Category Archives: Hiking and Mountaineering

Small hiking and mountaineering tours in Europe.

Ascent to Kościelec (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking and climbing tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Kościelec (2155 meters AMSL) via Schronisko Murowaniec (1500 meters AMSL), summer and winter 2024.

Kościelec, the “Polish Matterhorn”, is a mountain in the Polish part of the High Tatras (Tatry Wysokie) mountain range.

Photos and video

Summer

Winter

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

Winter: It’s a technical ascent especially on the last fifty meters, so Crampons … read more

Ascent to Świnica (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour from Kuźnice (1011 meters AMSL) to Świnica (2301 meters AMSL) via Schronisko Murowaniec (1500 meters AMSL) and Zawrat (2159 meters AMSL).

Świnica is a mountain straddling the border between Poland and Slovakia in the High Tatras mountain range.

Descent to Kasprowy Wierch (1987 meters AMSL), and using the cableway back down to Kuźnice.

Photos and video

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

Thunderstorms can be very dangerous and … read more

The Low Tatras main ridge (part 2)

Nízke Tatry (Low Tatras) – Ďumbierske Tatry

Part 1 (hiking from Telgárt to Chopok, Kráľovohoľské Tatry) is available here.

This spring I was able to finish the Low Tatras main ridge tour, namely the part between the town of Donovaly and Chopok, a mountain boasting a height of 2024 meters (hence making it the third highest peak in the Low Tatras mountain range).

The section between Donovaly1 read more