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SK: High Tatras: Winter Impression II

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Published: 21.2.2013

If you ask some Slovak about things he is proud of, he will answer the nature, most certainly. Yes, there are several natural gems in our small country, one of them are the the High Tatras. Their roughness and monumental impression is softened by snow that covers tham to "warm" white sweater. Whether you travel by car or by bus their dress will welcome you and invite you for a closer look. Their impressiveness from a large distance, fragility when you are close... this is how our beloved small - huge mountains are. Lens of our camera can't even capture that beautiful feeling that you will experience when you visit this picturesque part of Slovakia.

Text and photo: Oskar Mažgút

Překlad: Stanislava Waniová

SK: High Tatras – To Hladke Klippe Across Koprova Valley

Published: 16.12.2018

In the High Tatras, in addition to busy tourist sites, we can also visit less known areas with a lower frequency of visitors. For those who prefer peace and desire to enjoy the tranquil beauty of the alpine nature of Tater, we can recommend hiking through the Copper Valley to the main ridge of the mountain - to the Smooth Saddle.

SK, Zdiar – A Highlander Gem at the Tatras

Published: 4.11.2018

Between the Belianske Tatras and Spisska Magura, the picturesque Goral village of Zdiar spreads out. Come along with us for a short walk through this vibrant village and discover its history, sights, customs, or attractions in the area.

SK, Stara Lubovna: Guardian Castle and an Open-Air Museum – VIDEO

Published: 2.10.2018

In the northeastern cornerof Slovakia, in the region of Presov, you will discover the small town of Stara Lubovna. A majestic castle of the same name rises above the town.. Let us now visit it together and see the exhibition in the Museum of Folk Architecture.

SK: High Tatras – Winter Hike Up Predni Solisko

Published: 4.3.2022

There are not many options for tourism during winter months in the High Tatras as during the main season. Should you long for a climb up some of the summits open during the winter closure in the High Tatras, you may choos, for instance – Predni Solisko. In the article to follow we tell you about the up this Tatranian giant.

SK: High Tatras – Winter Tourism in Mengusovska Valley

Published: 5.2.2022

Mengusovska valley, High Tatras, is a place which every fan of alpine tourism must have visited. Its beauty and grandeur is at its best during summer season yet the present article introduces you to tourism in the area in winter.

SK, Podbanske – A Gem in the Tatras

Published: 13.12.2017

Today we set out to the beautiful Tatra village of Podbanska, partially a borough of Vysoke Tatry town, the other part belongs to Pribylina village.

SK: Western Tatras – Up to the Summit of Ostry Rohac

Published: 6.8.2017

The Western Tatras is very popular and frequented mountain range. Treks here, the main ridge especially, are amazing and people who go there long remember it. Ostry Rohac is perhaps the most attractive and most well known peak in this area. Many tourists hike across it every year.

SK: High Tatras – Trek Up to Jehneci Pyramidal Peak

Published: 23.11.2016

Vysoke Tatra sis one of the most beautiful nature gems in Slovakia. These high mountains lure tourists for their grandiosity, monumentality and immesurable beauty of their deep valleys and sharp pyramidal peaks reaching up to the skies. Jehneci pyramidal peak (2 230 m) one of the accessible summits in the High Tatras. The climb is amazing and valuable experience.

SK: Walking with a Book - The Tatras from Sidewalk

Published: 13.12.2021

Take a text-visual walk through the most beautiful mountains of Slovakia, which offers a pictorial panorama of individual valleys and peaks with precise descriptions and characteristics. Experience the word and image that can be seen from the hiking trail.

SK, High Tatras – A Mountaineering Hike Up Skalnata Cabin

Published: 18.3.2022

As the weather outside is good for winter activities, we decided to go on a moderately demanding ski mountaineering ascent to Skalnata chata. The starting point was the valley station of the cable cars in Tatranská Lomnica, where a large-capacity car park and a complete visitor infrastructure have been built.

SK, High Tatras – Slezský House

Published: 20.1.2021

In today's article, we will move to the snow-capped High Tatras to take an easy winter ascent to the famous mountain hotel in Velická dolina, which is an ideal starting point for climbing the highest peak in Slovakia - the majestic Gerlachovský štít.

SK, High Tatras – Zbojnická Cottage

Published: 4.4.2013

In the upper part of Velká Studená valley behind the Zbojnický ridge there is Zbojnická Cottage, a building with a hard fate. Going to a visit there means tourism, mountaineering, ski touring or crossing of near ridges.

SK, High Tatras: Cottage Beneath Solisko

Published: 11.4.2013

There are many cottages hiding in the High Tatras. Together we will explore its youngest cottage that for decades guards Štrbské pleso and surrounding mountains.

SK, West Tatras – Žiarska Cottage

Published: 18.4.2013

Today we move from the High Tatras to Western Tatras where we visit Žiarska valley where popular Žiarska Cottage is located (1324 meters above the sea level). This position is a great starting point for any trek to the regions of Braníkov and Barance.

SK, High Tatras – Alpine Clubhouse in Stary Smokovec

Published: 30.5.2013

In Stary Smokovec in the High Tatras there was ceremonial opening of the Alpine Clubhouse in the beginning of May. It is a great place for everyone who likes being in mountains. The Clubhouse interconnects relaxation, knowledge and services not only for mountaineers.

SK: Belianska Cave – The Only Open Cave in the Tatranian National Park

Published: 31.10.2013

The Tatranian National Park offers many beauties. High and steep mountains, deep valleys, majestic falls, unseen beautiful fauna and flora and also beautiful things hidden in depths of the area such as various caves. Only one of them, though, is open to the public.

