where can I ski in Slovakia?
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For winter sport enthusiasts, Slovakia is a winter wonderland, where ski slopes are found virtually everywhere. If there’s hill, there’s good chance people ski down it. Slovakia lies within the Carpathian mountain system, which after the Alps is the second largest and longest in Europe. The huge arc of the Carpathians begins beside the Danube, close to Bratislava, and stretches trough the length of Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania. \n\nSlovakia boats dozens of fully appointed ski resorts, concentrated in its northern mountain ranges such as High and Low Tatras, Small and Big Fatra, West Tatras and Orava Region, but in Slovakia you can enjoy several, local ski resorts as well as. The ski season is typically from the end of November till last week of March. Skiers will find the best conditions in the Low Fatra (Mala Fatra), Big Fatra (Velka Fatra), West Tatras (Zapadne Tatry) and the Low Tatras Mountains (Nizke Tatry) which offer beautiful slopes and trails for skiers of all categories as well as complex services. \n\nAll ski resorts offer gondola, cable way, chair lift or drag lift. During warmer weeks in winter resorts have equipped the slopes with facilities for making artificial snow. Slovak ski slopes are popular also for snowboarding. \n\nAdvanced downhill skiers enjoy slopes at the Skalnate Alpine Lake (Skalnate Pleso)-1751 m above sea level), Strbske Alpine Lake (Strbske Pleso)- 1 360 m above sea level, but also on the northern and southern sides of Chopok Peak -2 024 m above level. Cross-country skiers will find well-maintained 3.5 km and 7.5 km long trail at Strbske Alpine Lake (Strbske Pleso). Doing cross-country skiing, you can admire beautiful nature at Strbske Alpine Lake (Strbske Pleso), Ziarska Valley (Ziarska Dolina), Skalka and Donovaly where one can attract cross-country skiing races with dog teams. Smokovce was the site of several World Cup and Europe Cup competitions of the FIS in downhill skiing and is one of the candidates for the 20th Winter Olympiad in 2006.\n\nFor more information check out the site www.skislovakia.sk
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You could check with REI, or Aarcee rental.  Or most ski places rent.
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Devil's head is good, but I like Cascade(5 min further) a little more. Granite Peak in Wausau is nice. They just renovated the whole place and added a bunch of runs. If you're willing to take the drive, Lutsen in Minnesota is a pretty big place, I think the largest in the midwest.\nCheck out www.goski.com  They list just about every resort in the country, as well as ones in other countries.
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depending on your skiing level i`d say andorra if you are just starting out and say meribel if you are a confident skier.\nThey are both good resorts and offer some very open skiing...meribel has the most testing runs and its linked to the 3valleys,the 3 valleys has so many runs to choose from altho andorra has quite a few aswell.\n\ngood luck
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As in Swiss Cheese plants \nand The Swiss Family Robinson.\n\nIndustries include watch-making and tourism for winter sports. French German and Italian are all spoken there. It consists of 20 or so Cantons (counties).
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OF COURSE THERE ARE! After all, Bulgaria is a candidate for the Winter Olympics Games 2014. The best and most famous BG resorts are BANSKO, BOROVETS, and VITOSHA (it's a mountain really close to the capital Sofia). For more info about Sofia as a winter olympics aplicant city you might like to check: http://www.sofia2014bg.org/
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Sledding/Tubing\nMeadow Mountain Tubing Hill\nEnjoy tubing on the original 'locals' ski hill. A surface lift gets you to the top. A must do when in Vail! Safe and fun for the entire family.\nLocated at I-70 and the Minturn exit, open 7 days a week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  There is food available: soup, hot dogs, coffee and hot chocolate.\nCost is: TBD per hour\nFind more information  on Meadow Mountain Sledding.\nPhone: 970-827-4155.\n\nHorseback Riding\nEnjoy a winter horseback riding adventure in the snow-covered backcountry while viewing the incredible scenery and wildlife. Take in an evening under the stars in a sleigh pulled by Belgian draft horses. Dinner packages available.\n4 Eagle Ranch - 970-926-3372\nSeasons at the Green - 970-476-8057\n\nGore Range Snowshoe Hikes\nFrom animal tracks to the mountain pine bark beetle, the Nature Discovery Center is your source for all things wild - including guided snowshoe tours with an expert naturalist. Located in an all-seasons yurt at Eagle's Nest, the NDC is open seven days a week from 10 - 4 p.m. Hikes daily at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. For information and custom programs call 970-479-4675. The Nature Discovery Center is a partnership between Gore Range Natural Science School, Vail Resorts, and the US Forest Service.\nCreate your own adventure! Unguided hourly snowshoe rentals are available Tuesday-Saturday after 2 p.m. from the Adventure Ridge Pavilion for $5 an hour.\n\nthere is tons of shopping... you could go to a spa... out to eat etc...  check out vail.com for more info.
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The Torino 2006 has the rules in brief. For complete rules, go to the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) site: \n\nhttp://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/wcrules06.pdf\n\nThey are the international governing body for skiing.
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That depends on your preferences.  If you like sun, then Spain is nice.  Skiing?  Then perhaps Switzerland or the Italian Alps would be best. Like to live near reindeer, then Norway couldn't be beat!
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The best place would be "near where you are".\nThe reason being: you'd want to take several sessions over a period of time (a season, or once a week for 6 or 8 or 10 weeks), therefore having "easy access" to a hill would be my first criteria.\n\nSecond consideration: what level are you at now, and therefore, which determines what level of instruction you need.\n\nE.g. most hills/resorts offer begginer skier training, and do a reasonable job at it.  When it comes to expert level skiing, one would be more scrupulous in selecting coaches.\n\nMost ski resorts also offer packages (rent+learn) that are reasonably priced, that also gives one a chance to try out different equipment.\n\nBottom line:\nfor complete beginner, start at the nearest place, possibly with the "best package deal" available, and get comfortable with the basics of skiing. Then you're ready to explore the pleasures of skiing further afield.  That's when you'd really want to start driving/flying to other really neat skiing places!
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find a local ski shop maybe? or go to a different town
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Being from Vermont where the best skiing is the season typically is from middle of December to late March early April.  You usually get a warm spell that melts the snow around christmas to New Years.  Febuary is the coldest month, and usually Febuary and March and the best times to go skiing.\n\nIn the rockies, it is mid to late november to April, sometimes May if it is a good year.  And they don't face the warm spells as much because of the higher elevations.
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i dont think there is many slovakians in yahoo
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Davos is a pretty good resort, linked reasonably well with Klosters.  It's got a far range of skiing/boarding available so would suit pretty much any ability.  There can be some really good powder too!  A couple of things I'd say though - 1) The linking between runs is not fantastic - you may find yourself taking your foot out of the binding and pushing far more than you'd like. 2) It's very expensive for eating/drinking out/
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I recommend Aspen, CO.  There are 4 mountains included.  Buttermilk Mountain is great for beginners, while there is Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain for the better skiers.  Snowmass is a huge mountain with great ski schools.  Great night life also!
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I don't know any ski schools (if you mean xcountry) at Espoo, but at Helsinki there is beginner schools held at Paloheinä. You can find more info at link below.
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Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville Michigan (Northern Lower Peninsula). It is a very cool area and they are very good at keeping you in the "ski lodge" theme. However, I don't know how their prices compare to other places and this is not actual "Mountain" skiing, so it would depend on your skill level and what you want for surroundings. I would recommend Banff in Canada otherwise.