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Overland and underground
dashing through the snow ... hiking on skis
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The popularity of cross-country hiking on skis is on
the increase every year. No wonder. It’s a great sport for
everyone as a natural extension of the summer season and
one of the best ways of prolonging a healthy life. You can
meet teenagers and eighty-year olds on ski routes not only
in Scandinavia but across the whole of Europe. And it’s
hard to tell the differences between the three-generations.
health on the move
The beneficial influence of cross-country skiing was studied
in the ‘60s by American doctor and skier, P.O. Astrand. He
proved that skiing stimulates the circulatory system and
improves physical fitness, the distribution of oxygen in the
body, it increases lung capacity, endurance and harmony of
movement. However, it does not put pressure on the joints
and ligaments as running does.
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• www.sudety.it/index/narty/biegowe •
• www.narty.pl/strony/technika-jazdy/narty-biegowe •
• www.ave.net.pl/narty •
hiking in the lowlands
Suwałki region [21]
The Suwałki region in north-eastern Poland is a land of
forests and lakes ideally suited to cross-country skiing. Most
of the routes are located to the north of Suwałki and each one
can be described with no hesitation as the most beautiful. In
February of each year a ski run, ‘Northern Wanderings’, is
organized. It is attended by hundreds of enthusiasts of this
sporting discipline.
• www.zima.suwalszczyzna.net •
• www.sot.suwalszczyzna.eu •
• www.zima.suwalszczyzna.pl •
Around Warsaw: [22]
A 16-km long route crosses the Józefów dunes by the
Świder River in the Masovian Landscape Park. Ski trails in the
Kampinos Forest are marked out through the winter scenery
of this ancient forest in the National Park.
• www.parkiotwock.pl/mazowiecki •
• www.kampinoska.waw.pl/wycieczkinaweekend/11nanartachbiegowychwokolcyganki
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Around Łódź: [23]
There are routes in the Balimów forest through the nature
reserve, ‘Siwica Clearing’, and the lowland Rawka River.
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Masuria: [24]
The Land of a Thousand Lakes contains many kilometers
of skiing trails crossing its picturesque countryside.
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• www.nibork.pl/osrodek-narciarstwa-biegowego.html •
• www.mazury.info.pl/zima/narciarstwo-biegowe •
• http://www.tourism-promotion.net/wzgorza-dylewskie-i-„bieg-sasinow”•
mountain hiking
Numerous ski resorts from the west to the east of Poland
have specially marked cross-country trails. Routes for offroad
skiing can be found on the traverses of mountain slopes
and forest wildernesses.
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Suwałki region
Masuria
Warszawa
Łódź
Overland and underground
dashing through the snow ... hiking on skis
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Sudetes Mountains
Beskidy Mountains
Bieszczady Mountains
Tatra Mountains
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Sudetes Mountains [25]
These are the most important mountains for amateurs of
cross-country skiing with 80 km of well-kept trails. The easier
ones lead to Orle and Chatka Górzystów with difficult ones
on the Śnieżka massif in the Kletno area – they are beautiful
but demanding. It is worth taking the forest routes to Bielskie,
Bystrzyckie or the Kamienne Mountains and completing
the loop around Rymarz and Kalenica in the Wielkiej Sowy
(Great Owl) massif. Poland’s biggest open long-distance crosscountry
run – Bieg Piastów – is organized in March in Jakuszyce
near Szklarska Poręba. Over 6 thousand skiers participate
with distances covered from 10 to 50 km.
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• www.bieg-piastow.pl •
• www.szklarskaporeba.pl •
• www.goryizerskie.pl/?file=grp&group_id=8 •
• www.karkonosze.pl/schronisko_chatka_gorzystow/schronisko_
chatka_gorzystow.php •
The Tatra Mountains and Podhale region [26]
There are various interesting cross-country skiing trails in
Podhale, a vast valley at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. The
trails are marked as foot trails in the lower parts of the mountains
or on the flat mountain tops in Bukowina Tatrzańska,
Białka or nearby Gorce.
There are also marked trails for professional downhill skiing
in the Tatra Mountains. The trails above the upper parts of
the forest are not well-kept and are difficult. They are best
traversed with an experienced guide, with professional equipment
and by the physically fit.
• www.tatry.pl •
• www.visit.malopolska.pl/turystyka/aktywna/?id=88 •
• www.nanarty.info/polska/malopolska/bukowina-tatrzanska •
• http://przewodnik.onet.pl/1110,1595,1064139,1064143,artykulr.html •
• http://wakacje.staypoland.com/tatry-wypoczynek.aspx •
• www.podhale-sport.pl/s,menu,pol,podsport,1773,biegi_narciarskie.html •
Beskidy Mountains [27]
In the Silesian and Żywiec Beskids Mountains the numerous
skiing trails pass through well-known skiing resorts: Szczyrk,
Wisła, Ustroń and Korbielów. In the Sądecki Beskids Mountains
cross-country skiing trails pass through Piwniczna, Krynica
and Szczawnica. Each February the Jaworz Ski Run is held
near Bielsko-Biała and in Rajcza and Zwardoń the Peasant
Ski Rally takes place across Poland and Slovakia.
• www.beskidy24.pl •
• www.e-beskidy.com •
Bieszczady Mountains [28]
(Eastern Beskidy Mountains)
The length of the skiing trails in Bieszczady exceeds 130
km. They have been put together for cross-country and skitouring.
The most beautiful ones are in the Bieszczady National
Park where snow and wind have created picturesque landscapes
in shades of black, white, tinged with the greens of the trees.
• wakacje.staypoland.eam/bieszczady-wypoczynek.aspx •
• www.bieszczady.pl •
• www.cisna.pl/asp/pl_start.asp?typ=14&sub=133&menu=135&strona=1 •
• www.bieszczady.net.pl/narty.php •
• www.twojebieszczady.pl/zima.php3 •
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