Category Archives: Photo and video galleries (guides)

Photos, videos, short descriptions and maps of outdoor tours (one gallery may comprise several individual tours of mine).

Ascent to Rysy (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tours from Schroniska PTTK Morskie Oko (1410 meters AMSL) to Rysy (2499 meters AMSL) in the High Tatras (Tatry Wysokie) mountain range.

This mountain possesses three peaks (Rysy is actually a plural form), the highest of those three with 2503 meters is lying in Slovakia.

Photos and video

April 2025

October 2022

Note: descent to Štrbské Pleso (1355 meters AMSL) via Chata pod Rysmi by … read more

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), April 2024 and April 2025.

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

Photos and video

April 2025

April 2024

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

It’s a technical ascent in wintry conditions especially on the last … read more

Ascent to Sass Rigais (Dolomites)

Description

Hiking tours from Zans (Rifugio Zannes, 1680 meters AMSL; parking lot and bus stop) to Sass Rigais (3025 meters AMSL) via Mittagsscharte (2597 meters AMSL), descent on the same route.

Sass Rigais is a mountain located in the so-called Geislergruppe in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.

Photos and Video (November 1st, 2024)

Photos (July 8th, 2023)

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

This tour is difficult and demanding … read more