Category Archives: Photo and video gallery

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

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

Ascent to Nosi (Hardangervidda nasjonalpark)

Description

Hiking tour from Lofthus (100 meters AMSL) to Nosi (1016 meters AMSL) and beyond across the Vidda.

Nosi is an elevation in the Hardangervidda nasjonalpark (national park) in South Norway.

Photos and video

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

The actual hiking season starts in July in this part of Norway, so in May many footpaths are impassable or untraceable due to (melting) snow, and summer bridges will be … read more