Skiing in Poiana Brasov

There is a total of 23km of pistes in Poiana Brasov, enough to keep a good skier happy for a day or two at a time. Though none of the runs are particularly difficult (the one black run, Lupului, will pose no problems to a decent skier) some are quite steep, and given that the snow can often be very icy, skiing here can sometimes offer something of a challenge.




Beginners have the best of things at Poiana however, with a large wide nursery slope, a long easy blue run that descends from the very top of the resort to the bottom, and excellent ski schools.

To watch out for at Poiana are the dreaded snow boarders, many of whom clearly don’t know what they are doing and yet who eschew instruction. While snow boarders are a problem in all of the world’s ski resorts, the narrowness of the slopes at Poiana (almost all of which are through the trees) makes snowboarders doubly hazardous.

As with previous years, our advice for getting the best out of Poiana is to avoid the weekends: Monday-Thursday here can be bliss, especially after new snow, as there are few other skiers. Weekends are hell. You have been warned.

To hire skis, the best place is the Club Rossignol, opposite the gondola entrance.

Expect to pay from 50 Lei upwards for a day's hire, depending on the quality and age of the kit.

There is another hire store underneath the gondola lift entrance.

Lift passes valid for the whole resort cost around 135 lei per day. While still relatively expensive, the new lifts and slopes opened this winter do make it slightly better value than in the past. But lift passes from any of the entry points to the slopes: the Gondola or the two Cable Car stations.