Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.
Hiking tour from Starý Smokovec (1010 meters AMSL) to Východná Vysoká (2429 meters AMSL), crossing Velická dolina and passing sedlo Poľský hrebeň (“Polish mountain crest”, 2200 meters AMSL) .
Východná Vysoká (“Eastern Peak”), not to be confused with the mountain Vysoká, is a peak in the Slovak part of the High Tatra mountain range.
Even with some snow on the trail hardly a … read more
This blog post is a continuation of a past article about hiking tours in Trentino.
Mezzocorona, a town surrounded by large vineyards on 219 meters AMSL (Above Mean Sea Level; every height stated below is AMSL), is reachable from Trento by train within fifteen minutes.
The peak I had chosen for this day was Cima Roccapiana (“Flat Rock Peak”) in … read more
The Dolomites are a mountain range I’d unfortunately never visited before, though Northern Italy is not really far off from my home Bavaria: with the Eurocity connection about four hours from Munich to Bolzano, or five and a half hours to Verona.
As someone who hiked and climbed (more or less) exclusively in the High Tatras in Slovakia in the last two years, the difference in appearances of those … read more
