Jakuszyce Biathlon Shooting Range

The Jakuszyce Biathlon Shooting Range is part of the Lower Silesian Sports Centre on the Jakuszyce Meadow in the Izera Mountains, one of the largest and most modern cross-country skiing and biathlon centres in Europe.

A full-size competition facility

The shooting range has thirty lanes fifty metres long, built in accordance with the rules of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). Its fixed equipment includes electronic targets and control from a coaches' ramp, while its movable equipment includes shooting mats, roping and lane markers. In summer the facility is adjoined by asphalt roller-ski tracks about two kilometres long, four to eleven and a half metres wide.

Part of a complex, not a separate attraction

The shooting range operates as part of the Lower Silesian Sports Centre, which also includes a sports hall, a hypoxic chamber, an equipment rental point, a wellness zone, a restaurant and an Interactive Sports Centre with winter-sports simulators. The facility meets the strict requirements of the world's sporting federations and serves primarily athletes and national teams training on site; it is not a place where a casual tourist can shoot a rifle for fun. What is open to everyone, however, are the running and cycling trails around the centre and the ski-equipment rental points operating in Jakuszyce.

Practical information

• Address: Jakuszyce 8, Szklarska Poręba
• Getting there: from the centre of Szklarska Poręba along the road towards the Szklarska Pass, the complex lies by the border with the Czech Republic
• What to expect: a professional training facility for athletes; the availability of shooting for amateurs and the current schedule are worth checking directly on the centre's website before a visit
• Nearby it is worth seeing the Kamieńczyk Waterfall and the peak of Szrenica