All posts by Florian Dirnberger

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Priečne sedlo mountain saddle (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from Starý Smokovec (1010 meters) to Priečne sedlo (Polish: Czerwona Ławka, 2352 meters) via Téryho chata (2015 meters).

Descent to Zbojnícka chata (1960 meters), and from there to the finishing point Starý Smokovec.

Priečne sedlo is a mountain saddle in the Slovak part of the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) mountain range.

Note: every height stated is AMSL, i.e. Above Mean Sea Level.… read more

Crossing the High Tatras from Morskie Oko to Popradské pleso

The High Tatras are a small mountain range by comparison, so crossing them in their entirety from North to South or vice versa is, logistically and in terms of personal endurance, really straightforward.

As the mountain range (Polish: Tatry Wysokie, Slovak: Vysoké Tatry) separates Poland and Slovakia, you’ll also enter the frontier area between these countries at one of the mountain saddles such as Poľský hrebeň, or on peaks such … read more

Sedlo prielom mountain saddle (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking and climbing tour from the Zbojnícka chata (1960 meters) to Sedlo prielom (Polish: Rohatka, 2290 meters).

Proceeding from there to Poľský hrebeň (“Polish ridge”, 2200 meters), descent to Sliezsky dom (1670 meters) and to the finishing point Starý Smokovec (1010 meters).

Sedlo prielom is a mountain saddle in the Slovak part of the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) mountain range.

Note: every height stated is AMSL, i.e. A… read more