30.12.2016

The Jizera mountains are under snow cover

The Jizera Mountains are experiencing a beautiful period. Mountain tops are adorned with several centimeters of snow cover. Cross-country skiers are enjoying the magnificent azure weather. The Jizera Mountains have passable more than 300 kilometers of trails for classic and skating technique. Freezing temperatures should continue according to the forecasts.

WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE JIZERA MOUNTAINS

The Jizera Mountains belong to the oldest protected landscape areas in the Czech Republic and to the cleanest mountains in the country. There are more than twenty protected areas there. It is particularly mountain meadows, areas with rare species, vast peat bogs, and autochthonous beech stands that are protected.

From the point of view of general nature, the Jizera Mountains closely resemble the Nordic nature. In the summertime, the Jizera Mountains turn into a summer resort full of cycle routes and hiking trails. The mountains offer a variety of trips to nature and through the mountain culture or Czech history. There are fascinating deep woods, numerous waterfalls and mountain meadows there.

THE JIZERA MOUNTAINS ARE ATTRACTIVE ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME

All the same, the Jizera Mountains are better-known and mostly visited during the wintertime, above all because of skiing, which has kept a tradition alive since 1950s. That was when skiing enthusiast Zdeněk Vokatý built the first ski tow there. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. Today, the Jizera Mountains belong to the top ski resorts. Regardless of whether you are a fledgling skier or an experienced downhill skier or a devotee of cross-country trails, you will meet with perfect service and facilities ideal for the pursuit of winter sports in the Jizera Mountains ski resorts.

The cross-country skiing enthusiasts are familiar with the so-called Jizera Highway that offers as many as 180 kilometres of cross-country skiing trails. These loipes lead not only from well-known resorts such as Bedřichov and Jizerka, but also from other starting points, for¨example Oldřichov v Hájích, Nové Město pod Smrkem, Desná, Horní Polubný or Martinské údolí v Kořenově. Thanks to close cooperation with more ski area operators, cross-country skiers can even go across to routes located in the Giant Mountains or to groomed trails on the Polish side.

The best-known resorts in the Jizera Mountains include a settlement called Jizerka, which is situated roughly at the halfway point of the Jizerská 50 race route. Another important place is Kristiánov, a former glass-making hamlet featuring a museum of glass-making. The racers will reach Kristiánov at about the sixth kilometre of the route from where an uphill section leads to the highest point of the route, Rozmezí, lying 1,000 metres above sea level. The most beautiful Jizera Mountains resorts also include the Šámal Chalet at Nová Louka, lying about 2.5 kilometres from the finish, or Smědava, an area named after a chalet of the same name situated at an altitude of 847 metres.