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Krynica

Krynica-Zdrój luge track (Góra Parkowa)

Góra Parkowa, Krynica-Zdrój, Lesser Poland · Poland

A former world-championship luge track; a short repaired section hosted youth races in 2022.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1929
Length
1,402 m

The federation dates the course to 1929; some lists give 1928, the year the local club was formed.

Explore the track

The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
1,390m
Drop
120m
Curves
13
Top speed
139km/h
Peak load
3.2g
Reference run
0:49.70
Curve-by-curve guide · 13 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. 1 21° left Kink 1.0 g · 40 km/h
  2. 2 58° left 1.2 g · 68 km/h
  3. 3 32° right 1.4 g · 80 km/h
  4. 4 78° right 1.9 g · 98 km/h
  5. 5 18° right 1.5 g · 105 km/h
  6. 6 55° left 2.4 g · 116 km/h
  7. 7 100° left 3.0 g · 129 km/h
  8. 8 28° left 2.4 g · 127 km/h
  9. 9 58° right 2.8 g · 124 km/h
  10. 10 36° right 2.7 g · 128 km/h
  11. 11 88° left 3.2 g · 136 km/h
  12. 12 23° left 2.5 g · 139 km/h
  13. 13 51° left 3.2 g · 137 km/h

The story

The luge track on Góra Parkowa, the park hill of the spa town of Krynica-Zdrój, is known as the cradle of Polish luge. It opened at the end of the 1920s, hosted the European Championships in 1935, and staged the luge World Championships in 1958 and 1962. Work on a refrigerated track began in 2008 but was blocked amid fears for the spa's mineral water, and the town now wants a new track on the Iwonka slope.

  • It hosted the luge World Championships twice, in 1958 and 1962.
  • Fears for the spa's mineral water stopped a concrete rebuild.

Today

Volunteers repaired a shortened section of the old line in December 2021, and youth races were held on it in February 2022.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

World Championships

Men's luge 1958–1962
Women's luge 1958–1962
Doubles luge 1958–1962

Continental championships and cups

Men's luge 1935
Women's luge 1935
Doubles luge 1935