It was my third time in the Malá Fatra (“Little Fatra”) mountain range in northern Slovakia, and after an injury I suffered earlier this year climbing a mountain was a slightly scary endeavour, even if it was an easy and not very high one.
There are basically three different ways to get to Malý Kriváň (“Little Kriváň”, height 1671 meters).
Probably most popular is the ascent … read more
Hiking tour from Starý Smokovec (1010 meters AMSL) to Východná Vysoká (2429 meters AMSL), crossing Velická dolina and passing sedlo Poľský hrebeň (“Polish mountain crest”, 2200 meters AMSL) .
Východná Vysoká (“Eastern Peak”), not to be confused with the mountain Vysoká, is a peak in the Slovak part of the High Tatra mountain range.
Even with some snow on the trail hardly a … read more
Kriváň and Rysy are well-known mountains in Slovakia in the western High Tatras.
Štrbské Pleso, the final station of the meter-gauge railway Tatranské Elektrické Železnice (TEŽ), is a convenient starting point to get to either peak in three to four hours.
Kriváň (2494 meters AMSL, i. e. Above Mean Sea Level; every height stated below is AMSL), so named because of … read more
