Summer in Kranjska Gora  

Kranjska Gora is a charming little alp village in the northern part if Slovenia and very close to Villach in Austria. The square in the middle of the village is where you can find the sport shops and the tourist information. We recommend that you start at the tourist information, to collect all the information you will need during your stay.

Hiking

The surrounding of Kranjska Gora offers 17 different hiking tracks, all marked at the hiking map that can be bought at the tourist information.

Most if the tracks are in the forest, but there are also tracks that takes you to the source of the river Sava and up in the mountains. All tracks are well marked with special signs as you can see on the picture.

Mountaineering and climbing

The village’s position between the mountains gives a lot of opportunities to for real mountaineering and climbing. To find the best areas and tracks, we recommend you to buy one of the guiding books that are sold in the sport shops.

MTB

MTB is also one of the major activities and are developed to fit every level. There are around 150 km of different routes, including 15 km on asphalt which also are used for rollerblades skating.

The tourist information has a special map for cycling tracks.

Downhill

The bike started as a test center for Elan bikes one year ago but is now managed by an independent park company. There has been a lot of effort made to increase the tracks.

Today there are two major lines, which both include different levels of difficultness. The tracks are around 2 km with a height difference of 300 meters. The highest jump is a drop of from a hill that gives you 5 to 6 meters and the longest jump gives you a fly of about 10 meters.

In the weekends there can be up to 40 downhill cyclists, which is on the upper level of the capacity of the park, so go for the normal week days.

If you need to rent a bike or an instructor, the bike park has that too.

Summer sledge

The summer sledge is of the same type as they have in Maribor , but this one is longer (1500 meters) and not so steep. The max speed of 40 km/h (controlled by the sledge) and the long slopes makes this perfect for the whole family.

Bike or run up to Vrsic

Take the opportunity to race the 2 km distance from Kranjska Gora (809 meters above the sea) up to the Vrsic pass (1611 meters above the sea).

Every year on the Independence Day, 25^th of June, there are around 300 to 400 runners that makes it. On the first Saturday in September there are around 1500 cyclists that make it. This race is the second largest race for cyclists in Slovenia .

Accommodation

The village of Kranjska Gora has 8 four stars hotels and 2 three stars hotels, 2 camp parks and a lot of private rooms and apartments.  This gives you in total around 4500 beds to select from.

Photo - Patrik Nilsson
Text - Karolina Nilsson