Description
Hiking tour from Starý Smokovec (1010 meters AMSL) to Východná Vysoká (2429 meters AMSL) via Sliezsky dom hotel.
Photos
Map, Topography
Notes and recommendations
Even with some snow on the trail not a technical climb.… read more
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Inspiring figures of history: Jozef Gabčík
Table of contents
1. Introduction
During the apex of the pandemic a few months ago a remote family member passed away quietly in a nursing home where she had been living in her last years. She was well over ninety, and due to the circumstances at that time only a very small … read more
High Tatras: Bystrá lávka, Priečne sedlo
Tours in 2019 in the Slovakian part of the High Tatras1 mountain range: August, October.
High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry)
The plan was this summer to hike through some of the elongated valleys in the High Tatras mountain range and to negotiate two mountain saddles: Bystrá lávka and Priečne sedlo (colored orange on the map below).
1 as usual, I’ll use the English translation throughout the article; … read more