The last biking weekend of the summer in Jasná

The last biking weekend of the summer in Jasná
The last biking weekend of the summer in Jasná
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On Saturday 12th September at 13:00, Mt. Chopok is going to experience the first mass bike downhill in history. The rugged terrain of the second highest peak of the Low Tatras is waiting for all lovers of extremes. The race starts at the altitude of 2,004 metres, the track is 5,175 metres long and has a vertical drop of 970 metres. Whoever is the fastest wins. The competitors will bike down from the upper cable car station on top of Mt. Chopok along a medium-difficult track called Summit Flatline, then continue along a traverse gravel road down to Rovná Hoľa and then along the medium-difficult Deer Track from Priehyba to the finish in the area of Záhradky.
Children will be enjoying their last race of the summer at 14:30. The so called Kenzel slalom will test children´s skills on mini bikes or foot-to-floor rides in various categories. Parents and spectators can watch the attractive children´s race in the locality of Záhradky also from a comfortable chairlift. The main programme will finish with the most attractive competition for the spectators – the Ride & Fly jumping race, which is a show of the best jumping performances on bikes over a wooden obstacle. Whoever jumps the farthest wins.
The Rocky Mountain Bike World park in Jasná and its 17 km of tracks with various levels of difficulty and bike cableways will be operating from 9:00 to 18:00 on Saturday 12th September and from 9:00 to 16:00 on Sunday 13th September. Testing of new models of 2016 is available in the locality of Záhradky (electric bikes, downhill bikes and bike trainers) for free, the children´s Kenzel zone will be offering a bike workshop, obstacle courses, skills testing and a children´s mini slalom, a scooter and foot-to-floor ride rental. The smallest bikers will be collecting stamps and can win attractive prizes. Singer Miro Jaroš will be singing for (dis)obedient children, there will be a show with a trained dog, various animations and competition games. Bikers can look forward to a special cable car ticket price for the whole day and both sides of Mt. Chopok – 14 EUR. For online tickets via gopass, please click here. Open air concerts of Trix, Bez hraníc and Teddy Toys are scheduled for 14:00-18:00, an after party will be prepared in the Ski hotel. For more information about the programme, please click here.
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Tatry mountain resorts, a.s. (TMR) is the leader in tourism in Central and Eastern Europe; it owns and operates attractive mountain resorts and hotels. In the Low Tatras TMR owns and operates the resort Jasná Nízke Tatry and hotels Wellness hotel Grand Jasná, Boutique Hotel Tri Studničky, Chalets Jasná De Luxe, Hotel Srdiečko, and Hotel Rotunda. TMR is also the owner of Aquapark Tatralandia, the largest Slovak aquapark with year-round operation, which besides water entertainment includes Tropical Paradise, a special tropical indoor hall with sea water, as well as Fun Park, and accommodation in bungalows and apartments of Holiday Village Tatralandia. In the High Tatras TMR owns and operates the resort Vysoké Tatry with mountain areas of Tatranská Lomnica, Starý Smokovec, and Štrbské Pleso, which TMR co-manages. In the High Tatras TMR also owns hotels Grandhotel Praha Tatranská Lomnica, Grandhotel Starý Smokovec, and Hotel FIS Štrbské Pleso. TMR also owns a 19% share in Melida, a.s., which leases and operates the resort Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Republic. In Poland TMR owns a 97% share in the mountain resort Szczyrkowski Ośrodek Narciarski S.A. (SON) and a 75% share in a company that owns and operates Silesian Amusement Park (Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko). TMR also owns and leases hotels Slovakia, Kosodrevina, Liptov and Ski&Fun Záhradky a Bungalovy to third parties. By the end of 2014 nearly EUR 200 mil. had been invested into development and modernisation of TMR’s resorts. TMR shares are traded on three European stock exchanges – in Bratislava, Prague, and Warsaw.