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We devoted 4 hours on Sunday to the big slope of Vatra Dornei. We had done a bit of prior research to understand what it is actually about but as usual seeing is believing and trying it out gets you the full picture.
The slope is long and smooth. The ski lift has an intermediary station. It doesn't slow down but you can get off after the first 20 minutes if you're really bored or if you badly want to avoid the wind-exposed part towards the top. If you do decide to get off you won't actually miss much as the remaining altitude difference you gain over the last 5 minutes is insignificant.
There are two 30 second black slopes starting at the top station. To get back to the top after the 30 seconds you get to ride on two consecutive baby ski lifts. I'd never been on one before. It's interesting but also quite unpleasant.
Getting back to the main slope, the skiing is nice and it's a good place to learn because it's never very steep. It's a kind of scenic skiing, if you will, as you actually ski between trees and wooden houses. There are fences on the sides of the slope in places and it all gives a feel of "Grandma's village", not my grandma but you get the picture.
There are pictures on Picasa in the Vatra Dornei Skiing album.
These 3 altitude profiles should give you a good idea of the possibilities of the slope. They show a full circle (the same full circle), going up on the ski lift and coming down as fast as we could. The speed is obviously not taken into account in the first graph.
The slope was steep enough to allow a top speed of about 55 km/h. On the lower part there were many jump opportunities. 2-3 meter long jumps were easily done, even by beginners not looking where they were skiing :)
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