Sport and recreation in Wisła: the Nowa Osada, Stożek, Soszów, Cieńków and Skolnity ski slopes and cross-country trails on the Kubalonka pass.
Eight centres in the Silesian Beskids range from family slopes with a chairlift to forest cross-country trails. Some also work outside winter as bike parks, so your plan depends on the season.
Where can you downhill ski in Wisła?
There are several slopes, each with its own character. Nowa Osada occupies the slope of Wróblonka: six runs are served by a four-seat chairlift and two platter lifts, and a bike park starts up here in summer. On Stożek Wielki, on the mountain's eastern side, you find Stożek: a two-person chairlift, two T-bar lifts and five floodlit runs totalling over three kilometres.
Soszów, built in the 1980s by the 1 Maja coal mine, has a chairlift, a T-bar and three drag lifts, and six runs. In Malinka, Cieńków offers eight runs totalling almost seven kilometres and six lifts.
Which centre suits children and beginners?
Stok station in Jawornik has four runs and a winter playground for children, and a green run of one hundred and forty metres serves for learning. The runs are groomed, snowmade and lit after dark. The small Klepki Malinka centre has a chairlift and two drag lifts, a few hundred metres from the Adam Małysz ski jump. You can read about jumping in the article on the jump in Malinka.
How can you combine skiing with views or cross-country?
Skolnity works in the very centre of Wisła all year: a chairlift carries you up Wierch Skolnity, where a 38-metre wooden lookout tower stands. In summer, cyclists ride down the runs.
Cross-country skiers have Kubalonka, a pass with four loops of different length, the longest at 7.5 kilometres; the two-kilometre loop is lit, and a modernised biathlon range lies by the trails.
What else is there to see in Wisła?
Beyond sport, look into the mountains in Wisła, the historic sites of Wisła and the museums in Wisła. The slopes of the area are covered in the article on skiing in Wisła and Ustroń, and the village's history in the text on the summer resort and the presidents' residence. The page of things to do in Wisła gives the full overview, and related places of the region sit under sport and recreation in Silesia.
Frequently asked questions
Where are the cross-country trails in Wisła?
On the Kubalonka pass, in four loops from two and a half to seven and a half kilometres.
Which centre in Wisła works all year?
Skolnity, in the town centre: a chairlift, a lookout tower and a bike park.
Which centre has a run for learning?
Stok station in Jawornik, with a green run and a children's playground.
Which centre has the most runs?
Cieńków in Malinka: eight runs totalling almost seven kilometres.