Skiing - winter's fairytale

Serbia offers skiing with developing facilities, set in beautiful scenic mountains, with traditional Serbian hospitality. Skiing in Serbia allows visitors to enjoy a no-frills ski experience in a completely different culture. The skiing is mainly best for beginners. The beautiful mountains are home to good snow coverage throughout the country’s long cold winter, and they provide a stunning backdrop to the slopes.

The main ski resorts of Serbia are Kopaonik, Zlatibor, Tara, Zlatar and Stara Planina, offering smaller areas for locals to visit.Being a country with more than a hundred mountains, Serbia is suitable for all sorts of skiing and snowboarding holidays. Some of the lower Serbian mountains like Zlatibor, Divčibare and Goč offer perfect conditions for beginners to learn the basics, while higher mountains like Kopaonik and Stara Planina challenge even the most experienced skiers and snowboarders. Thanks to the recent construction of the new resorts, slopes, ski lifts and snow cannons – skiing conditions have been significantly improved and after many years Serbia is considered to be a great destination for a budget ski holidays in the environment of almost untouched nature.

Resorts

 Kopaonik

In the south of Kraljevo, situated between two tops of 2.017 m (Pančičev vrh) and 1.976 m (Suvo Rudište), Kopaonik is the leading ski centre in Serbia. Kopaonik appears like a complete winter sports resort, with 22 tracks of an overall length of 60 km, including 4 black tracks, 6 reds and 11 blue and 4 tracks for children. In addition to the Alpine skiing, one can practice paragliding, snow-boarding, or spend quality time in fun-park for the half-pipe and excursions of “free ride”; alpinism, free-climbing and the walks in ski-safari to the highest tops. Of course, basic ski runways in the valleys, through splendid forests of fir trees and motor bike-ski in low altitude. In the summer, we suggest various activities like trekking, mountain-biking, horse-back riding, photo safari in the Jeep, rafting and paragliding in the large National park of Kopaonik.

 Stara planina

Stara planina, the biggest mountain in the Eastern Serbia, makes the natural border with Bulgaria. It is situated 70 km from Nis, 100 km from Zajecar and 330 km from Belgrade. The ski centre “Babin Zub,” on 1722 m above sea level, consists of three trails, recently constructed four seat lift with capacity of 1500 skiers per hour and ski-

lift anchor with a capacity 1200 skiers per hour. According to the plan Stara Planina would soon become one of the largest and most important ski centres in Serbia.

This belle is covered in snow for almost five months a year. Being between 1,100 and 1,900m high, it has excellent potential for the construction of long alpine skiing runs.

Babin Zub ski resort comprises runs in the following locations: Konjarnik, Suncana Dolina, and Markova Livada. 

Stara planina

Jabucko Raviste has the first gondola lift in Serbia. The eight seater gondola takes skiers from the hotel further to the chairlifts and runs. This part of the resort also has a four seater chairlift, and a ski lift, so that it is also connected with the part of the resort in Babin Zub. More than 13km of excellent runs, with various levels of difficulty, are prepared for skiers of all categories.



 Zlatibor

A vast plateau full of pine trees that get incredible golden glow in the sun’s rays makes Zlatibor one of the most beautiful mountains in Serbia. Serbian capital of mountain tourism, buzzing with tourists during the summer and during the winter alike, is located at an average elevation of 1,000m, and is surrounded by peaks Tornik (1.496m), Čigota (1.422m) and a number of lower ones.

Zlatibor

This mountain of great beauty is full of spacious clearings crisscrossed with mountain streams, which attract tourists from all over the world. Because of its distinctive climate and air currents that can only be found here, harmonious relationship between forested areas of pine, fir, spruce and vast meadows covered with colorful plants, clean air, clear water, a large number of sunny days, beautiful ski runs, Zlatibor has developed into a famous mountain tourist resort with the longest tradition in Serbia.

Tornik ski resort is located at an elevation of between 1,110 – 1,490m, 9 km from the tourist resort of Zlatibor. The total capacity of the ski area is about 5,400 skiers per hour. Tornik ski resort is equipped with a six seater chairlift, with the capacity of 3,000 skiers per hour, two T-bar ski lifts with total capacity of 2,400 skiers per hour. Four runs, Cigota, Tornik, Ribnica and Zmajevac are covered by an artificial snowing system, so this ski resort no longer depends on weather conditions.

Goč 

Goč is an ideal place for skiing for beginners and children. Resting homes and a ski club are situated 920 m above the sea level.

Goč

There are two 300 m long ski tracks with 2 ski lifts for beginners and children. Close to the Dobre Vode Hotel there is a 1150 m long track followed by a one seat ski lift. On the half-way of the track there is an intermediate stop. The upper part of the track is gently inclined which is suitable for beginners, whereas the lowest part is quite steep. Five tracks, varying in length and inclination, are marked for Nordic skiing. 

Goč is situated 200 km away from Belgrade with two highways leading to it: from Kraljevo via Kamenica to the Dobre Vode peak and from Vrnjačka Banja to Strašinci.

 Divčibare

Divčibare

The town of Divčibare is situated 980 meters above sea level and has a mild climate, rich flora and fauna, abundance of streams and water as well as suitable terrain configuration. Nearby heights and gentle bends are covered with snow for at least 3 to 4 months per year. All this makes Divčibare equally attractive during both summers and winters. Crni vrh, a 850 meters long ski track with a two-seat ski lift with 1200 skiers an hour capacity, is also within its winter tourist offer. A spa resort can as well be found in the central part of Maljen mountain. As of this winter, skiers will be able to reach the longest ski track on the north slope of Crni Vrh using the two-seat ski lift. The starting point of the ski lift is at the Pepa Hotel. The track is 800 meters long and being well lit during nights, allows the luxury of night skiing. Three smaller ski tracks, up to 300 meters long, are located at the Zmaj Resort, at Stevan Filipović Resort on Golubac and at the Stražara height. Divčibare valley has excellent ski tracks for Nordic skiing.

Ski equipment can be rented and serviced in hotels and resorts and there is a ski school open every winter. Well maintained walk paths and mountain tracks are longer than one kilometer and it takes 30 to 45 minutes of leisure walk to cover the distance. All the tracks are visibly marked and their start is in the town centre going towards the mountain peaks Paljba (1.051 m), Velike pleći (1.037 m) i Crni vrh (1.096 m). Divčibare is an ideal place for rest and recreation. It is the right choice for families with children, for the people who would like to escape hectic city life and for those who would like to spend their holidays in peace and quiet.