Tag Archives: High Tatras

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.

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Summer 2020

Map, Topography

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Crossing the High Tatras from Morskie Oko to Popradské pleso

The High Tatras are a small mountain range by comparison, so crossing them in their entirety from North to South or vice versa is, logistically and in terms of personal endurance, really straightforward.

As the mountain range (Polish: Tatry Wysokie, Slovak: Vysoké Tatry) separates Poland and Slovakia, you’ll also enter the frontier area between these countries at one of the mountain saddles such as Poľský hrebeň, or on peaks such … read more

Traversing Sedlo prielom (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking and climbing tour from Zbojnícka chata (1960 meters AMSL) to Sedlo prielom (Polish: Rohatka, 2290 meters AMSL) in the High Tatras mountain range in Slovakia.

Proceeding to Poľský hrebeň (“Polish ridge”, 2200 meters AMSL) and from there descent to Sliezsky dom, with the finishing point Starý Smokovec.

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Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

It is probably more convenient to traverse the saddle the other way round, i. … read more