Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
skiing and snowboarding instruction and rents equipment, ranging from basic skis and
poles to the best gear on the market.
SKI SCHOOL, EQUIPMENT RENTAL
Skipass Travel
(
www.skipasstravel.si
;
Borovška cesta 95; 8am-4pm mid-Dec-mid-Mar, 9am-3pm
Mon-Fri mid-Mar-mid-Dec)
A full-service travel agency that offers ski instruction and
equipment as well as airport transfers and special skiing excursions to nearby Italy and
Austria. Consult the website for details.
Hiking
The area around Kranjska Gora and into Triglav National Park is excellent for hikes and
walks, ranging from the very easy to the difficult. One of the best references available is
The Julian Alps of Slovenia
(Cicerone) by Justi Carey and Roy Clark, available at some
bookshops and over the internet, with 50 walking routes and short treks. Before heading
out, be sure to buy the 1:30,000-scale
Kranjska Gora
hiking map published by LTO
Kranjska Gora and available at the TIC for €9.
Between the villages of Podkoren and Planica, just a couple kilometres west of
Kranjska Gora, is an idyllic 15-hectare nature reserve called
Zelenci
(837m), with a
turquoise-coloured lake that is the source of the Sava River. You can easily walk here in
about two hours on a path from Kranjska Gora via Podkoren and on to Rateče. These at-
tractive Alpine villages are notable for their medieval churches, rustic wooden houses and
traditional hayracks. If you want to continue on your journey, there's a well-marked trail
via Planica to the Category II 128-bed hut
Dom v Tamarju
( 587 60 55;
ht-
tp://www.pzs.si
; Tamar Valley; per person €15)
at 1108m in the Tamar Valley, 6km to the
south. The walk is spectacular, and lies in the shadow of
Mojstrovka
(2366m) to the east
and
Jalovec
(2645m) to the south. From here, the
Vršič Pass
is less than three hours away
on foot.
Cycling
In recent years, Kranjska Gora has evolved into one of the country's leading centres for
mountain biking and alpine downhilling, the kind of extreme riding where you take your
bike up on a chairlift and race downhill. In summer, the Kranjska Gora Ski Centre oper-
ates a chairlift for downhilling (per ride €7, whole day €21) and also rents freeride and
mountain bikes (half-/full day €23/33).
There are plenty of easier, family-friendly rides as well. The 1:30,000-scale
Kranjska
Gora
hiking map (€9), available at the TIC, marks out 15 cycling routes of varying diffi-
