Numerous ski resorts from the west to the east of Poland have specially marked cross-country trails. Routes for offroad skiing can be found on the traverses of mountain slopes and forest wildernesses.

Sudetes Mountains
These are the most important mountains for amateurs of cross-country skiing with 80 km of well-kept trails. The easier ones lead to Orle and Chatka Górzystów with difficult ones on the Śnieżka massif in the Kletno area – they are beautiful but demanding. It is worth taking the forest routes to Bielskie, Bystrzyckie or the Kamienne Mountains and completing the loop around Rymarz and Kalenica in the Wielkiej Sowy (Great Owl) massif. Poland’s biggest open long-distance crosscountry run – Bieg Piastów – is organized in March in Jakuszyce near Szklarska Poręba. Over 6 thousand skiers participate with distances covered from 10 to 50 km.

• www.bieg-piastow.pl
• www.szklarskaporeba.pl

The Tatra Mountains and Podhale region
There are various interesting cross-country skiing trails in Podhale, a vast valley at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. The trails are marked as foot trails in the lower parts of the mountains or on the flat mountain tops in Bukowina Tatrzańska, Białka or nearby Gorce.
There are also marked trails for professional downhill skiing in the Tatra Mountains. The trails above the upper parts of the forest are not well-kept and are difficult. They are best traversed with an experienced guide, with professional equipment and by the physically fit.

• www.visit.malopolska.pl
• www.nanarty.info
• wakacje.staypoland.com

Beskidy Mountains
In the Silesian and Żywiec Beskids Mountains the numerous skiing trails pass through well-known skiing resorts: Szczyrk, Wisła, Ustroń and Korbielów. In the Sądecki Beskids Mountains cross-country skiing trails pass through Piwniczna, Krynica and Szczawnica. Each February the Jaworz Ski Run is held near Bielsko-Biała and in Rajcza and Zwardoń the Peasant Ski Rally takes place across Poland and Slovakia.

Bieszczady Mountains
(Eastern Beskidy Mountains)
The length of the skiing trails in Bieszczady exceeds 130 km. They have been put together for cross-country and skitouring. The most beautiful ones are in the Bieszczady National Park where snow and wind have created picturesque landscapes in shades of black, white, tinged with the greens of the trees.

• www.cisna.pl
• www.bieszczady.net.pl