ABOUT JAHORINA AND KOPAONIK
JAHORINA
Jahorina is the largest and most modern ski resort in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Olympic mountain is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Olympic Center is located 12 km from the town of Pale and about 28 km from Sarajevo, where there is an international airport connected with Jahorina with a new, modern road over the Trebević Mountains. In 1984, Jahorina was one of the places where the Winter Olympics were held. Her slopes were host to women's slalom and giant slalom races.
The winter season on Jahorina starts in December, and ends in mid-April, characterized by high snowfall. The highest peak of the mountain is Ogorjelica with an elevation of 1916 meters. The British Telegraph included Jahorina in the best ski resorts in Eastern Europe in 2015. This modernization of vertical transport was done in the past period.
At the Olympic centre Jahorina there are 9 different ski slopes: 2 black, 3 red and 4 blue marked ski slopes with total length of 20 km. In addition to ski slopes for alpine skiing there are also Nordic ski trails and in the close range from Jahorina, in Dvorišta, there are training ground and trails for local and international competitions in Nordic skiing. Besides ski slopes, at Jahorina there are also separate slopes for snowboarding, snowmobile rides and trails for trekers and admirers of nature. At Jahorina there are different types of vertical transport: three 6-person chairlifts, four ski lifts, two 2-person chairlifts, one baby lift and two conveyors for children and adults one at Ogorjelica ski slope and the other one in front of Termag hotel).
Within one hour three six-seater, two two-seater, three elevators and one baby lift are able to transport up to 10,000 tourists.
The total length of the ski slopes on the Olympic mountain is 24.8 kilometers. In recent years, the Olympic Center of Jahorina has experienced an expansion in terms of building accommodation capacities as well as extending ski trails.
During the summer season in Jahorina there are numerous nature schools, sports camps because the mountain is suitable for high-altitude preparations of athletes, cycling, paragliding and mountaineering. Jahorina is rich in medicinal herbs as well as berry fruits, especially blueberries.
Untouched nature, rich vegetation, high snowfall during the winter season, ski trails for all types of skiers and a large number of guests included the mountain Jahorina among the most famous and best ski centers in the region.
Olympic Center Jahorina boasts six hotels in the range of 4-5 stars, 16 boarding houses and a large number of private apartments and cottages.
Ski Instructor (Let us know if you need any assistance) 60 eur 5 days course 2 hours per day
Ski Kindergarten
We gave the youngest skiers the most attention as we prepared for them a ski kindergarten at the beginning of the Poljice slope and a ski kindergarten near the Bistrica Hotel.
Ski kindergartens have a conveyor belt, a tubing track and entertainment equipment for the youngest to make their first ski steps and have enormous fun on the snow.
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KOPAONIK
Kopaonik, the biggest mountain of the central Serbia, spreads its wide mountain - ridge 83 km. long, in the direction from the mountainous region over Mitrovica, to the north - west over the series of peaks higer than 1600 m., to the highest part of the massif called Ravni Kopaonik (Flat Kopaonik) with the peaks: Gobelja (1934 m), Karman Vucak (1936 m), Suvo Rudiste (1976 m) and Pancicev Vrh (Pancic Peak) (2017 m).
The northern border of the massif is separated from the massif of the mountain Zeljina by the rivers Josanicka reka and Koznicka reka.
At the western side, along the whole Kopaonik mountain - ridge, the lbar gorge is placed.
The eastern side is bounded by the rivers Rasina and Toplica valleys.
The region's geology dates back 70 million years ago when the older sedimentary rocks were exposed to the strong tectonic movements and to the volcano activity which caused dent and issue of the magmatic cliffs.
This is why Kopaonik distinguishes itself by its geological structure of rocks of different inception and age (granites, serpentinites, slates, marbles, andesites, lime - stones).
The later processes of erosion during past millenniums created present-day outlines of the relief of Kopaonik.
Climate of Kopaonik, with almost 200 sunny days annually, deserves credit for Kopaonik's other name - "mountain of the Sun". The southern position of the massif, level and openness of the terrain prevent continual detaining of cloudiness over the mountain. Colder and heavier air moves through the nearby valleys and ravines so that winter temperatures are not too low. Kopaonik has sub-alpine climate. Average annual temperature of the Flat Kopaonik is 3,7°C.
It starts snowing at the end of November and it snows until May, 159 days a year in average. On average, precipitation are higher than 1000 mm a year.
Kopaonik, where people used to work mines from old times, was named after its ore resources (kopati - to dig).
The volcano activity and discharge of hot mineral solutions caused changes on the nearby old rocks because of high temperatures and heavy pressures.That is how "mining region of Kopaonik" came to be, with a large number of mines from old times.
In the Kopaonik region, besides the usual ores: metals iron, lead and zinc, there are rare metals silver and gold and rare minerals: volastonite,fluor-spar, asbestos and others.
Thermal - mineral springs - spas are situated at the foothill of Kopaonik. Besides famous spas such as Vrnjaska Banja, Mataruska Banja, Sijarinska Banja, in the Kopaonik region there are springs of Josanicka Banja (t° 78°C), Lukovska Banja (t° 36t°-56°C) and Kursumlijska Banja (38°-57°C).
Besides thermal waters, there are also slightly mineralized waters on Kopaonik. In the first place, these are slightly radioactive springs Krcmar vode and Marine vode at the heights of 1700 -1950 m.
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