Rogla is a ski resort

Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...

 located on the southwestern face of Rogla mountain

Rogla

Rogla is a mountain, a settlement and resort in Zreško Pohorje in the Zreče municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria. It is now included into the Savinja statistical region....

 in the municipality of Zreče

Zrece

Zreče is a town and a municipality in northeast Slovenia. It lies on the slopes of Pohorje in the upper valley of the river Dravinja. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region. In 2002 it had a population of 6245,...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

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. The main hotel

Hotel

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 and sport area opened in late 1975 and sit at an elevation of 1517m.

History

In 1974 Unior's management commissioned studies for the development of Rogla as a ski resort, the road leading to the peak was also widened and the first ski lift

Ski lift

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s were built.

In 1978 construction began on hotel Dobrava in Zreče

Zrece

Zreče is a town and a municipality in northeast Slovenia. It lies on the slopes of Pohorje in the upper valley of the river Dravinja. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region. In 2002 it had a population of 6245,...

 and hotel Planja on Rogla. In 1980 hotel Planja opened together with new ski lifts and by 1981 hotel Dobrava had also opened, along with a new swimming pool and athletics-football stadium.

By the 1990s Rogla had a capacity of over 1.200 beds and ski lifts handling 12.200 skiers per hour.

Between 2000 and 2004, a new hotel Dobrava was opened, four new chairlifts were constructed and artificial snow systems extended, making Rogla one of the ski centres of Slovenia.

Activities

Some of the activities at Rogla include skiing

Skiing

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, snowboarding

Snowboarding

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, hiking

Hiking

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, soccer, handball

Team handball

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, basketball

Basketball

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, squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

, athletics, mountain biking

Mountain biking

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, horseback riding, swimming and tennis

Tennis

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Resort statistics

Elevation

Summit (Planja upper lift, Tower view point) - 1517 m / 4,976 ft

Base (Jurgovo bottom ski lift) - 1050 m / 3,444 ft

Ski Terrain

0,9 km² (220 acres) - 12 named runs covering over 12 km (7.5 mi) on one mountain.

Slope Difficulty

- 1,5 km expert

- 4,5 km advanced

- 4 km intermediate

- 2 km beginner

Vertical Drop

- 467 m (1531 ft) in total

Longest Run: "Jurgovo 1" - 1,294m (0,8 miles)

Average Winter Daytime Temperature: 2°C (35°F)

Average Annual Snowfall: (500 cm) - 197in

Ski Season Opens: December

Ski Season Ends: April

Fun Park Rogla (snowboarding)

-Downrail double pipe 12m, Butter Box 2x3m, Tube 5m, A-Box 9m, Double Kink T-profile 12m, Straight Box 6m, Jump Box 4m, Kids Rainbow Box 3m, Kicker 6m (down), Kids table kicker 2m (up), Kicker 7m (up), Big kicker, Kids kicker, Kicker 6m (forrest), Guma, C-Box, Kids up-down Box, Tree Jib, Up-Down T-profile 7m, Elephant T-profile 9m, A-Box 9m, Kids Straight Box 3m, Rainbow Box 6m, Roller 9m (down), Stifi rail double pipe 4m, Roller 10m (up), Big Roller 16m, Kids Kicker 1m, Wave line 5x, Roller 10m (up).

Other activities

• Alpine coaster Zlodejevo (year round)
• Stadium on 1500m altitude (soccer, athletics)
• Sports hall on 1500m altitude (tennis, basketball, fitness, squash, climbing wall, handball...)
• Outside courts on 1500m altitude (tennis, basketball, hanball, small football)
• Cross country skiing (30 km/19 miles)

Ski slopes

Name	Length	Vertical drop	Category
Uniorček 1, 2	300m	43m	beginner
Mašinžaga 1, 2	1100m	171m	intermediate
Ostruščica 1	600m	142m	advanced
Ostruščica 2	600m	142m	advanced
Jasa	500m	140m	advanced
Jurgovo 1	753m	100m	expert
Jurgovo 2	1294m	359m	expert
Jurgovo 3	683m	235m	expert
Planja	1320m	153m	intermediate
Košuta	730m	122m	intermediate