Skiing

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Located in the hills above the town of the same name, Cerkno is little known outside of Slovenia but offers a quality beginner - intermediate ski area with Slovenia's most modern lift infrastructure (including new lifts and pistes in 2009/10) and excellent on piste restaurants / facilities. The resort has a range of beginner slopes and some steeper intermediate level slopes - many of which are very pretty forest runs. Even though largely covered by artificial snowmaking, the resort is relatively low so snow quality can be a problem at times – so worth checking before visiting. Beginners could easily enjoy a week at Cerkno, whilst intermediates may prefer to divide a week skiing at Cerkno and the resort of Stari Vrh which is a short drive away or perhaps Krvavec which is also not far. The town of Cerkno offers swimming pool facilities and a variety of restaurants, shops, bars and other useful amenities. 

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Located in the foothills of the Julian Alps West of the historic town of Skofja Loka, just half an hours drive from Ljubljana airport, Stari Vrh, meaning "Old Peak" is a small but enjoyable resort with magnificent views of the Julian Alps & Karavanke mountains, excellent on-piste facilities, decent lift infrastructure and one of the longest night skiing pistes in Slovenia. Pistes are mostly orientated towards beginner - intermediate level skiers with one or two more advanced pistes. There is extensive aftificial snow making at Stari Vrh but due to relatively low elevation snow quality can be problematic later in the season. Beginners could easily enjoy a week at Stari Vrh, whilst intermediates may prefer to divide a week skiing at Stari Vrh and the resort of Cerkno Vrh which is a short drive away or perhaps Krvavec which is circa half an hour away by car.

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Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful ski centres in Slovenia, Golte is a small but enjoyable resort with mainly forested beginner - intermediate trails. Car access is possible by local road to the cable car station in Zekovec. Some 12kms of pistes await you as you arrive at Medvedjak 8 mintues later. Several chairlifts and skilifts run from the hotel over well groomed slopes below. The clear wide pistes are great for beginner skiers snowboarders alike. Golte and the surrounding area also attracts numerous cross country ski and ski touring enthusiasts.

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Rogla is a mid sized resort located in the heart of the Pohorje Massif mid way between Celje & Maribor close to the spa town of Zrece. The resort is oriented almost exclusively towards beginner - intermediate level skiers offering a wide range of blue and easy red pistes. Whilst it lacks the dramatic high altitude mountain scenery of some of the resorts in the Julian Alps further West, Rogla offers pretty forested terrain and trails. The resort is well run by the same owners as Krvavec Ski Area and offers good on-piste facilities as well as extensive spa facilities in the nearby town of Zreče. Low altitude is compensated for by extensive snowmaking, although snow quality is less certain towards the end of the season.

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Just a 15 minute drive into Italy over the border at Kranjska Gora and the resort of Tarvisio – Monte Lussari, home of annual world cup super giant slalom event. On the Monte Lussari side of the resort a long double gondola takes you to a charming mountain top village and pilgrimage site with stunning views of the Julian Alps. From here there is a nice red-black piste and a superb steep, wide 4km run down to the bottom of the gondola. A connection at the bottom of this piste takes you to the Tarvisio side of the resort which has a wider range of pistes, many of which are intermediate—advanced level orientated but with a good beginners section at the bottom of the mountain. As you’d expect in Italy there is a good range of places to eat on the mountain and in the town of Tarvisio itself. There is a wide range of cross country skiing pistes available in the Tarvisio area.

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Just 25 minutes from Kranjska Gora lies the pretty Austrian resort of Dreilandereck above the town of Arnoldstein.  The resort is situated on the border with Slovenia and offers a good range of beginner – advanced level skiing with an excellent 3km long piste running from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the lifts, some good steep run-black runs and a selection of gentler beginners runs both at the bottom of the mountain and at the top, where there are a couple of good restaurants and magnificent panoramas of the Julian Alps. Due to the unusual feature of having a selection of gentle blue runs at the top of the mountain it is a great resort to come to with a mixed group of beginners and more advanced skiers. Although the resort has a maximum altitude of 1600m2, artificial snowmaking equipment means snow is reliably good from late December until early April.

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30 minutes drive from Kranjska Gora over the Austrian border is the popular resort of Gerlitzen. Significant investment in lift infrastructure in recent years has turned Gerlitzen into an excellent all round resort and one the bigger options in the region. With an altitude of 1900m and artificial snowmaking, snow levels are reliable from late December to early April. The resort is accessed by gondola which takes you to an excellent beginners area. A chairlift takes you from there to the top of the resort from where around 10 mostly intermediate-advanced level pistes radiate. Although most runs are reds, intermediate and advanced skiers alike will enjoy the outstanding 3km long steep red piste from the summit down to Klosterle and there are some more challenging pieces of off piste dotted around the resort. With no resort town as such at the bottom of the mountain, eating and drinking is limited to the on-mountain options which are plentiful and good.

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Nassfeld (sometimes also called Nassfeld-Hermagor or Passo Pramollo) is the region’s premier ski area on the border between Italy and Austria with well over 100km of pistes stretching across three valleys and boasting a fantastic 8km piste from one of the summits to the valley floor. Extensive snowmaking, high altitude (2000m), ultra modern lift infrastructure and immaculately groomed pistes make Nassfeld an outstanding ski experience for all standards and is easily reached as a day trip from Villas Planina and Nebina. As you would expect from a resort of this size there is a wide range of on-mountain choices for eating and drinking and new in 2009 on-mountain ski servicing for 5 EUR in 10 minutes. There is not a resort town as such, but with so much outstanding skiing to explore you won't mind!

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Bad Kleinkircheim is a favourite resort in the region and one of the biggest with 90km of pistes to suit all abilities. Extensive snowmaking and pistes up to an altitude of 2055m mean that the snow is reliable and modern lift infrastructure ensures limited queuing times. The village at the bottom of the mountain is charming and offers a number of thermal spas and pools. Bad Kleinkircheim was the home resort of the legendary Franz Klammer and we don’t suppose he’d put his name to it if it wasn’t a great resort!