Downhill skiing contest (December - April)
Throughout
the winter, Szlarska Poręba holds
downhill skiing tournaments. After all, Szklarska Poręba is one of
the major ski resorts in the Polish Karkonosze. Skiing enthusiasts
are offered 20 ski lifts, including 6 situated on the slopes of
Szrenica, which towers over the town.
During the contest, which take place on the slopes in Szklarska Poręba, everyone can test their abilities, from the youngest participating e.g. in the Preschoolers' Four Slopes Tournament, as well as adults in the Szklarska Poręba Mayor's Cup, or during the Egon Myśliwiec Memorial.
During the "Stars on Snow" contest, famous showbiz celebrities can race on the slopes of Szrenica; during the "Radio 3 Cup" on the other hand offers the same possibility to the fanciers and employees of Radio 3. Szklarska Poręba is also the place of snowboard challenges.
You
can ski and test your
skills on Szrenica! Read more
See films about SkiArena Szrenica
Dog sleds (January - March)
As
one of the few Polish towns, Szklarska Poręba has
great conditions for doing a marvelous sport - dog-sled ride. The
trails in the Jizera Mountains are particularly good for this
purpose, as the winter weather lasts there uninterrupted until late
spring. Yet another strength is the specific, alpine climate in our
region, due to which the northern breed dogs feel at home here.
Sled dogs owners from all over Europe come to Szklarska Poręba every year. This is where the 2003 the first sled sports' contest in Poland took place, in the rank of WSA Europe Championship. In the years that followed, other important events took place, such as the competition of WSA Europe Cup Finals, or the 1st Poland Championship of the Polish Sled Dogs Sports Association in Sprint and Middle Distance. Dog sleds racing is a very exciting sport. Husky or malamutes dragging the sleds at full speed in the marvelous landscapes of the Jakuszyce trails make a magnificent and unforgettable image. Read more
Snow carving (February)
The
biggest such event in Poland. The
event is a whole-day happening, during which snow figures are made.
Up to 12 teams take part in the contest; they have 4 hours to carve
1.5m square blocks of snow into sculptures according to a design
provided earlier. Every year, the participants show outstanding
creativity and charm the snow out into really complex, interesting
forms. Saws are in use, as well as spatulas, spoons, knives, trowels,
or even machetes and shoehorns. In order to work out their designs,
the teams laboriously pick, cut, form and mold. The sculptures made
during the snow carving amaze not only with the authors' creativity,
but also their details, finely formed in such a difficult material as
snow.
So
far,
the tallest figure made of snow was 5 meters high.
After
dark, all contest snow sculptures are effectively lighted with
colorful lights.
The
event is accompanied by concerts, performances, fun and contests for
the viewers.
See film
Night Jam Session - freestyle competition in snowboard and skiing (February)
The
idea came up in 2007. The first, spontaneous competition took place
next to Chata
Izerska on a ramp, whose beginning was marked with the window of the
residence! Immense enthusiasm and the will to do something new and
unusual encouraged a group of hotspurs from Szklarska Poręba and its
surroundings to take joint action. They made a makeshift ramp and
brought the snow to cover it all over from Jakuszyce. Such was the
beginning of and the impulse for organizing an event with greater
momentum.
More
contests
were held on a more professionally prepared ramp in Babiniec.
The
contests have
the form of jam on two kickers: 8 and 15 meters. The contestants have
a definite time, in which they can freely jump with no order or
calls. The jury chooses 3 snowboarders and 3 freeskikers. The event
takes place after dark, on a lighted ramp, which makes it all the
more spectacular.
BABINIEC
NIGHT
JAM SESSION 2010 contest scored a lot of viewers among skiers and
spectators. See film
RETRO Slalom (February)
An
event with a soul of its own. Spectacular contests, during which
there is more fun and laughter than there is competition. This is
where old-school skiing enthusiasts meet. Clothing and ski
equipment from bygone eras is obligatory. The older it gets the
better. Warning! All modern sports technology are ignored. The
slalom score includes ride times, style, dress and the presentation
of the player. And since it is not easy to take a ride using the
equipment of past ages, the competition must rely more on personal
charm than skill.
The
unusual nature of this winter event attracts many spectators. The
organizers encourage supporters to dress up as well. Surely you will
find something in the attic, the closet, or your Grandma’s
chest. Welcome!
See video about Retro Slalom
Stars on Snow (February)
Szklarska
Poreba lighted with reporters’ flashes! Only here can you meet
the whole array of stars on a ski slope during one weekend. It
is fun, it is winter, it is refined.
Every year, as the winter
capital of Radio Three, Szklarska Poreba invites well-known and
popular journalists and actors to compete in the Stars Slalom on
Szrenica.
