Guide to the surroundings
Klínovec next door, Germany over the hill, UNESCO underfoot.
Everything you can set out for from Háj — with numbers, not adjectives. Distances are measured from the terrace of the inn.
Winter
Klínovec ski resort: 800 metres from the door
The largest and most modern ski resort of the Ore Mountains is right next door. The ski bus stops at the inn and is included for staying guests; ski passes are sold at our reception.
- Season: the lifts run from December to April.
- Longest run Rondo 5.2 km, Jáchymovská 3.4 km; ski links to Neklid and Boží Dar.
- Night skiing, snow park and halfpipe, 3 ski schools, rentals and service.
- 5 kids’ areas, a kids’ ski park with a magic carpet, free tow for children.
- Interskiregion Fichtelberg–Klínovec: 47 km of slopes on one pass, free ski bus between the Czech and Saxon sides.
- Lift capacity 12,500 people per hour, free parking.
Sources: klinovec.cz, kudyznudy.cz, ceskehory.cz (September 2026).
Cross-country skiing
The track starts in the village, the trail leads to Saxony
Locals say the Ore Mountains are even better for cross-country than downhill. There are over 120 km of groomed tracks around.
- A groomed track straight from Loučná to Meluzína (1,097 m).
- The Ore Mountain Ski Trail: the Klínovec – Horní Halže section starts at the Dámská chairlift.
- Professional circuits in Boží Dar and Oberwiesenthal (2 to 30 km).
- Snow reliability: Boží Dar lies at 1,028 m and usually gets snow earlier than the rest of Czechia.
Sources: krusnehory.cz, bozidar.cz, loucna.eu.
Summer
Trail Park Klínovec: cable car up, trails down
The cable car from Jáchymov takes bikes too. At the top start flow trails ranked among the longest in Europe; the Illegal trail is in the world top ten.
- Season May to October: weekends in May, June and September, daily in July and August, 9:30–18:00.
- Bike and scooter rental for kids and adults, workshop, bike wash, showers.
- Children under 5 free; member of the Gravity Card network (32 bike parks in Europe).
- Stone lookout tower on the summit (24 m, 75 steps) from 1884, open again since its 2013 restoration.
Sources: trailpark.cz, kudyznudy.cz, mtbczech.cz, Chomutovský deník.
Families
The Christmas Trail, the peat bog and snowtubing
Boží Dar is six kilometres away and is the highest town in Central Europe. It has a whole programme for children.
- The Christmas Trail: a nature trail with tasks at wooden huts, a “Christmas passport” for 50 CZK, a stamp from the Christmas post office at the end. Pushchair- and bike-friendly.
- Boží Dar peat bog: a boardwalk through the largest bog of the Ore Mountains, easy, with a pushchair.
- Winter: snowtubing in Boží Dar, kids’ areas on Klínovec, ski school.
- Summer in Boží Dar: mountain karts, rope centre, climbing wall.
- At the inn: playground, swings, trampoline, volleyball, fire pit and a kids’ corner in the restaurant.
Sources: overenorodici.cz, bozidar.cz, turistika.cz.
Mining heritage
Háj is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site
The Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region was inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2019. One of its components is the Háj – Kovářská – Mědník mining landscape — the meadows and woods around the inn.
- Lime kiln in Háj: a monumental 1850s lime works with two octagonal Rumford kilns, restored in 2019. On foot only (10–30 minutes), bring a torch.
- Jáchymov (10 km): Adit No. 1 (May–October), the Royal Mint museum, the Red Tower of Death.
- The abandoned village of Königsmühle, the waterfall in Pytlácká gorge, the Hadí hora viewpoint.
- Museum of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains in Kovářská (5 km).
Sources: montanregion.cz, loucna.eu, cs.wikipedia.org, kudyznudy.cz.
Across the border
Oberwiesenthal: an hour on foot, steam train, toboggan run
A pedestrian border crossing leads from Loučná to Oberwiesenthal, the highest town in Germany. Two hours of walking and you are having coffee in another country.
- Fichtelbergbahn: narrow-gauge steam railway from Cranzahl to Oberwiesenthal, with an open carriage in summer.
- Fichtelberg Schwebebahn cable car up the highest peak of Saxony.
- Summer and winter toboggan run in Oberwiesenthal.
- Free Interskiregion ski bus for pass holders, 10 minutes to Oberwiesenthal.
Sources: regiontourist.cz, cs.wikipedia.org, klinovec.cz.
Rest
Karlovy Vary in 40 minutes, Jáchymov in 15
The Ore Mountains are spa country. When the weather turns or your legs ache, there is somewhere to go.
- Karlovy Vary: colonnades, the Hot Spring, spa treatments, wafers.
- Jáchymov: the oldest radon spa in the world.
- Boží Dar: balneo treatments, whirlpool and carbonic baths, massages.
- Indoor pools: Vejprty (9 km), the water park in Klášterec nad Ohří.
Sources: arnicahotel.cz, booking.com (distances).