📜 Areál U Slona is a key winter sports zone within the Dolní Morava Mountain Resort, offering diverse ski slopes, fun trails, and a snowpark.
🔍 It is renowned for its well-maintained slopes, including the exceptionally wide 'U Slona' slope, and unique features like the longest ski tunnel in Czech mountains.
☀️ Winter Sports Hub: A top freestyle and fun zone for skiers and snowboarders, featuring Cross Trail, Fun Trail, and Jump Trail. The resort boasts 8 diverse ski slopes covering 10.4 km, including a challenging black slope for experienced skiers and wide, gentle slopes perfect for beginners and children.
🏂 Fun Trail: An exciting track with banked turns, terrain waves, and two tunnels (8m and 12m), including the longest 12m tunnel in Czech mountains.
⛷️ Cross Trail: A professional cross-country track designed by Czech Olympian Emil Novák, regularly used for national team training and hosting Czech and international ski/snowboard cross cups.
❄️ Snowpark U Slona: Offers a variety of obstacles and jumps (rails, mailboxes, speed rails, rainbow boxes) suitable for both beginners and advanced riders.
🏔️ Exceptional Slopes: Home to the 80-meter wide, 1200-meter long 'U Slona' slope, voted the most popular in Jeseníky and Beskydy. The resort also boasts over 10 km of fully snow-covered slopes, including the longest in Czechia (3.7 km, Slamník - Areál U Slona).
🎢 Bobsled Track U Slona: Experience an adrenaline rush on one of the most interesting bobsled tracks in the Czech Republic. This adrenaline-filled track features numerous turns, two 360-degree rotations, terrain breaks up to 6 meters high, and speeds up to 50 km/h with 12 turns. Two-seater bobs are suitable for families; children from 120 cm can ride independently, while very young children (under 120 cm) require an adult companion.
👨👩👧👦 Family-Friendly: Features a Baby Skipark (free entry) and Mamutíkův Skipark for children, along with activities like evening sledding in winter and Segway rental, Disc Golf, trampolines, and sandpits in summer (associated with Chata U Slona). The Amálka children's skipark is also available.
🍽️ Dining & Amenities: Chata U Slona, located at the base of the U Slona lift, offers a self-service restaurant, outdoor terrace, Aprés ski bar, and regular grilling on weekends.
🎟️ Entry fees:
Baby Skipark: Free
🅿️ Parking: Free
🏄♀️ Equipment rental: Ski, snowboard, and Segway rentals available.
🏕️ Accommodation options: Chata U Slona offers equipped apartments. Other options within the resort include Wellness Hotel Vista, Vista Apartments, and other mountain chalets.
🍽️ Food and dining options: Chata U Slona has a self-service restaurant, a large outdoor restaurant with a terrace, and an Aprés ski bar. Specialties include potato soup with bacon and rabbit leg. Regular grilling on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The resort also has 6 restaurants.
📶 Connectivity: Free WiFi available at Chata U Slona.
🎿 Services: Ski and snowboard rental, a ski school, ski service, and an infocenter are available.
🚗 Driving directions or parking info: Starting stations of all lifts and cable cars are directly at the parking lot, with free parking available. A free skibus service is also provided.
⏰ Winter Season (Dec-Mar): Lifts and Mamutíkův skipark operate daily from 8:30 to 16:00.
🌙 Evening Skiing: Available on specific days (Wed, Fri, Sat in Jan; Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat in Feb-Mar) from 17:30 to 20:30.
🎢 Bobová dráha U Slona: Hours vary, with extended evening operation until 20:00 on certain days during peak winter.
🛷 Evening Sledding: Offered on select evenings from 17:00 to 20:00.
⚠️ Autumn Closures: Many activities, including the Bobová dráha U Slona, Mamutíkovy zážitkové parky, and various trails, are closed during November for maintenance.
🤝 Operating organization: Part of Horský resort Dolní Morava.