Bánkút is a

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North Am ...

in Northern Hungary in the

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. It lies 32 km west from

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and 800–930 metres above

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; officially belongs to the village of

Nagyvisnyó Nagyvisnyó is a village and municipality in northern Hungary, in Heves county, northwest of the Bükk Mountains, in the valley of Bán-patak. Until 1950, the village was part of Borsod county. Popular ski resort Bánkút is situated within ...

. It has six

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trails of various difficulty and two beginner slopes, its eight ski lifts can lift 2000 persons per hour. There are two cross-country ski trails, 3.5 km and 8 km long. In ski season MVK Zrt., the public transport company of Miskolc operates a bus line between the city's

Diósgyőr Diósgyőr (Hungarian: Help:IPA/Hungarian, �dioːʒɟøːr is a historical town in Hungary, today it is a part of Miskolc. The medieval castle in Diósgyőr was a favourite holiday residence of Hungarian kings and queens; today it is a popular t ...

district and Bánkút. There are three cross country ski courses - 3.5, 5 and 8 kilometres long.

Sources

Official website

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