Zemplen Kalandpark
Hungarian adventure park with a ski hill
Zemplén Kalandpark is a hillside adventure park above Sátoraljaújhely in north-east Hungary, whose winter offer combines snow-cannon pistes with a plastic dry slope for year-round practice.
- 320 m Base
- 484 m Top lift
- 164 m Vertical
- 7 Lifts
Best known for
Après & vibe
The park's mountain facilities offer refreshments and food, with the broader attractions of the ropes courses and bobsled run rounding out a family day.
The snow centre
Zemplén Kalandpark is an all-round adventure park set on the Magas-hegy above the town of Sátoraljaújhely, close to the Slovak border, and skiing is one strand of a much wider offer. Its ski slopes are served by lifts and topped up by snow cannons in winter; when natural snow is thin, visitors can still practise on Hungary's longest and widest plastic dry slope, making the venue a year-round learner and family destination rather than a snow-sure resort. Alongside the pistes it packs in a chairlift, ropes courses, a bobsled run and a zipline, so a day here is as much about the whole hill as the descents. It suits beginners, children and day-tripping families from the region far more than experienced skiers. A ski school on site teaches newcomers to ski and snowboard.
The slope
The core of the venue, with easy pistes, magic carpets and a ski school.
Modest slopes for gentle cruising, nothing demanding.
Little to hold stronger skiers.
No expert terrain.
Ride the chairlift up the Magas-hegy
The park operates one of the longest chairlifts in Hungary, carrying visitors up the hill for skiing in winter and the full run of adventure activities in every season.
Year-round dry-slope practice
When snow is scarce, the site's long plastic dry slope keeps skiing and snowboarding lessons running through the year.
On the map
Legend
Run difficulty
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced / Expert
- Freeride / Extreme
- Unknown
Run types
- Downhill — groomed
- Downhill — ungroomed
- Downhill — gladed
- Nordic (groomed)
- Ski tour
- ☾Lit (night)
- △Not patrolled
- →One-way
- ❄Snowmaking
Lifts
- Operating
- Operating (private)
- Non-operating
- Lift station
Slope-gradient grading
Downhill / ski tour
- Flat<3°
- Easy3–14°
- Intermediate14–22°
- Advanced / Expert22–45°
- Freeride / Extreme>45°
Nordic
- Easy<6°
- Intermediate6–9°
- Advanced>9°
Aspect (sun exposure)
- N — least sun
- E — morning
- S — most sun
- W — afternoon
Legend after OpenSkiMap
Stay near Zemplen Kalandpark
Most visitors come for the day; the town of Sátoraljaújhely at the foot of the hill offers pensions and guesthouses for an overnight stay.
A base in town — the snow centre is a day trip, not a resort stay.
Self-catering flexibility for a family visit or a longer city break.
Handy if the centre is a stopover between flights.
Book access to Zemplen Kalandpark
Snow sessions, lessons and slope passes for Zemplen Kalandpark.
Online access tickets for Zemplen Kalandpark will be bookable here shortly. In the meantime, book direct on the venue's own site.
How to get there
The nearest international gateways are Košice in Slovakia and Debrecen in eastern Hungary, with Budapest a longer drive.
The park sits just above Sátoraljaújhely; a car is the simplest way in, with the town reachable by rail.
Best time: The winter ski season runs in cold spells from roughly January to February; the dry slope and activities operate year-round.
Nearby resorts
Other resorts within reach.
Bánkút síklub
- Vertical
- 172 m
- Lifts
- 6
Krasiya - КРАСИЯ
- Vertical
- 588 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 7
- Lifts
- 3
Pylypets
- Vertical
- 462 m
- Lifts
- 5
Faces north-east © EugeneLoza / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Гірськолижний комплекс "Плай"
- Vertical
- 264 m
- Lifts
- 3
Getting to Zemplen Kalandpark
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