Category Archives: Hiking and Mountaineering

Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.

High Tatras: Kriváň, Rysy

Kriváň and Rysy are well-known mountains in Slovakia in the western High Tatras.

Štrbské Pleso, the final station of the meter-gauge railway Tatranské Elektrické Železnice (TEŽ), is a convenient starting point to get to either peak in three to four hours.

Kriváň , October 1

Kriváň (2494 meters AMSL, i. e. Above Mean Sea Level; every height stated below is AMSL), so named because of … read more

Ascent to Poludnica (Low Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from ľanovo (on 653 meters) to Poludnica (1540 meters AMSL) on a blue marked path, descent on a yellow marked path to Rakytovica (1070 meters), and from there to Liptovský Mikuláš.

Poludnica is a peak in the Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry) mountain range in Slovakia.

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Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

No technical challenges along the way, but it may happen that you see a brown … read more

Ascent to Ďumbier (Low Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from the Čertovica mountain pass (1232 meters AMSL) to Ďumbier (2043 meters AMSL), and further to Chopok (2024 meters AMSL) and Kamenná chata pod Chopkom.

Ďumbier is the highest peak in the Low Tatras (Nízke Tatry) mountain range in Slovakia.

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Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

Chata generála Milana Rastislava Štefánika (1740 meters AMSL) at the foot of Ďumbier is opened all year round.

There are … read more