For ten days the road to the ski center Kozuf is not passable. The reason is a landslide of landfall and rocks as well as a snow cover of thirty centimeters during the last 8 kilometers to the settlement, reads daily Dnevnik.
Ski center representatives inform that in such circumstances, they have introduced Free Ride opportunities or freestyle skiing off the prepared ski trails. They have been making arrangements with tourists that would come in groups, and they will be taken to the center by snowmobiles or special machines for cleaning snow.
“It's about adventurers who want this kind of skiing on untouched mountain terrain, which is very popular in northwestern Europe. In addition we expect guests from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France and Italy. In Europe, very few ski centers have such offers because they have no free terrains for such a thing”, notes Angel Nakov, executive director of "Kozuf". He explains that these tour packages are with higher prices than ordinary ones.
“In order to satisfy the needs of tourists for this type of adventure, ratracks, motor slides and special protection equipment is used. The equipment includes airbags in backpacks, that open in case of avalanche and allow the skier to be safe and to remain on the surface. Rescue and evacuation equipment is provided by us”, says Nakov. They expect more groups of foreign tourists for this kind of skiing because as he says, they have one of the largest areas in Europe of over 5 thousand hectares.
“Whatever it is, quality maintenance on the road to a tourist center is the alpha and omega for tourism development”, he is adamant. At the moment, the ski trails of the center have about half a meter of snow and ideal conditions for any kind of skiing.
“We have continued negotiations with several foreign companies for strategic partnership and we are optimistic that as soon as possible these negotiations will be successful. Project "Kozhuf" is from 2006 and so far in this joint stock company about 20 million domestic and foreign capitals are invested” notes Nakov.
Dispatching service "Macedonian Roads" (Makedonija Pat) has confirmed that the road from the place Smrdliva Voda near Gevgelija to the ski center "Kozuf" is no passable.
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