Competition involves downhill skiers and snowboarders,
and other disciplines involve the participation of Friends of Stars
and the Children of Stars.
As
it turns out, stars are doing well not only in the movies, and the
ski mania compels both music journalists and sports commentators.
Our
previous guests include: Michał Olszański, Rafał Olbrychski Dorota
Warakomska, Ewa Gawryluk, Piotr Gąsowski, Waldemar Błaszczyk, Piotr
Cyrus, Urszula Dudziak, Beata Ścibakówna, Ewa Gorzelak, Ilona
Felicjańska, Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek, Michał Fajbusiewicz, Zbigniew
Buczkowski, Cezary Harasimowicz, Michaał Milowicz, Grażyna
Wolszczak, Robert Rozmus, Piotr Baron, Paweł Homa, Piotr Stelmach,
Artur Orzech, Anna Popek and Robert Gonera.
Piast Race (March)
The
oldest and largest event in Polish cross-country skiing. The
first Piast Race was held on April 11, 1976 and was attended by 518
people. The runners had to go the distance 15 km, but the
participants were both children and adults. Much has changed in
the organization of the Run since then. The riders run the three
distances: 50, 30 and 26km. In 2009, the Cross-Country Race was
attended by over 3600 runners.
Piast Race has dug into the history of Polish cross-country skiing over the years; it is becoming more and more popular with each passing year. Since 13 June 2008, the Piast Race is part of Worldloppet (Worldloppet Ski Federation) - World Endurance Racing League, which now gathers fifteen races from around the world.
In 2009, the Piast Race has won the title of Mass Event of the Year 2009 in 75th Sport Review!
More www.bieg-piastow.pl
See Video of Piast Race
Open air art (May - September)
In
2005, because of its historical traditions in art and literature,
Szklarska Poreba was included into the European Federation of
Euro-Art Colonies. However, unlike other places in Europe, it is
still a living colony, home to active and recognized artists, poets,
people of culture. Therefore, open-air crafts for young artists
- students of Polish universities - are held in Szklarska Poreba
every year. Students of the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts (painters,
glaziers, carvers) come to us for two weeks in spring (May/June). The
young artists under the guidance of their academy professors
participate in activities conducted in our town and in Leśna Huta.
Szklarska Poreba also hosts weekly open-air schools for students of Wroclaw photo PHO BOS schools. In addition to practical exercises, there are also lectures, photo exhibitions and meetings with famous photographers. For the last couple of years there has been a specific center of ceramics next to the "Raad na Uroczysku" guesthouse is created, where Polish and international workshops are organized for both the residents and the visitors; these come under the title "Ceramics and you", as well as many other activities aimed at promoting this field of creativity.
The results of the work of the young artists from Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts, PHO BOS students and ceramists from the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts can be viewed on the exhibitions held in the House of Carl and Gerhart Hauptmann - Karkonosze Museum in Szklarska Poreba.
Every year in July, a meeting of glass artists takes place, during an unusual open-air festival, titled Ekoglass Festival. It's a creative meeting of iron and glass artists, open to the public, during which wonderful and unique pieces of art are made. With each passing years, the festival draws more and more outstanding artistic glass manufacturers from many countries.
Canoeing races (April)
During
spring thaws in April, the riverbed of the Kamienna River becomes an
arena of spectacular canoeing competitions. During the AMP
Mountain Canoeing Championships in Kamienna, the contestants compete;
they are not frightened by the terrible twists of our river, dotted
with huge boulders and are ready to face the rushing current of the
Kamienna River.
This annual event - held since 1984 - attracts
many lovers of the sport, both members of sports clubs and canoeing
enthusiasts. Anyone who has appropriate skills and equipment can
enter the competition.
Spectacular competition on the restless spring river also enjoys great popularity among fans. The canoeing struggle can be viewed on the Kamienna River by the road No. 3/E65 from Szklarska Poreba to Piechowice, usuallyon the stretch from the mouth of Szklarka to the PKS bus stop next to the Hotel "Las."
May's Vertigo (May)
A cyclical event that takes place during the long weekend. The event includes a number of events that are held throughout the city.
Artistic
Picnic - Concerts in the city in the open air or in clubs. So far,
starred by e.g.: Akuray, East West Rockers, SBB, Kosmos Mega Sound
System, The Crackers Band, Marcin Nowakowski, Papryka Korps, and the
Hrabi cabaret.
Wheeled
May's Picnic - cycling competition for all lovers of two wheels. The
Youth Sports League of the Sudetes is a children competition in a
bicycle race. Jurek Zawadzki Memorial - cycling marathon in
memory of Jurek Zawadzki - a great lover animator of the bicycle
image of Szklarska Poreba.
