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The Czech Republic is bordered by mountains, an ideal place for sports. More than 200 ski resorts and centres in the whole of the Czech Republic offer ski and snowboard runs. You can test your skiing skills on more than 450 kilometres of pistes. Moreover, Czech ski centres are under constant modernisation: before this winter season alone, owners´ investments amounted to 1.5 billion crowns (60 million EUR). 25 resorts obtained four or five stars, i.e. the highest score, under the certification of the Czech Union of Ski Lift and Tow Operators. The largest ski resort in the Czech Republic, “

Ski centre operators have been paying more attention to skiing for children, and parks for children´s courses equipped with “magic carpet” lifts, children´s ski carousels and teaching aids have become part and parcel of skiing in the Czech mountains, as well as family ski passes at a reduced price. The largest ski park for children is located in the Lipno Ski Resort in Šumava (www.lipnoservis.cz). New parks will be created this winter at the “Snowhill” in the Kašperk Mountains (www.snowhill.cz/kasperky/) and Herlíkovice (www.snowhill.cz/herlikovice/), in Harrachov Sport Centre (www.skiareal.com) or in the “Skiareál” in Špindlerův Mlýn (www.skiareal.cz), for instance. And snowboard fans will enjoy the Czech mountains, too: new snow parks with terrain features and snow barriers have been prepared for this season, and a number of resorts offer its skiers slalom courses with professional time measurement. The advantage of Czech skiing is its value for money: although a wide range of resorts and centres have gradually undergone renovation and energy prices have risen, ski pass prices have remained almost unchanged since last year. In larger ski resorts and centres you can buy a one-day ski pass for one person for 500 crowns, i.e. approximately 20 EUR. Family ski passes vary in price: “Ski areál Špičák” in Šumava (www.lyzovani.spicak.cz), for instance, offers a one-day family ski pass for 840 crowns, regardless of the number of children.

(http://www.bozidar.cz/cz/bezecke-lyzovani)you can enjoy cross-country skiing and follow the trail of “Christ Child”, who brings presents to Czechs on Christmas Eve every year. Even the youngest cross-country skiers will enjoy this several-kilometres-long fairytale route.Cross-country connoisseurs will certainly appreciate the “Krušnohorská magistrála”: This route, totalling 242 kilometres, is used by cross-country skiers in winter and by cyclists in summer, starts at “Skalka” reservoir in Cheb, going through the famous towns of

(www.krusnohorsky.cz), with the highest point of Klínovec (1,244 m). The real cross-country skiers´ paradise is, however, the mountain range of Šumava. Situated in Western and Southern Bohemia on the German border, it offers tens to hundreds of kilometres of cross-country ski runs as well as its unspoilt nature. For an incredible 40 years some of the now accessible places could not be visited by common people as the border was closely guarded by the communist regime. An important strategic point with a number of ski runs is a tiny village called