Pec pod Snezkou

Today Pec pod Snezkou belongs to one of the largest and most famous resorts in Krkonose (Giant Mountains). The town has more than 580 permanent inhabitants, but the capacity of accommodation in Pec pod Snezkou is 8,500 beds. Accommodation in Pec pod Snezkou offers many chalets, cottages, hotels and apartments. The principal importance has travel industry (hiking and biking in summer, down-hill skiing, crosscountry skiing and snowboarding in winter). The sought-after place in summer is Snezka the highest mountain in the Czech Republic (1,602 m above the sea level). You can get to the top by the seat cableway. Efficient tourists can hike to the top and than go to Poland. There are two cable ways in Pec pod Snezkou. The cableway to Snezka with interstation on the Ruzova hora and one from Velka Upa to Portasky. The ski area Ski-Pec corp. is the biggest one in the area of the eastern Krkonose (Giant Mountains). The skiing landscape is favourite by the families with children because you can chose from the training places to exacting skiing tracks. There are 3 tracks lightened in the evening to ski and one of them the dow-hill piste Javor is the best lightened downhill piste in the Czech Republic. For the followers of snowboarding there are fun-park and U-ramp opened during the season. Ski area is the leaving point for the crosscountry skiing to get to Krkonosska magistrala (Krkonose cross road). The highest mountain in the Czech Republic – Snezka 1,602 m above the sea level – dominates to the surrounding of this ski area. To Snezka ´s top you can get by the oldest seat cableway in the Czech Republic (55 years in order).

Pec pod Snezkou - information

District: Trutnov
County: Královéhradecký kraj
Inhabitants: 614
Inhabitants 15-65: 470
Post office: Pec pod Sněžkou 1
ZIP: 542 21
Land register: 3
Land area: 5213.85 m²
School: no
Sanitation: yes
Police: yes

Pec pod Snezkou - Map

GPS: 50°41'36.44"N 15°43'59.32"E

Photographs Pec pod Snezkou

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