Summary:

In view of growing interest of tourists in various sports activities increasing importance of winter sports is also noticeable. Skiing and snowboarding become more and more popular forms of spending spare time by various social age groups. In such situation economic entities operating on tourist market in the discussed disciplines should implement the investment policy aimed at satisfying the demand for services connected with practicing this type of sports and recreational activities.
Also territorial self-government authorities should conduct tourist policy in the mountain areas to increase their attractiveness for tourists, among other through investment endeavors in ski infrastructure and para-tourist infrastructure.
Discussed has been an analysis of selected elements of infrastructure in the regions of skiing reception in Poland. Tourist market studies have been conducted in three aspects. Studies covered mountain communes which are the areas of skiing reception and ski stations situated in the communes participating in the research. The studies incorporated also an analysis of potential tourist demand represented by skiers and snowboarders. The article contains the analysis of only one fragment of research focused on 64 mountain communes in Poland. Studies on selected elements of mountain commune infrastructure involved among others an analysis of their transport accessibility, general use tourist facilities and selected values of the countryside and cultural environment, important for tourists. On the basis of obtained results it was found that the elements of commune infrastructure make possible and support performing their tourist function with particular regard to conditions for practicing skiing and snowboarding.