Walloon
Picnic - open days of the Old Walloon Hut. Intrepid minerals
explorers reveal their secrets during these couple of days. It
is a way to learn much about the minerals present in the Karkonosze
and the Jizera Mountains.
Snow
Picnic - it is the last ski run in the season. Cyclic meeting
not only the Piast Race participants, but also all those who have the
ability to run on skis in May!
Ecological
Picnic - open days of the Karkonosze Environmental Education
Center. Plain air painting, games and contests for kids.
Extreme Picnic - the Quasar Mountain School and the Trollandia Rope Park invite all those who like a higher dose of adrenaline. You can take advantage of the attractions offered by the Parks: including rope bridges, zip-line, downhill- ride line, rock climbing. The program also offers breathtaking mountain rescue demonstrations.
Quest for the Golden Aurun (June - September)
A
TOUR for all those who feel like exploring, love secrets, can guess
difficult puzzles, find it interesting to deciphe complex characters
on the map and in the earth, and above all, want to have fun, which
may end up finding a real treasure. This particular terrain game
is organized by the Walloons Brotherhood in the Sudetes.
In
order to be qualified in the expedition, the participants must, on
the basis of suggestions given one by one, cross the route in
Szklarska Poreba and reach all the spots in the "Hidden Path of
the Walloons".
The prize is the Golden Aurun with a precious
stone - the legendary treasure of the Sudetes gold and minerals
miners.
Ekoglass Festival (July)
A
city with a centuries-old tradition of glass manufacture, which
coincided with the second - next to Kazimierz Wielki - artists'
colony in Poland cannot lack events linking these two
professions. Ekoglass Festival is a creative meeting of iron and
glass artists, during which wonderful and unique works are
produced. In addition, the idea of this art event is taking care
of the environment, so all glass forms created during the festival
are made from re-melting cullet. The event takes place in Huta Leśna,
and is led by master glass founding in Karkonosze, Henryk
Łubkowski. With each passing year, the festival is drawing more
and more outstanding glass artists from many countries. The
participants of the previous editions were e.g.: from Poland:
prof. dr hab Małgorzata Dajewska, Dr. Mariusz Łabiński,
Beata Damian-Speruda, Marzena Krzemińska, Igor Wójcik, Maciej
Zaborski; from the Czech Republic: Jakub Berdych, Andrej Nemeth,
Oldrich Pliva, Jiri Šuhájek; and from Slovakia: Patrik Illo and
Martin Muranica.
The event is open to spectators. During the few days of the festival you can see the work of steelworkers and artists working with different techniques.
Weekend with Adrenaline (July)
Weekend
with Adrenaline is a cyclical summer event, which attracts hundreds
of eager visitors and tourists from all over Poland. It's theKarkonosze Championship in Bungee Jumping, Fire Walk, and many other
attractions, especially in the field of extreme sports. Lots of
emotion, a large dose of adrenaline, a little fear, and - above all -
unforgettable memories of the event!
Every
weekend is full of amazing extreme, adrenaline-rushing sensations.The lift arm of Bungee Jumping is getting higher every year! The
bravest of the brave, who participate in the jumping competitions,
are also judged for their costumes. For them, the bungee jump is
not just a fly upside down, it's also the presentation of an
imaginary costumes. The force of gravity does not spare anyone
or anything! Cardboard, foil, skirts, wings ... costume elements
seem to be unmanageable.
With each year the Fire Walk - walking on
hot coals - seems to gain more and more interest as well. In the
last year's - the eighth - edition of the Weekend with Adrenaline, we
have set up a World Record for the agreed number of people who
participated in this event - 141. The Fire Walk awakens the desire to
overcome one's own weaknesses and fear of the unknown, while raising
the curiosity and courage to try your hand.
Similar experiences
accompany the daredevils who choose to participate in activities such
as zorbing, paintball, zip-line or walking on rope bridges.
The
essential point of every Weekend with Adrenaline is concerts. In
previous editions, e.g. the following played: Hey, Republika,
Perfect, Lombard, Fisz-Tworzywo Sztuczne, Voo Voo, Zakopower, Za
kratą, Leniwiec, Margines, Jeen Osiem L, Sistars, Sumptuastic,
Bohema, Namaste, Kangaroz, RH+, Kosmos Mega Sound System - DJ Jasiu,
Pogodno, Lech Janerka.
Weekend
with Adrenaline is also a traditional meeting with the radio and TV
stars. During the past events, we were visited by the
journalists of the TVP 1 "Coffee or Tea", TVN 24, TVN Meteo
and TVP Info, Polsat News; and the fans of Radio Three had more than
one opportunity to participate in the charts.
