Тусовочное Закопане Party Zakopane

Poland. Zakopane.
2005-2006 Hotel - "Collage". 2*.
The author is Pasha from Odessa.

It would be appropriate to post here my review of the trip to Zakopane for the New Year 2006.
We traveled from Odessa to Lvov by train, from there by bus. By bus to go all day, arrived somewhere at 7 pm. If it had been snowing, we could have come at night.
Zakopane is correctly called a "promenade" resort: half of the people don't ski, but just wander around the mountains, which, by the way, annoyed me a little. In Slovakia, there are about 5 percent of such strength. But in Zakopane there is nightlife (in Slovakia, you can already go to bed at 5 pm). But this is not for everyone, I came to ride.
Gubalowka is good because it is located in the city center, 10-15 minutes walk from my hotel. I lived in the hotel "Collage" (Kolejarz) near the bus station and train station. The hotel is not strong, but only after renovation (the room stinks, you need to ventilate), heat, shower, TV.

There were no bedside tables and some things had to be laid out on the floor. The food was good, but monotonous. New Year's dinner is so-so, for some reason they served herring after dessert.
Gubał ó wka has many trails for beginners, and nearby there are trails for intermediate skiers, which is good for motley companies. It's funny, the main track on Gubalowka was officially closed, but everyone skated. The reason: some horseradish forbade driving on his land, through which the highway passes, and the authorities could not do anything. Therefore, the track is in poor condition, bumps. But not far (behind the TV tower 100 m) there is the Kotelnich track, you can ride there if you get tired of Gubalowka. And you even have to ride there, because one climb on Gubalowka costs 8 zlotys, and there was no day ticket, because, let me remind you, the track was officially closed!
But it is best to go to Shimashkova.
You can do it on top from Gubalowka (it takes about 20 minutes to walk with skis), or on the bottom, but then I advise you to buy a map if you are going to walk or take a taxi. You can also take the bus, but for some reason no one could explain to me which number to go there. I reached the hotel on the map in half an hour.
Shimashkova is super, everything is there for advanced and beginners. I took my soul there. The only thing was that there were long queues before the New Year, each time there was a 20-minute queue for the lift. For beginners, in addition to the tracks below, I recommend the track at the top, 200 meters to the right of the lift.
On Shimashkova, a cool Salomon rental is not the most expensive, but the skis and boots are new and cool. In general, there are no problems with rental anywhere, you can always take it, except for Kasprovgo Verkh. I recommend going there with skis and boots. By the way, here is another difference from Slovakia: there I always took a set for the entire stay, because.

there are discounts and no need to stand in line for a rental, and besides, it is convenient to drive everywhere by train or bus. But in Zakopane, this makes no sense, because a day is more expensive than a day (that is, it will cost even more), and there are no queues for rentals. The same with instructors. In Slovakia, you have to pay for the instructor the day before, but in Poland you come, hire and study. And it’s better to get into the bus schedule with someone who knows Polish, etc.
All rentals, instructors, etc. work from 9 o'clock, there is no point in poking around earlier. In Slovakia, everything has been spinning since 8.
Well, Casprovy top. I thought for a long time when to go there, because I heard chilling stories about crazy queues for 2 hours, and decided on January 2, the last day of my stay.
Arrived there at 8 o'clock. 30, the queue was about half an hour, which is very good. I found a small and only rental (! ), where I took not very good equipment. But the rental is open from 7h. thirty! We drove upstairs.
The lifts (chairs) were not working yet, the left one was turned on only at 10:30 and until 14:45. The right one (and you can go down this road) was not turned on at all. There was a rather heavy fog (there is a frequent occurrence) And when the wind blows, Kasprovy is generally closed (January 1 and December 31 did not work, as they say).
We rode on the left track (Zhymanska, it seems). Gentlemen skiers, evaluate your strength! The level of training must be above average to go there. I started as a beginner, I fell 2 times, but I could not get up, a sheer wall! I put on skis lying down. But then I got used to it, and somehow started to ride sideways. Kasprovy top is steeper than Strbsko Pleso in terms of difficulty! On the second track, everyone then moved down (it is easier, and half in the valley is generally easy, it goes through the forest, it reminds me of the track in Stary Smokovec, which no longer exists).
I have not been to Nosal, but one Belarusian told me that there is the most difficult track (steeper than Kasprovy Verkh). Will have to check. In general, I believe the Belarusians!
If you have any questions, then write
Pasha from Odessa.