Szymoszkowa

The view earns the warmest words: the Tatra panorama opens straight from the chairlift, and that alone brings people who barely ski. The main chair is a six-seater with a bubble that keeps snow and rain off. The slope is floodlit, covered with machine snow and worked by a piste machine, and the short run from mid-mountain suits lessons well. Instructors get separate credit, since parents can leave children with them and ski nearby at the same time.

The criticism is about how little there is: two runs in practice, and the long one gets skied out during the day. Reviews complain about the surface, which turns into moguls by evening and puts even confident skiers on the ground. The second chairlift is slow, and people regularly push into the lift line. Some visitors were unhappy with their instructors as well.