Kranjska Gora

Kranjska Gora (German: Kronau, Italian: Monte Cragnisca) is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders. It is a good starting point for hiking as well so it is a popular area for visitors through whole year.

Ljubljana to Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps. It annually hosts an event in the Alpine skiing World Cup series, also known as the Vitranc Cup, for the slalom and giant slalom events. The well-known ski jumping hill Planica is located in the nearby Tamar Valley.

The municipality of Kranjska Gora is situated in the Upper Sava Valley, a typical Alpine valley.

Located at the far northwest of Slovenia where the borders of Slovenia, Austria, and Italy meet, the valley is embraced on the north and south by the towering peaks of the Karavanke Mountains and the Julian Alps. In the east its border runs just below the town of Jesenice, where the valley opens up towards the Radovljica Valley, extending in the west along the water-shed between the Sava and Slizza rivers, just west of Ratece. In the north the Wurzenpass at Podkoren leads to Arnoldstein in Carinthia, in the south the Vrsic Pass connects it with Trenta in the Slovenian Littoral region.

The Upper Sava Valley has an Alpine climate with its long, snow-abundant winters and shorter summers with moderate temperatures, easterly winds and sufficient rain to maintain the valley’s greenery. The winter usually stays in the valley for between four and five months, and a blanket of snow usually covers the valley for just around four months. Kranjska Gora Ski Resort is an old Slovenian ski resort located in seven different areas in Municipality of Kranjska Gora (Mojstrana, Kranjska Gora, Gozd Martuljek, Planica, Podkoren 1 & 2 and “Planina pod Golico”). Nearest city is Jesenice and about an hour away from Ljubljana.

It has a total of 30 km of ski slopes, 40 km tracks for Cross country skiing and Snow Fun park for snowboarders.

The distance from Ljubljana to Kranjska Gora is around 100 km.
The journey takes 1h and 15min.
The average cruise speed is 100 km/h.