Skiing in the Czech Republic

God was easy to find. But I had to use skis.
The Czech Republic is probably better known for its garden gnomes than its ski resorts. It produces thousands of ornamental plastic gnomes every year. But only has a few ski resorts catering for quite a bit of snow.

More often than not moderately abysmal and studiously unpretentious and ‘relentlessly incompetent’ skiers like myself and the Lord Mayor of London are ignored by the mainstream ski destinations.
Nowhere looks after shocking skiers and very poorly-dressed tourists better than the Czech Republic which, as one of its winter activities brochures proudly proclaims, “offers numerous ravishing sceneries” where “you can enjoy the nature while struggling to ski”.
The Czech Republic is not ashamed to welcome the world’s worst or, at least, most self-conscious winter sports enthusiasts. It openly vaunts itself as the ideal place for “not very capable skiers”.
You can ski in several places within two hours of Prague. All are accessible, if totally unpronounceable. There is Beskydy in Moravia on the Slovak and Polish border. Pustevny, Jeseniky and Cervenohorske sedlo are popular resorts with well-maintained routes and draglifts. Ricky...