Kasprowy Wierch now fully open for skiers, new app provides gondola info

The entire upper ski bowl on the mountain Kasprowy Wierch – arguably Poland’s best-known ski destination – is now open to skiers, according to information released by Tatry National Park on Saturday. What’s more, this year the Park Service is providing an app that allows skiers and hikers to check prices and promotions, weather and skiing conditions on both the Gondola Cable Car service (known as “PKL” in Polish) and also on lower mountain faces open to skiing and snowboarding. The press release also said that the application will allow people to renew their ski passes by mobile phone. The ski lift in the bowl known as “Goryczkowy” on Kasprowy Wierch is open and fully functioning. This is one of two ski slopes in Poland at such a high altitude that special protection of the local flora is vital. It was reported that, with the recent snow fall, the base on the upper bowl is now more than one meter in depth, sufficient for skiing and also for protecting the natural vegetation, which – owing to the alpine environment – is very sensitive. Also, the release stated that it is possible for skiers to buy tickets for the PKL service over the internet – along with ski passes to Kasprowy, and nearby Jaworzyna Krynicka and Krynica Górska mountains – a fact which should be much appreciated this month as several school districts in Poland begin their winter break.