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), sometimes called the “Slovak … read more

Slovakia

Note: in no particular order

Nízke Tatry

The Low Tatras main ridge (part 1 – Kráľovohoľské Tatry)

The Low Tatras main ridge (part 2 – Ďumbierske Tatry)

Vysoké Tatry

Autumn ascents to Kriváň and Rysy

Javorová dolina and Sedlo sedielko

Autumn ascents to Jastrabia veža (attempted) and Jahňací štít

Spring ascent to Jastrabia veža

Priečne sedlo mountain saddle

Sedlo prielom mountain saddle

The “Slovak Matterhorn”: Vysoká

Crossing the High Tatras read more