Kocani Municipality · North Macedonia · ski area
Ponikva ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Ponikva is a ski area in Kocani Municipality, North Macedonia with 1.1 km of mapped downhill runs and 2 lifts, between 1,510 m and 1,628 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 1.1 km
- Lifts
- 2
- Top elevation
- 1,628 m
- Vertical drop
- 118 m
- Nearest airport
- SKP · 61 km
Slopes by difficulty
3 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 2 T-bars
Ponikva is a ski area in Kocani Municipality, North Macedonia. Its 3 mapped downhill runs add up to 1.1 km, which ranks it #3 of 7 ski areas in North Macedonia and gives it 2.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 360 m long.
Slopes at Ponikva
About 0% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 0% intermediate and 0% advanced or expert, which makes Ponikva a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 2 lifts: 2 t-bars. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,510 m up to 1,628 m, a vertical drop of 118 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Ponikva
The nearest airport is Skopje International Airport (SKP), about 61 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 20 min by car; Sofia Airport (SOF) is 114 km away. Nearby ski areas include Ски Центар Михајово, Ski Center Mihajlovo (1.1 km), Kruševo (0.4 km), Скијачки центар Попова шапка (19.8 km) and Pelister, which together add 21 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Ponikva
- 1Skopje International AirportSKP61 kmstraight lineIlinden, North Macedonia
Airports in North MacedoniaTransfers & Meet & Greet →
- 2 SOF114 kmstraight line
- 3Priština Adem Jashari International AirportPRN124 kmstraight line
Prishtina, Kosovo
Airports in KosovoTransfers & Meet & Greet → - 4 INI150 kmstraight line
Niš, SerbiaNearby
Ski resorts near Ponikva
- 83 kmKartala
Bulgaria3.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,244 m - 83 kmPanichishteBulgaria2.3 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 2,091 m
- 87 kmMalyovistaBulgaria4.1 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,973 m
- 95 kmBanskoBulgaria34 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 2,515 m
- 97 kmSemkovoBulgaria4.5 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,771 m
- 97 kmVitoshaBulgaria15 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,245 m
- 98 kmСки Центар Михајово, Ski Center Mihajlovo1.1 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,349 m
- 102 kmDobrinishteBulgaria4.1 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,225 m
- 105 kmBorovetsBulgaria43 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 2,537 m
- 109 kmSki Center BrezovicaKosovo7.2 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,260 m
- 119 kmKruševo0.4 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,405 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.