The Krvavec Ski Resort is the second-largest Slovenian

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, located in the

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. The nearest city is

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and it is 25 km from

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. The resort is located 10 km from

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and it is the nearest ski resort to an international airport in Europe. It has a total 30 km of ski slopes.

History

The first lift was opened on August 2, 1958. The lift was made in the factory Žičnica Ljubljana and it was in service for 15 years. In 1966 they built two new lifts, singlechair ''Gospinica'' and doublechair which connected ''Tiha dolina'' and ''Njivice''. In 1968 they got the first

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, which increased the quality of ski slopes. In 1973 a consortium was established for Krvavec's development. The result was the new

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gondola known as ''eggs''. In 1973 they also built two new doublechairs ''Vrh Krvavca'' and ''Njivice'' and two surface lifts ''Podradišče'' and ''Luža''. In 1978 the ski resort was expanded to the Križ Pasture ( sl, Kriška planina). They built a surface lift system ''Križišče'' and a new doublechair ''Kriška planina''. Today's ski resort's top elevation (1971 m) was reached in 1983 when the new doublechair ''Zvoh'' was built. In 1989 the ''Njivice'' doublechair was replaced with two doublechair lifts ''Njivice I'' and ''Njivice II''. In 1999 a new gondola lift (Garaventa) replaced the old one and it provided a better connection between the mountain and the valley. In 2006 a new Doppelmayr sixchair replaced an old doublechair Vrh Krvavca and in 2008 a new Doppelmayr's fourchair replaced an old doublechair ''Tiha Dolina''.In 2010 Zvoh doublechair got new Doppelmayr's seats. In 2012 summer season they opened Summer Park Krvavec and in 2013 they opened a new Doppelmayr surface lift Luža with a double capacity as the 40 years old forerunner.

Accommodation

Because of the great Krvavec's location, many people are accommodated in bigger towns. There is a ski bus from Ljubljana (through Domžale) to Krvavec during the ski season, which operates during the weekends.
Accommodation capabilities on the mountain are: *Hotel Krvavec & Plaža Krvavec*

Snow Park

Krvavec Snow Park is located at the lower part of the Slope 15. Its vertical is 140 m and length is 800 m. It has 6 jumps and 8 different objects (straight box 6m, kink box 6m, straight/down rails 6m: single, double, triple barrel, T rail, barrel).

Ski lifts

Summer activities

*Hiking *Mountain biking *Climbing adventure park *Climbing wall *Mountain scooters *Mountain go-carts *Archery range *Slack line range *Trampolines *Frisbee golf *Tube sliding

Further plans

In the early 1990s, plans for Krvavec Ski Resort were extensive, such as expanding the resort to Korenski Vrh and even to the Kalški greben peak, which is over 2000 meters high. These plans covered even the expansion to the eastern side of the Križ Pasture ( sl, Kriška Planina) with the new connection with the lift Jezerca. The construction of the new detachable fourchair Jezerca has been proposed since the 1990s, but it hasn't been realized until now, nevertheless it is expected that its construction will be begin in the next years. The Slovenian Government has already issued the concession for the construction and the project is now at the stage of getting the constructional permission.

Gallery

Krvavec Ski Resort.jpg, View from the ''Tiha dolina''. Krvavec ki lifts top.jpg, View of the main ski lifts from the top of the resort. Krvavec ski top.jpg, View of the top of the resortfrom the south. Krvavec6.JPG, ''Tiha dolina'' with refreshment and accommodation buildings. Krvavec1.jpg, The view from the ''Vrh Krvavca'' Panorama Križišče.jpg, Panorama from the Križišče Peak Krvavec poleti.JPG, Krvavec in summer. Sedežnica Njivice (cable car).jpg, Njivice double doublechair lift seen in summer. WakeJam.png, Mountain Wake Jam took place at Zvoh's reservoir in 2013. Začetek obratovanja žičnice na Krvavec s spodnje postaje pri Zanljivcu 1958.jpg, First ski lift in 1958.

External links

{{Commons category, Krvavec
rtc-krvavec.si
- official site
mountainvacation.com
- list of accommodations
topskiresort.com
- Krvavec resort guide, rating, webcams, news... Ski areas and resorts in Slovenia Transmitter sites in Slovenia