Velké Vrbno: Hotels and accommodations
Accommodation in Velké Vrbno
The Paprsek-Olšanka “Kaskáda” snow park in Velké Vrbno offers a total of 4.5 km of ski slopes, which are groomed with a snow groomer. Evening skiing is also possible there.
Winter and cross-country skiing
The chairlift takes visitors up to the Paprsek mountain hut. The Milíře cross-country skiing circuit includes the Velké Vrbno lift station. The operator of the Paprsek hut regularly grooms around 30 km of cross-country ski trails.
Paths and hiking connections
The yellow-marked trail leads through Velké Vrbno to the Medvědí rokle valley. Three marked hiking trails meet near the Paprsek mountain hut.
Lookout tower
The Dalimilova rozhledna is a stone lookout tower on the summit of Větrov and a faithful replica of the historic Kaiser Wilhelm Tower, which stood on Sněžník from 1899 to 1973. It can only be reached on foot; from the car park in Velké Vrbno at the lift station to Paprsek, it is another 1.5 km on foot.
Culture and history
The Chapel of Saint Christopher is located in the immediate vicinity of the Paprsek mountain hotel, which lies at the transition between Hrubý Jeseník, Rychlebské hory and Králický Sněžník. It was built in 2009 next to the Paprsek mountain hotel as a replacement for a chapel demolished in Velké Vrbno and consecrated on September 26, 2009, together with a bell dating from 1925 from the submerged settlement of Grund Messinghammer. The Paprsek mountain hut was built in 1932 in the cadastral area of Velké Vrbno and was originally named “Slezský Dům” (Silesian House).
More local pages: Bohdíkov, Loucná Nad Desnou, Vikantice, Jedlí, Rapotín, Hanusovice, Hynčice Pod Sušinou, Jindrichov
To the higher-level travel overview: Šumperk District.
