Kasprowy Wierch

Kasprowy Wierch ski pistes * Kasprowy Wierch price list * Kasprowy Wierch time-table * cable-car history

KASPROWY WIERCH the best red and black ski pistes in Poland:

To get to Kasprowy Wierch - the best place in Poland for advanced skiers and snowboarders you have to get to Kuźnice where the bottom station of the cable car is. The road between Kuźnice and Rondo Jana Pawła II (the roundabout) is closed for most traffic, except for those with permits. A walk from Rondo Jana Pawła II takes approximately 45 minutes, also taxis or public transportation are available. . The cable car is open from 8.00 in Dec and Jan and then from 7.30. In high season /Christmas, New Year, school holidays and weekends/ cable car is very busy. Notice please that The ticket-office sells tickets only for the current day immediately before the departure of the cable carriage. All the passengers for whom tickets are being bought should be present in front of the ticket-office. Once the tickets have been bought, passengers check-in and proceed to the departure platform. The cable car trip to Mount Kasprowy (1987 m asl) takes approximately 10 minutes and takes place in two stages with a change in Myślenickie Turnie (1325 m asl). After getting to the top you can choose one of two beautiful ski slopes:

GASIENICOWA 4 persons chair-lift	GORYCZKOWA 2 persons chair-lift

Gasienicowa slope is 1.400 metres long with aprox 400m elevation difference. Four persons chair-lift takes 2400 people per hour and it takes only 8 minutes to get to the top.	Goryczkowa slope is about 2.000 metres long with aprox 600m elevation difference. Two persons chair-lift takes 730 people per hour and it takes 15 minutes to get to the top.

Kasprowy Wierch price list for the ski season 2012/2013:

Price list for cable-car and chair-lift tickets:
Kasprowy Wierch	20.12.2012 - 06.05.2013
UP full fare	40 PLN / TA* 55 PLN
UP reduced fare	35 PLN / TA* 50 PLN
UP&DOWN full fare	50 PLN / TA* 65 PLN
UP&DOWN reduced fare	40 PLN / TA* 55 PLN
DOWN full fare**	30 PLN
DOWN reduced fare**	25 PLN
GASIENICOWA chair-lift	one ride ticket: 12 PLN	10 rides pass: 80 PLN	day pass: 90 PLN 4 hrs pass: 65 PLN 3 hrs pass: 55 PLN 2 hrs pass: 45 PLN
GORYCZKOWA chair-lift	one ride ticket: 15 PLN	10 rides pass: 100 PLN	day pass: 90 PLN 4 hrs pass: 65 PLN 3 hrs pass: 55 PLN 2 hrs pass: 45 PLN

* TA prices for tickets bought in advance for groups of minimum 20 people only. To book the tickets send us an e-mail with a date of your planning trip to Kasprowy Wierch and number of people zakopane(at)altius.pl

** tickets to go downhill may be bought only in cash desk on the top of Kasprowy Wierch

Reduced tickets are for children 4 - 10 and students up to 26 years old with valid ISIC or EURO 25 documents.
Children under 4 do not need tickets.

Useful information for those who are going to ski on KASPROWY WIERCH:

Before you decide to go go to Kasprowy Wierch I recommend to check if the cable car and ski lifts are open at www.pkl.pl
To get to Kasprowy Wierch - the best place in Poland for advanced skiers and snowboarders you have to get to Kuźnice.
The cable car is open from 8.00 in Dec and Jan and then from 7.30.
In high season /Christmas, New Year, school holidays and weekends/ cable car can be very busy.
Notice please that the ticket-office sells tickets only for the current day immediately before the departure of the cable carriage. All the passengers for whom tickets are being bought should be present in front of the ticket-office. Once the tickets have been bought, passengers check-in and proceed to the departure platform.
The cable car trip to Mount Kasprowy (1987 m asl) takes approximately 10 minutes and takes place in two stages with a change in Myślenickie Turnie (1325 m asl).
There are two beautiful ski pistes on Kasprowy Wierch. (Notice please that cable car to Kasprowy Wierch takes only 360 people per hour so when you get to the top you are sure there are no more queues!)
Gasienicowa ski slope is 1.400 metres long with aprox 400m elevation difference. There is a modern 4 persons chair-lift, which takes 2400 people per hour and it takes only 8 minutes to get to the top.
Goryczkowa ski slope is about 2.000 metres long with aprox 600m elevation difference. There is an old fashioned 2 persons lift with uncomfortable wooden chairs but the SLOPE IS GREAT! Chair-lift takes 730 people per hour and it takes 15 minutes to get to the top.
Off-piste skiing is not allowed and will be fined, there are Tatra National Park guards watching. If you absolutely have to be aware of danger of avalanches.
Just in case add to your handy phone memory Mountian Rescue Team (TOPR) number +48 601 100 300

Cable car Kasprowy Wierch TIME TABLE (2012/2013):

time-table of the cable car Kasprowy Wierch
Month:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
First cable car departure:	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.00	7.00	7.30	7.30	8.00	7.30
Last uplift with possible return to Kuznice	14.00	14.30	15.30 from 15.03 16.00	16.00	18.00	18.00	19.00	19.00	17.00	16.00	14.00	14.00
Last uplift:	16.00	16.30	17.30 from 15.03 18.00	18.00	20.00	20.00	21.00	21.00	19.00	18.00	16.00	16.00

GASIENICOWA /4 persons chair lift/ - OPENING HOURS:
Month:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
Open from:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00							8.00
Open to:	14.45	15.45	16.45 from 15.03 17.15	17.15	17.15							14.45

GORYCZKOWA /2 persons chair lift/ - OPENING HOURS:
Month:	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
Open from:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00							8.00
Open to:	14.40	15.40	16.40 from 15.03 17.15	17.15	17.15							14.40

History of the Kasprowy Wierch cable car:

Few words on the cable car (by Wojciech Szatkowski, historian at the Tatra Museum) The construction of the Mount Kasprowy cable car started on August, 1st 1935. The most difficult phase of the construction was transportation of building materials to the top of Mount Kasprowy itself. Horse carts went as far as Kocioł Gąsienicowy, afterwards all the materials were transported by hands by workers employed at he construction. Two horses used to working in mountain areas were brought additionally. One of the most difficult tasks was the put up of nine wooden pillars on the steep slopes of the mountain. In the meanwhile complicated mining works were done, together with foundation laying, which often required true climbing skills. After the main pillars were constructed, temporary transportation lift was opened in mid October to help the materials transportation. In those days, the working staff comprised of 600 building workers. By mid October temperatures at the top of the mountain fell down to - 4, -10 and there was already some snow on the very peak. This is when a wooden protective barrack was built which made brick or stone laying possible, as temperature within was a few degrees plus. Workers were working in shifts 14 to 16 hours a day ... The grand construction was completed and the first passengers traveled with the cable car in March 1936. One of the very first one to do the trip was Ignacy Mościcki, the President of Poland.