Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.
Hiking tour from Starý Smokovec (1010 meters AMSL) to Priečne sedlo (2352 meters AMSL) via Zamkovského (1475 meters AMSL) and Téryho chata (2015 meters AMSL).
Descent to Zbojnícka chata (1960 meters AMSL) and from there walking back to Starý Smokovec.
Priečne sedlo is a mountain saddle in the Slovak part of the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) mountain range.
Note: all … read more
Even a hike in the Bavarian Alps on a bright and sunny Sunday in August can be a very lonely business.
Certainly oppressive summer heat is always a factor keeping the crowds at bay. Also the sheer difficulty of the tour of our choice, a walk over an unmarked ridge in the Allgäu Alps towards a peak called Seeköpfle, boasting a height of 1920 meters AMSL, hence not really intimidating … read more
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