Some of the the
well-known personalities from the big screen that came to us, are:Grażyna Wolszczan, Cezary Harasimowicz, Ewa Gawryluk, Waldemar
Błaszczyk, Michał Fajbusiewicz, Krystyna Czubówna, Zbigniew
Buczkowski and Anna Mucha.
A photoreport of the 9th Weekend with Adrenaline
Nationwide Tourism Exchange of Student Songs (July-August)
It
is a Touristic Song Festival, held annually since 1968 in the Base of
Ponura Małpa in Szklarska Poreba. Those who were students at
the earliest marketplaces are now elders! However, the event
continues to attract new generations of both singers and
listeners. During the four-day event all the lovers of
mountains, guitar music, sung poetry, gather and listen to authorial
tracks sung in contests and countless songs. Over the years, the
following sung in the Ponura Małpa Base: Wolna Grupa Bukowina, Piotr
Bakal, Grupa Toruń, Andrzej Mróz z Grópą Kociołek, Ryszard
Żarowski, Jan Błyszczak "Mufka, B-Complex, Tomek Jarmużewski,
Krystyna Lisiecka, Jacek Musiatowicz, Dom o Zielonych Progach,
Ukryty Zegarek, Karol Płudowski...
The marketplace is the first
and earliest tourist and student song review in Poland. It is a
non-profit event, so admission is free. Camping, showers,
toilets, etc are free as well. The artists appearing on the scene
also do it for free.
Apart from that, as additional attraction aimed at children, there is a song contest "From kindergarten to Giełdole" played on Radio Three Square and a concert of "marketplace for the town", taking place in the "Esplanade" Town Park. In 2009, during the party the first Guitar World Record Contest Exercise was organized. 39 guitars sounded at the same time! The song was "Rzeka" ("The River") by Wojciech Jarociński of the Wolna Grupa Bukowina.
The Karkonosze Marathon (August)
One
of the most demanding races takes place at the top of Karkonosze -
the Karkonosze Marathon. The players, who enter the race, have to
overcome the 42 km and 195 m peaks of the Karkonosze picturesque
route from the Śnieżka to Szrenica and back.
It is at times quite deadly a race, with a variety of altitude between +1575m and -1575m, and 16.5km of it is uphill, 19.2km downhill and only 6.5 km on flat terrain. The difficulties did not deter competitors. On the contrary, they encourage the participants to put their form to the test, to overcome their weaknesses. The first run in 2009 took place under scorching sun, the second in 2010 - for a change - was held in the pouring rain, accompanied by thunder heard from far away.
Although both marathons were extremely difficult, several hundred participants from all over Poland and from abroad came t take part in it. The Run has become increasingly popular. It has been nominated the "Gold Race 2010" by the Maratony Polskie.pl portal.
Bike Festival (August)
Since
Szklarska Poreba is the Cycling capital of Poland, it here the
biggest event of cycling in this part of Europe is held every
year.
The Bike Festival is a spectacular cycling event and a
strong adrenaline rush during a single weekend in the town of
Szrenica. The festival in Szklarska Poreba gathers thousands of
cyclists and fans every year, to see the amazing bike stunts:
- Downhill
- Dirt Jump Contest
- Dirt Best Trick Show
- Air
Water Bike Show - the most spectacular part of the Festival. Diving
competition, which is an attraction for spectators, photographers and
the players themselves
as well as - BMX Contest
- Bike Marathon
- A film review on cycling - the review of amateur and professional movies from competitions and cycling events and activities.
more the www.festiwalrowerowy.pl
Youth Sports League of the Sudetes
It
is a cyclical event, aimed at children and adolescents aged 7 to 16
years. It is organized by the "Szklarska Poreba on Two
Wheels" Association of Cyclists. The main goal of this
event is to promote tourism and sport as a form of active
recreation. An important aspect is also to popularize biking and
skiing inthe Sudetes, as well as the skills and proper behavior while
riding and skiing among the school children and adolescents.
Four cycling competitions (summer) and four-country skiing competitions (winter) take place each year. These are held on Saturdays, which are school-free days. Children and schoolchildren were divided into three age categories. Depending on their age, they start at three different distances.
Members of the Cyclists' Association and the relevant emergency services (Mountain Rescue) are watching over the course and the safety.
Upon the completion of each event, all participants and their families are invited to a bonfire with sausages while awaiting for the results to be announced and awards given out.
The results as well as the galleries with the course of the Youth Sports League of the Sudetes can be viewed on the website of the "Szklarska Poreba on Two Wheels" Association of Cyclistswww.bike.superhost.pl in the "Events" section.
