Tatry Mountains Poland / First Snow

Anyone else been here, on the tatry mountains in Poland??

I had lived in Tatry for a number of years. It is a very beautiful place. If you like active lifestyle, that is the place to be. Lots of hiking, skiing, biking, walking, jogging, etc. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Poland, so it gets very crowded during vacation and holiday seasons. If it snows, there are many skiing sites to choose from - easy to very advanced, but there are few sites that produce snow independently from the natural snowfall.

Generally speaking, people love the area for its beauty and it is well worth it.

Tamara

I like being in Tatry - but in summer. I don't like winters and summer in Tatry can be really goergous. Especially when you like walking. Rent a room as close to the mountains as possible to relish the beauty of the nature. Ask your host or hostess to prepare a real Polish breakfast (scrambled eggs and bacon for example) and you'll notice the difference. Egg yolks are ORANGE, not yellowish like in the US. Drink milk from cows that live freely. Ahh, I miss summer :).

I also use to live in the Tatry, in fact I was born there. I think it's extremely beautiful there, and I hope to one day go back and live there.

Tamara-where exactly did you live there?

Merged: Tatry trip

Dzien Dobry...

I am going to a friend's wedding in a few weeks in Katowice. Afterward I want to spend some time in the Tatra's, I think. I have been to Zakopane before.. but I am looking to see some really beautiful views and perhaps some smaller towns that are still tourist friendly. Towns with young people would be a plus, because I am 26 and single :)

Can anyone recommend some towns to visit? Maybe if I start from Tarnow or Zywiec and slowly travel back to Krakow to catch my flight?

now that I think about it... I can't imagine a Polish person not being nice to me. By "tourist friendly" I only mean a town that will have a bed for me to sleep in :)

I don't know if it's feasible for you, but you could try the villages above Zakopane - I can vouch for beautiful views and an abundance of beds, as górale are a very business-minded folk and know a tourist opportunity when they see one ;-)

But again there might not be that many young people and the associated fun and games.
Either way, take care in the Tatras because they are called "the pocket mountains" as they cover such a small area, but the changes in weather can be very extreme, even in summer! I'm talking blue-sky-and-sunshine-to-hailstorm-within-half-an-hour changes here.

Merged: First snow in the Tatra mountains

Looks like an earlier winter for the Tatras with snow falling last night and more expected over the next two days.

God I hope it snows at Christmas as I have 15 members of my family from the UK coming to Kościelisko to spend Christmas for 10 days there, and if it doesn't snow I will have my nephews and nieces pizzed off.

You didn't get much snow last year did you?

The kids will really love it if it does snow at Christmas.

Hmmmm, depends, as before Christmas there was quite a nice bit for skiing in Zakopane, but as soon as Christmas came the snow started to go :(

So to find any really good skiing conditions we went to Strbske Pleso in the High Tatras, Slovakia, where is was fantastic.

This is the webcam from the mountains and it looks as if there is a snow drift over it lol

Quick update.
It is snowing in the mountains south of Krakow.
This means lots of snow in the Tatras, might be the last good snow for the season.
And I might finally get time to snowboard this weekend (fingers crossed).


Yeah we had loads and loads and loads of snow this winter especially in January February , shovelling the driveway trying to find the car. ha ha ha

Yep you are right Sean -----> zakopane.webcamera.pl - Zakopane street webcam

It was snowing in Poznań last night! I went to the pub after going to see a film called Once (great Irish film!)...all was fine and well, then when we left, the snow started...and it kept going...and going...and going.

It's mostly melted now, but still, everywhere was white this morning :/

I loved it, great sound track.
Is it out in the cinema?.
Might go see it again, if it is.

It was just on at the local 'art' cinema here. I was dragged along, expecting to hate it...but was utterly shocked at how good it was.

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised too.
Modern day romance but real.

Come on lets bang out an auld tune :)
ONCE: Falling Slowly

OK, the sun is beaming out of the heavens and my work is done for the day.
i am hitting the slopes!!!

I love days like today.

I can't understand anything on the other threads anyway (nothing new there).

Have a good one!.

I am off again to hit the slopes.
Really beautiful spring weather but there is still plenty of snow.
I don't know how long it will last, the rivers are getting big.
Which means the snow is melting, as it has not been raining.
So probably just a few days left in the skiing season.

Ok so, it is the last of the skiing, in Bialka anyway.
It was plus 6.5, damn that Halny (a special warm wind).
And there were more people there today than I had ever seen.
It was still good fun but the conditions were not very good.

Oooopsss! loads of snow here.
This is the never ending winter.
since yesterday, there has been about 20cm of snow and it is still coming.
So in Zakopane there'll be more, possibly making this the last fo the skiing/snowboarding season.

Nice one Sean, off to Italy on Monday for ten days looks as if I should have saved my money and stayed here.... always the way eh!!! lol

Zakopane webcam high street peeing down with snow right now.

Great snowing conditions in the Tatras now.
I was skiing today and I am going again tomorrow (35PLN 24Hrs).
There is a metre of snow in Zakopane, it is going to last a long time.

It was the best conditions for skiing this winter for me today.
And I was using the ramps and half pipe thing, well it isn't a half pipe but half a half pipe but not a quarter pipe, it is only on one side and curves around, it is excellent for stopping, you go around almost horizontal, it is the beez kneezz.

I don't want to see another snowflake this year. Zero. Nada. Nothing. Ani jeden platek sniegu. I had enough.

I want the grass green.

Amen.

I guess, you got your a** kicked in Canada as well! :)
Global warming, please show up soon!

The Inconvenient Truth didn't appear so truthful this year. I can only remember last year having so much of the fricken white crap to shovel.

Darn Al Gore, messing with people's minds...but, heck..most people are gullible. You can tell them anything. I'm glad that people in Canada and Chicago screw the 'Inconvenient Truth"..year by year. LOL.

It is still snowing (it melted yesterday) they are saying plus 13 on Saturday :)
but today i am living in a snow globe.

some snow overnight here in wroclaw

It would have been nice to enjoy the snow for a little bit, but frankly, I'd rather have the beach and sunshine. :-)

Merged: Dunajec Gorge (prezlom dunajca)

Anyone been here? Is it worth doing the boat trip? If so, which place is best to park? Any advice welcome.

if you like a lazy rally down the river with nothing but mountains arround - yeap, it is worth. i did it once and enjoyed it but i prefer feet trips

Thanks. Well i am going to do walking too obviously, but I like rivers too.. How long does it take?

around 2h. here, take a look: flisacy.com.pl/cennik_prn.php