Rogla Ski Resort is a Slovenian ski resort opened in 1975 at Rogla, Zreče. It is located at the top of the Zreče Pohorje range. It is regularly the top or second most visited ski resort in Slovenia, with more than 200,000 skiers per season and capacity of 13,500/h. It is the seventh-largest Slovenian ski resort by ski area, with a total 13.5 km (8.4 mi) of ski slopes and 24 km (15 mi) of cross-country tracks.
Two outdoor stadiums and a multipurpose indoor sports hall, are one of the highest elevation stadiums/indoor arenas in Europe. Resort offers many activities, such as alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, squash, snowboarding, hiking, climbing wall, soccer, handball, basketball, athletics, mountain bike downhill, horseback riding, swimming, fitness, tennis, dog sledding, a forest canopy trail, and an alpine coaster.
The Rogla Olympic Center (Olimpijski športni center Rogla), used as high-elevation training camp, has hosted many prominent sports teams and athletes, such as Monica Seles, Goran Ivanišević, Petra Majdič, Goran Dragić, Paris Saint-Germain, Panathinaikos F.C., the Spain national handball team, and the France national handball team.
They are firmly a part of FIS Snowboard World Cup calendar hosting parallel giant slalom events since 2013; and FIS Cross-Country World Cup (2009, 2011).
Early tourism dates back to 1928, when the Pesek cabin was opened. The first 10-meter high wooden watchtower was opened in 1934 at the highest point of Rogla, which was destroyed during World War II and replaced with a steel 30-meter high watchtower at the same place in 1956 and which is still standing. As of 2015 this was the highest watchtower in Slovenia.
In 1952 the old cabin was opened for herders only and since 1956 has also been open for tourism. It was the main gathering point at Rogla for many years, where modern tourism started and around which hotels were built is still very popular nowadays. Unior, a blacksmith company from valley lower in Zreče took over the cabin in 1972.
In 1974 Unior's management commissioned studies for the development of Rogla as a ski resort. The road leading to the peak was widened and the first ski lifts were built.
The main hotel and sports area with the Zlodejevo ski slope (the first slope) below a old cabin and Uniorček opened in late 1975 at an elevation of 1,517 m (4,977 ft).
In 1978 construction began on the Hotel Dobrava in Zreče and the Hotel Planja on Rogla. Around Old Cabin they opened Hotel Planja in 1980, with the new ski lifts Mašinžaga and Ostruščica, and by 1981 the Hotel Dobrava had opened, along with a new swimming pool and an athletics and football stadium. In 1983 Hotel Rogla was opened next to Old Cabin.
In 1985 the Jurgovo black ski slopes were opened. In 1987 they opened multipurpose sports indoor hall with first ever squash court in Slovenia.
By the 1990s, Rogla had a capacity of over 1,200 beds and ski lifts handling 12,200 skiers per hour. In 1993 the Košuta ski lift was opened.
Between 2000 and 2004, a new Hotel Dobrava was opened, and two four-seat chairlifts were constructed to replaced old and outdated two-seated chairlifts. The artificial snow system was extended and upgraded to make Rogla one of the best ski resorts in Slovenia and the first alpine mountain coaster in Slovenia.
In December 2007 Rogla Fun Park was opened along the Mašinžaga ski slope for skiers and snowboarders.
In October 2010 a new Catholic church was built a top of the mountain. In December 2012 the Jasa II ski lift and slope were opened, intended for snowboard and ski cross.
In June 2014 the new four-star Hotel Natura was opened next to Cross-Country World Cup stadium.
In September 2019 a new 37-meter (121 ft) high wooden watch tower and trails called the Canopy Trail (Pot med krošnjami) was opened. It has a total walking distance of 1 kilometer (0.62 mi). It is only the ninth structure in the world of this kind.
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Season | No. of skiers | Skiing days |
Rank (visitors) |
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2009/10 | 185,000 | 111 | — |
2012/13 | 173,000 | 122 | — |
2013/14 | 151,000 | 127 | 1 |
2014/15 | 177,000 | 118 | 1 |
2015/16 | 186,968 | 132 | 1 |
2016/17 | 188,528 | 120 | 1 |
2017/18 | 202,230 | 123 | 2 |
2018/19 | 209,617 | 126 | 2 |
Rogla is easy accessible from A1 motorway, Slovenian main and busiest route that connects Ljubljana and Maribor. Then you must drive off the motorway at Slovenske Konjice exit, nearby gas station and resting place at Tepanje, then continue way to Zreče and direct uphill drive to Rogla. Some important distances from the resort: Maribor (52 km), Graz (117 km), Ljubljana (119 km), Vienna (307 km), Venice (358 km), Budapest (385 km) and Munich (481 km).
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