Category Archives: Hiking and Mountaineering

Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.

Traversing Priečne sedlo (High Tatras)

Description

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.

Photos

Map, Topography

Note: all principle mountain saddles are highlighted.

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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.

Photos

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

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