Cable car trip to Mt. Kasprowy Wierch on 28th, 29th and 30th of December

You are welcome to join our guided (Polish and German speaking licensed Tatra Guide) tour to Kasprowy Wierch. The itinerary: 11.30 - meeting in Zakopane; minibus transfer to Kuźnice, 12.20 - cable car ride to Mt. Kasprowy Wierch (without queuing for the tickets); 12.40 - 13.30 - optional short walk with a guide; 13.30 - 14.10 - free time (chance to have some meal or drink in the nice restaurant in the cable car station); 14.10 - meeting the guide; 14.20 - 14.40 - cable car ride back to Kuźnice.
Price list (cable car ticket, guide service and minibus transfer to Kuźnice are included):

• adults: 85 PLN pp / 100 PLN pp with an English speaking guide
• children and students: 75 PLN pp / 90 PLN pp
• 15 PLN kids under 4 years old

Booking: altius@discoverzakopane.com Full prepayment is required!

KASPROWY WIERCH cable car:

• The road between Kuźnice and John Paul II Rondo (the roundabout) is closed for most traffic, except for those with permits. A walk from Rondo Jana Pawła II (former Kuźnickie roundabout) takes approximately 45 minutes, also taxis or public transportation are available.
• The cable car is open from 7.00 (July and August) or 8.30 (June, September and October). During the summer holidays it can be very busy.
• Guaranteed time of stay at Mount Kasprowy for those with return tickets is 1 h 40 min, the departure time is specified on the ticket.
• 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). Once you reach the very peak of the mountain, should the weather permit, we strongly recommend the climb to meteorological observatory, which is in fact the highest situated building in Poland. We can then suggest a descent to Cicha Valley Pass to admire the breathtaking panorama of the High Tatras over the Slovakian side. We suggest completing the trip at the terrace by the restaurant overlooking the peaks of the Polish High Tatra mountains and the whole of Podhale region.
• 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.

TOURISTIC TRACKS in the region of KASPROWY WIERCH:

Skiing on Kasprowy Wierch