Sípark Mátraszentistván — Attraction in Gyöngyösi járás

I have been in the ski-park before, some 3 years ago. From that time I had some mixed memories; nice, beautiful place, with nice tracks, yet, my skis suffered a little from stones scattered over the surface of the snow. Not this year. 🙂 The weather was a perfect one to go out and have some skiing. The slopes around were already showing the coming spring, yet the ski-park had a massive, well-put bed of ice, with really nice artificial snow on the top. It really draws praise to the guys making it possible, the snow machines most probably had been working all night before, so that the fans of winter could get a really nice opportunity to ski all day long. Literally. Started in the morning, and finishing with the last lift up having a sandwich-break only, the tracks were in a really good shape all day long. In the beginning of March! Very well done! They say it will be open till the end of March. Maybe will go back. 🙂 Try it, you will like the place. There is a blue, a red and a black slope, really good for a day of skiing. Very friendly and competent staff! So, go,...

Five stars is obv not because of massive terrain and amounts of snow, but for providing the absolute best snow experience possible given current weather conditions. In a winter with almost no snow, they managed to have full coverage on the main runs, keeping the main chairlift open, and providing a great family-friendly experience at an affordable price. This is not easy, or affordable, for a ski area to do. Hats off to them for doing it.

It's a small mountain and great for beginners.

As I am a non-Hungarian speaker, the attendant at the ticket booth was very helpful and professional when I purchased our tickets as it was our first visit.

When we were there the crowds were light (Saturday in early March) so there were minimal lift lines.

If you bring the proper attitude with you it will be a great...

Quite good, given that there are no many place to compare it to around. But at least it was worth the drive to there. Just need a bit more organization and cordination between those selling the tickets and those selling the skiing equipments. You buy a ticket since that's the first stop at the entrance, when you get to the skiing equipment container. After waiting on the queue for at least 30 minutes only to find out that there are no skies or even snow boards. But of course they would tell you to wait a little bit longer depending on the time of the day, since they would expect one or two pairs to be returned in the afternoon. Or at 4 pm since that's when most people will call it a quite.

But all in all the experience at the slopes over writes the...