When: Depart - Vienna Friday 1 Feb. 2002 at 16:15 from Sudbahnhof (Ost).
Return - Sunday evening or remain longer as you wish ( This is a school holiday-week in Vienna.) Further details to registered persons.
Where: Tatranska Lomnica in the High Tatra Mountains of Eastern Slovakia about 400 km. east of Vienna.
What: Skiing on slopes from easy to difficult. The longest run is 4.8km.
Reservation and Deposit Required: To ensure that the group can travel and stay together at a hotel in Tatranska Lomnica, reservations with the trip leader are required no later than Dec. 14, 2001. A deposit for hotel and train reservations will be required by December 28.
Contact: Jack Curtin – home 271 7498 or handy 0699 11 55 11 11
Email: jack.curtin@aon.at
Or Tim Lang - 956 6022 email: tim.lang@chello.at
Membership: is required in the Section Austria of the Austrian Alpine Club.
Costs: Transportation – Train - Ats 1032 or € 75 round trip Approximate
Reservations required—We will investigate group prices.
Ski-passes – Days Ats €
1 133 9.73
2 248 18.06
3 360 26.17
4 465 33.81
5 547 39.83
6 618 44.93
Hotel – Approximate Hotel Wili a 3 Star Hotel (rooms with WC & Bath/Shower --------------------------room rates per night
One-bed room 334 24.31
Two-bed 477 34.74
Ski Equipment: It is recommended that you bring your own or rent equipment in Vienna. I was unable to determine the quality or availability of rental equipment while I was there in October. I do have a listing of 4 Rental services… see www.tanap.sk/rental.html
Insurance: Accident insurance is provided through your membership in the Alpin Verein. However, it has not yet been determined whether general medical problems would be covered because the ski area is outside of the EU. We will look into this and inform you of the possibilities via email.
Area maps: A map of the area is available from Freytag & Berndt WKSK1. A German language guide is included.
Lessons: are available. If interested ask me for further information.
Web sites: - www.zsr.sk Slovak Rail.
- www.tatry.net Ski area -this will link to other sites.
- www.tanap.sk Tatras National Park site has most of the information, which I have presented at the Club meeting.
- www.xe.com/ucc Current money-exchange-rates
- www.tatry.net/maps/skalnata.html A summer hiking map of the area where we will ski. It shows the ski lifts in relationship to the village.
- www.tatry.net/maps/tatranskalomnica.html A map of the village where we will stay.
Bank-o-mat machines are located in the train station in Bratislava and also in the village of Tatranska Lomnica.
This ski area is located in the Tatras National Park which covers part of Poland. It was founded in 1949 and covers 741 sq. km in Slovakia alone. The western part of the High Tatras includes the tallest peaks Gerlach 2655 m and Lomnicky at 2632 m, which is just above the ski area. The lifts begin at 850 meters and the top is at 2190.
The area has other possibilities of interest including small museums, wooden churches, and art galleries. I have information about available excursions for those who might be interested. The town of Poprad also has a unique old section.
I am investigating the possibility of a tour bus to meet us at the train station in Poprad. The continuing train connections are close together and the last trains of the day. I would hate to be stranded overnight on a train platform in the middle of Slovakia, in the middle of the night, and in the middle of winter. A warm, waiting bus seems very inviting.
I will send further information to those who sign up for the trip.
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