DEMANOVSKA DOLINA - CHOPOK
A known viewing point. The northern and southern
slopes of Chopok, the second highest peak in the main ridge of Low
Tatras (2024 m a.s.), is the best ski terrains in Slovakia. On the
north Jasna, on the south Kosodrevina and Srdiecko. You can get
to Chopok by a seat funicular from Demanovska dolina -Jasna or from
Bystra dolina -Srdiecko (a turistic and ski center). The average
lenght of the ski season is 120 days. The center is well equiped
by mountain trafic works, several tows and arranged ski-tracks are
here. The ski-tracks are mostly difficult. The conditionc are also
good for ski turism. Dumbiersky ski-track is on the ridge from Chopok
to Dumbier and to Stefanikova chata (a hut) into the saddle of Polana.
Chopok is suitable for short walks and for difficult ridge turistics
too. You can borrow a ski outfit and all belongings for skiing,
a skiservis and a skischool is here. Many restaurants and bufets
are here too.
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