Jasna, Slovakia
Introduction
Up a dead end road you find Slovakias best resort Jasna sometimes referred to as Chopok the name of the mountain. A tree laden resort although a little tight for a full speed tree run it makes for picture postcard scenery. It can get over loaded at weekends and school holidays with snow ploughing Ukrainians, but has a good choice of terrain for beginners and intermediates. The top is susceptible to high winds and is often closed, and dont believe the map that makes out the resorts of Jasna and Trangoska are linked, its a good hours walk after the top lift to get up and over. Theres plenty of cheep eats on the hill as long as you like goulash, fried cheese or corn on the cob, beer is available and drunk everywhere. The fun park which you can walk to is loads of rail slides and not much else. Two of the nursery slopes are open at night and frequented by one piece suits bent double, with arses pointed to the havens and eyes fixed on the tips of there skis. Accommodations in hotels and for £18 a night you can get half board in a small room. If you want to live it up theres the newly built hotel Grand where the Burton hire and board schools is. The resort is really just a collection of hotels so for a beer its the hotel bar. On a Friday night they put up a marquee near the grand and fill it with cheeky girl look-alikes and thump out house music.
Resort Statistics
Resort Type:
Alpine
Winter: Dec to May
Lifts
Total Lifts: 17
Gondolas: 1
Chair lifts: 4
Drag lifts: 12
Max people per hour: 16,300
Board Leashes required: No
Mountain
Total pistes/trails: 17
Total ride area: 42 km
Longest run: 3.5km
Top lift: 2024m
Vertical drop: 1074m
First lift: 950m
Piste suitability
Green runs: 24%
Red runs: 41%
Black runs: 35%
Lift Passes
Lift Passes:
1 Day pass 450 Sk
6 Day pass 3,500 Sk
Season pass 15,000 Sk
Rates increase during period of December 26th - January 7th
Lift times:8:30am to 4:30pm
Facilities
Night Riding: :
Every Thursday by the main Zaharadky chairlift - one drag lift operating from 6pm - 9pm - Also next to Hotel Junior at same times, 1 drag lift
Snowboard Schools:
two schools one run by Burton
Snowboard Hire:
Two shops one run by Burton, Located in the Hotel Grand near to Otupe area of resort
Heliboarding: :
Not available
Snowmobiles:
Not available