SK: Tatranska Lomnica – A Unique Ski Museum

Published: 12.12.2013

Today our steps head to a Tatranian village located beneath the second highest peak in Slovakia. Lomnicky Stit. Tatranska Lomnica is one of the most beautiful areas of Vysoke Tatry city district. It hides not only rich architectural history, or the largest ski resort in the Tatras but also the new Ski museum.

SR: High Tatras – Forgotten Bystre Sedlo

Published: 9.2.2014

As many other places in the High Tatras (2314 meters) even Bystre Sedlo is not that well known among tourists. Perhaps, it is given to the fact that there is no cottage that would offer tourists some refreshments after being whole day on food. Or, perhaps, the route is not leading to any of the High Tatras’ peaks. There are only a few people but you will definitely enjoy your time in untouched Tatran nature.

SK, Tatranska Lesna and Interesting Landmarks Around

Published: 27.3.2014

Two weeks later we go again to the Tatras. This time we visit a small village of Tatranska Lesna. It is located almost in the middle on the road from Stary Smokovec and Tatranska Lomnica. On one side it borders with the Path of Freedom and from the other side with the mouth of Studena Valley.

SK, High Tatras: Winter Hikes in Velka Studena Valley

Published: 5.5.2014

The one who loves adventure and is reasonably physically fit, undoubtedly would like a few tips about easy winter hikes Velka Studena Valley, located in the Slovak part of the High Tatras. A year-round open cottage, Zbojnicka Chata (1960 meters), which waits for us in this valley, offers a place to rest, refreshment and cozy accommodation. We can spend here a few days without getting away from the surrounding of Tatranian peaks. Keep in mind, however, that the motion in the Tatras in winter outside marked trails is very limited according to the TANAP rules!

High Tatras: Climb on Velka Svistovka

Published: 17.2.2014

Although winter is in full swing and snow inspires people to put on ski boots rather than hiking boots. However, it is time to schedule trips for the summer season. Those planning to go to the High Tatras, for example, may rise to one of the easternmost mountains shields, Velka Svistovka (2037 meters). Because the adjacent Kezmarska Biela Voda Valley could be walked through also in winter, many winter hikers will appreciate the following tip.

SK: High Tatras – Téry Cottage

Published: 28.3.2013

Today we move to Malá Studená valley guarded by Téry Cottage located in 2015 meters above the sea level. The monumental Tatras and Pět Spišských ples surround the cottage and it is here more than a century to offer you a touch of history, refreshments of the present and unparalleled beauty.

SK, High Tatras – Hrebienok

Published: 14.3.2013

Our journey across cottages in the High Tatras will bring us today to popular place known as Hrebienok where an alpine hotel is located as well as an upper station of a cableway, great initial place for alpine tourism or once famous ski center that comes to live in the present from time to time.

SK, High Tatras – Bilík’s Cottage

Published: 7.3.2013

We invite you today again to the High Tatras, this time to visit Bilík’s Cottage that is popular among families with children or less physically capable tourists. The cottage is easily accessible and the pathway leading there is also easy.

SK, High Tatras – Zamkovského Cottage

Published: 28.2.2013

In our journey across cottages in the High Tatras will continue even today. This time we move to the mouth of Malá Studená valley to Zamkovského cottage (1475 meters above the sea level) built by Štefan Zamkovský in 1943.

SK, High Tatras – Rocky Cottage (Skalnatá chata)

Published: 21.2.2013

Today we will continue in our tour de cottages in Tatras. This time we will go to the Rocky Cottage (1751 meters above the sea level) that is located under the second highest peak of the High Tatras – Lomnický peak – and above the settlement of Tatranská Lomnica.

SK, High Tatras – Cottage by Zelené pleso II

Published: 14.2.2013

Dear readers, today we will return again to the Cottage by Zelené pleso. In the previous article we talked about its predecessor – Egida’s cottage, its construction, reconstruction and other hardships. Today we will focus on the fate of the cottage itself. The cottage remained until present something like a guardian of Zelené pleso.

SVK: Safely On The Mountains II. - High Tatra

Published: 16.1.2012

In the second part of our series of articles on safety in the mountains we will deal with little Alps High Tatra, which are characteristic of their unique alpine mountains in Slovakia. Their articulation and slope are among the most dangerous pitfalls that ordinary visitors must overcome not only in winter.

SK, Cottages in the Tatras – From the Past to the Present II

Published: 31.1.2013

In the previous article we began walking our tour of knowledge about cottages in the Tatras. We found out how they developed from simple sheds to regular cottages that are mostly parts of some settlements today. Now we will move a step ahead. We will examine the past not that distant.

SK, High Tatras – Cottage by Zelené pleso I

Published: 7.2.2013

In the eastern part of the High Tatras in the end of Zelené pleso valley there is the Cottage by Zelené pleso. This popular place is often called “Brnčalka”. The cottage lies by an emerald green lake surrounded by massive peaks of the High Tatras. The history of the cottage began towards the end of the 19th century. Come with us and learn about this cottage in the middle of mountains.

SVK: High Tatra Mountains - Long Weekend Full Of Adventure I.

Published: 19.5.2011

Just at the end of last year, I came to an understanding with my friend that this year's St. Valentine holiday we would prepare for our partners an unrepeatable experience in a form of so called „long weekend“ in High Tatra Mountains.