Slavske’s history as a winter sports centre as well as a spa town goes back to the 19th century, when it was part of Galicia – a province of Austria-Hungary. Austrians built hotels in the town, and by 1918, when the town became part of Poland, it was a very popular destination, attended mostly by tourists from nearby city of Lviv. Between 1919 and 1939 several ski lifts and ski platforms were built in Slavske and its vicinity, most of them on Pohar mountain.