Kobla slovenia
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Kobla Slovenia.
Kobla Ski Holiday Facts
Established in ? the Slovenian ski resort Kobla lies at 1480 metres altitude in the Bohinj region of the Slovenian Julian Alps. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Kobla ski area is not snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Kobla snow making covers 4km of ski trails, which equates to around 80 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Kobla (Slovenia) is Klagenfurt (Austria) at a distance of 70km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Kobla ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
A relatively modern ski centre located above the beautiful old lakeside town of Bohinjska Bistrica. Skiing is largely on tree-lined slopes, grassy in the summer months. The piste running from the top of the double chair lift Kobla III is 6km long. Kobla is the only ski resort in Slovenia accessible by train, with trains from Koper to Nova Gorica and from Ljubljana to Jeseinice. A snowmaking system has been in operation since 1993.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Kobla Slovenia
Beginner Trails
 1 runs ?km |
11% |
Intermediate Trails
 1 runs ?km |
11% |
Advanced Trails
 5 runs ?km |
55% |
Expert Trails
 2 runs 2km |
22% |
Kobla Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
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| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €? - €? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Kobla Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 35km |
| total length of Kobla trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 6km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Kobla ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 1480m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 540m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 552m |
| centre of Kobla ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 940m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 940m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Kobla
Skiing Kobla you'll enjoy 9 pistes and trails and that means approximately 35km of ski runs. Kobla lifts number 6 with the capacity to uplift 5600 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Slovenian ski resort of Kobla is over 6km long.
Kobla Ski Area
Kobla ski area has 11% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 11% intermediate, 55% advanced ski slopes and 22% for expert skiers - the most difficult Kobla piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Kobla after dark.
Kobla for skiing gets 5 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Kobla
If you snowboard Kobla you'll want to know that, of the 6 ski lifts in total, 3 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Kobla snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Kobla snowboard facilities include 0 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Kobla for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Kobla Apres Ski
The apres ski Kobla scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
12 apres ski bars 12 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 1 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 3 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Curling, Ice Hockey.
SNO-man says
Ice skating is available on the frozen lake with skates available for rental. When the lake freezes people can enjoy a 4 km long natural skating rink.
Ice climbing is also available with an artificial ice waterfall as well as plenty of natural ones, for example the Suha valley below the alpine meadow of Blato, the Ribnica gorge, the mountain gorge below Podjelje and the waterfalls at Soteska.
Paragliding is often possible from Vogel and winter mountaineering for those already skilled can be arranged with local guides.
When there is not much snow in the valley biking and hiking may be available.
In Bohinjska Bistrica the Tomaz Godec museum has displays of the traditional local industry of leather tanning as well as the war.
Some of the hotels have leisure facilities, notably the indoor pool, sauna and solarium at the Jezero.
Kobla for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Kobla Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Kobla resort - ski Kobla by any other name
The Slovenian ski resort of Kobla ski resort is also known as Bohinj and has the following common misspellings:
Kobla ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Kobla ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Kobla ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Kobla for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall