# Karpacz: private ski lessons & instructors

> Resort town beneath Śnieżka, highest peak of the Sudetes: a long chair up Kopa in the national park, and the gentle Biały Jar hill in the centre.

- Region: Giant Mountains, Lower Silesia
- Country: [Poland](https://alpinepal.com/en/ski-instructors/poland)
- Time zone: Europe/Warsaw
- Currency: EUR
- Coordinates: 50.76667, 15.75
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606126

Page: https://alpinepal.com/en/resorts/karpacz
Last reviewed: 15 October 2026

## About Karpacz

Karpacz is the eastern of the two resort towns of the Polish Giant Mountains, spread up the slope below Śnieżka (1,603 m), the highest peak of the Sudetes, on the Czech border. It is a busy year-round town, best known outside winter for Wang, a medieval Norwegian stave church rebuilt here in the 1840s.

The main ski area, Karpacz Ski Arena, rises above town to Kopa and the Złotówka meadow, inside the Karkonosze National Park. Its spine is a four-seat chair, 2.2 km long with about 530 m of vertical, alongside an old double chair and drag lifts; the black run from the top is the longest in town. In the centre, Biały Jar is a separate, compact hill with a covered six-seat chair and wide, gentle slopes.

## Where lessons start

Biały Jar is the beginner hill: short, wide, in the middle of town, with a fast covered chair. The lower slopes of Karpacz Ski Arena have practice lifts too; the black run from Kopa is natural snow and often bumpy, so it is for later.

## Getting there

Wrocław is about two hours by road and Jelenia Góra about 25 minutes. Since 2025 trains run again from Jelenia Góra to Karpacz, so the town can be reached by rail with one change.

## Resort areas

- Karpacz Ski Arena (Kopa)
- Biały Jar

## Instructors at Karpacz

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## Qualifications required in Poland

Poland has no state licence. The professional standard is the SITN PZN instructor card (SITS for snowboard) (SITN PZN / SITS).

## Frequently asked questions

### Where do beginners ski in Karpacz?

At Biały Jar, in the centre of town: a compact hill of wide, gentle slopes served by a covered six-seat chair. Karpacz Ski Arena on Kopa is the bigger mountain, with practice lifts at the bottom and steeper runs above, including the natural-snow black run from the top.