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Ski Arena Szrenica is the highest station in the Polish Karkonosze: its runs drop from around 1310 m down to 711 m, giving some 600 m of vertical and Lolobrygida — at 4.4 km, the longest ski run in Poland.
Szrenica (1362 m) marks the western end of the main Karkonosze ridge, and riding up to it from the centre of Szklarska Poręba is one of the oldest skiing rituals in Poland — the first chairlift started here in 1962. The area is now run by Sudety Lift, with the base station on ul. Turystyczna at about 711 m. The top station of the second lift section finishes at roughly 1310 m, just below the summit.
That height difference defines the resort. Some 600 m of vertical is the most in the Polish Karkonosze and among the largest in the country, while the longest descent — the red Lolobrygida — measures 4.4 km and is the longest ski run in Poland. Alongside it are the very difficult FIS run (about 2 km), the red Śnieżynka (about 2.1 km), the blue Puchatek (about 1.5 km) and a short run by Hala Szrenicka.
The upper part of the area lies inside the Karkonosze National Park, which sets the rules: skiing is allowed only on the marked, groomed pistes, and off-piste descents are prohibited. The protection regime also shapes the infrastructure — every lift upgrade has to be agreed at length with the park and the State Forests, which is why two-seater chairs dating from the 1993 rebuild still carry skiers to the top.
Szrenica suits intermediates and advanced skiers best. Lolobrygida is a long red descent with an average gradient of around 18%, demanding stamina and an eye for changing terrain rather than nerve — but 4.4 km without a break tires the legs more than most people expect. Śnieżynka is shorter and more demanding, while the FIS run, dropping over 500 m in two kilometres, is one of the sharpest descents in Poland. Beginners effectively have one option: Puchatek in the lower part of the area, floodlit and fully snowed, plus the gentle slope at Hala Szrenicka. That is little for a station this size, so first days on skis are better spent at one of the smaller slopes nearby.
The base station is at ul. Turystyczna 25a in Szklarska Poręba. From Warsaw it is about 490 km, roughly 6 hours — the S8 to Wrocław, then the A4 and S3 towards Jelenia Góra and national road 3 through Piechowice. From Wrocław it is about 2 hours, from Poznań about 3.5 hours, from Jelenia Góra around half an hour.
Szklarska Poręba is one of the few Polish resorts you can realistically reach by train: Szklarska Poręba Górna station is a walk of about fifteen minutes from the lift, with services from Wrocław and Jelenia Góra and onward across the border to Harrachov in Czechia. Car parks by the base station and in the town centre are paid and fill up before noon at weekends, so an early arrival saves a lot of circling.
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Its altitude gives Szrenica one of the more reliable seasons in the Sudetes — usually December to the end of March, and longer on the upper slopes in good conditions, backed by snowmaking across the whole downhill area. The flip side of height is the weather: strong wind and icing on the Karkonosze ridge regularly shut the second lift section, and skiing is then limited to the lower part of the area. Note too that the operator plans to replace the first lift section with a faster detachable four-seater and to widen the Puchatek run; the schedule has slipped several times, so check the resort’s current notices on which lifts and runs are open.
Szklarska Poręba is a sizeable tourist town with plenty to do on non-ski days: the Kamieńczyk and Szklarka waterfalls, the Krucze Skały and Chybotek rock formations, and mineralogical museums. A few kilometres away in Jakuszyce is one of the largest cross-country centres in Poland, host of the Bieg Piastów marathon. The border crossing to Harrachov in Czechia is close, and in the other direction lie Karpacz and Śnieżka.
Zone4 is a ski and snowboard school from Warsaw building ZoneCloud — a booking system for lessons with instructors. We do not own any slope: what we add is the thing slopes usually lack, namely a free slot with a named instructor, visible online and bookable on the spot. Today it runs at Górka Szczęśliwicka in Warsaw, at Rybno and at Szwajcaria Bałtowska.
The next step is a nationwide network — including Szrenica. We are building the instructor team here and will open lesson booking together with it. If you are looking for an instructor in Szrenica for the coming season, leave your details and we will let you know the moment bookings open. If you teach here yourself, read the section below.
We are looking for ski and snowboard instructors in Szklarska Poręba and the surrounding area (dolnośląskie Province). The arrangement is freelance and non-exclusive — you can teach with us alongside your own clients or a local ski school. You set your availability in the schedule; we bring the students and handle bookings and settlements.
ZoneCloud gives an instructor what working solo does not: a public profile with a description and photo, a calendar of free slots, online bookings and payments, and a lesson history in one place. Instead of fielding calls on a Saturday morning, you get a filled schedule.
Instructor qualifications (SITN-PZN or equivalent) are a strong plus but not an entry barrier — what counts is confident, technical riding and the ability to work with people, especially children. You attach scans and a CV in the online application.
The online application takes about 5 minutes and creates your provisional instructor account.
This is the ski resort’s address. Zone4 neither owns nor manages it — we run lesson bookings and the instructor network. The number listed is our contact.
Clips from our sessions, behind-the-scenes of training and the daily life of our school — all on our profile.
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