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SPORT

SKIING REVOLUTION IN As a proper Slovak skier, I
JASNÁ cannot leave Jasná out of to form. “The new cable car brings a skiing revolution to
The best ski resort with the winter season calendar. Jasná – a quick link between the new hotel and restau-
a new cable car and the The current winter season is rant centre of Jasná and Chopok,” summarises the resort’s
return of a cult classic no exception, especially after director, Jiří Trumpeš. The transport is now five times faster
I learned what is new at our and much more comfortable. The cable car takes skiers
The top ski resort in Slovakia largest ski resort. They have from the parking lot to the heart of the resort at Priehyba
is bustling with life and mov- prepared real treats. in four minutes. From Priehyba, they can take the funitel
ing forward again. This is the to Chopok, or hit one of the slopes. “The new solution is
basic message for the up- Five Times Faster barrier-free and sheltered, so even families with prams
coming winter season, which The biggest treat is the new or people with reduced mobility can get to two thousand
means even better skiing: a cable car from Biela púť meters of altitude,” adds the director.
new cable car, comeback to Priehyba. It definitively
of a legendary lift and more removed the resort’s weak Comfortable and Green
powerful snowmaking. point: the complicated and Spacious toilets for visitors were built in the two-floor
Jasná is a clear choice, there lengthy transfer from the ex- cable car’s valley station, and 65 parking spaces were
is a reason to return. isting four-seater to the Twin- preserved, as the new cable car station was built on a
liner lift where a line used former parking lot. Visitors are able to reserve a parking
space in advance using a Gopass card. Additional park-
ing spaces in the central part of Jasná are located at the
Guests of the hotels from the www.tmrhotels.com Otupné parking lot between the chalets and the Damián
portfolio have a ski pass included in the price of hotel. “However, the Demänovská valley will focus on
accommodation, just like wellness... greater use of ski buses, which take skiers to the resort’s
centre from the park-and-ride to avoid traffic jams and
emissions in the valley,” adds Jiří Trumpeš. The buses run
every 15 minutes. This comfortable and green transport
system also works on the southern side of Chopok. From
Mýto pod Ďumbierom via the Bystrianska valley and Tále,
skiers or ski mountaineers can take the Horehronie ski
bus to the valley station of the cable car at Krupová and
back free of charge, as long as they have the Horehronie
Card regional discount card. The new cable car will make

Jasná offers skiing on both
the north and south side of
Chopok.

Foto: Marek Hajkovský

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