Tag Archives: High Tatras

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.

Rysy is the highest mountain in Poland, straddling the border between Poland and Slovakia. It possesses three peaks (Rysy is actually a plural form), the highest of those three boasting 2503 meters is lying in Slovakia.

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April 2025

October 2022

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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).

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

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April 2025

April 2024

Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

It’s a technical ascent in wintry conditions especially on the last fifty meters, so Crampons … read more

Ascent to Skrajny Granat (High Tatras)

Description

Hiking tour around Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy and ascending Skrajny Granat (2228 meters AMSL).

Skrajny Granat is a mountain in the Polish part of the High Tatras (Tatry Wysokie) mountain range. It has to be passed in order to complete the Orla Perć trail.

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Map, Topography

Notes and recommendations

No technical challenges along the yellow marked trail up to Skrajny Granat, and only one short section with chains.… read more