Štrbské Pleso – above Žabí potok – Chata pod Rysmi – Váha – Rysy – Chata pod Rysmi – crossroads above Žabí potok – Chata Popradské pleso – Symbolický cintorín – crossroads below Popradské pleso – Popradské pleso-zastávka – Štrbské Pleso (8 1/2 hours) Mountain range: The High Tatras (Tatranský NP)Region: Tatras Starting point: Štrbské Pleso, railway station, […]
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The Tatranská Lomnica ski area is home to Lomnické sedlo, the highest and steepest piste starting at an elevation of 2,190 m above sea level, with 1,300 m of vertical, a 5-month snow guarantee, the latest chair and gondola lifts and expanded pistes widened to 60 m.The skiers’ favourite – Lomnické sedlo. Enjoy sunny skiing […]
Thanks to skiing possibilities they offer, The High Tatras are well known also abroad. But not everybody knows, that in winter there are good conditions for skiing in almost the whole territory of Slovakia. Slovakia is mostly a mountainous country, typical for its vertical unevenness. This fact, together with the continental climate, creates favourable conditions for skiing. Ideal […]
Alongside with downhill skiing, cross-country skiing is also becoming still more popular. Well maintained cross-country trails of various levels of difficulty and length can be found in several ski resorts (e.g. Štrbské Pleso, Tatranská Lomnica, Skalka, Tále, Osrblie, Šachtičky, Donovaly, Jasná). The lower Carpathian mountain ranges provide cross-country skiers with very good skiing grounds (e.g. the Malé Karpaty Mountains, the Biele Karpaty Mountains, the Považský […]
You will find such untouched nature in Slovakia as hardly anywhere else in Europe, but you will not get lost thanks to a dense network of marked hiking trails. Whether you wish for a hike through deep valleys around gurgling waterfalls, ascend along a majestic ridge to a Tatra peak or an easy walk on […]
The Belianska jaskyňa cave is the only one accessible to public in the Tatras and situated in the slope of the Belianske Tatry Mts. above the commune Tatranská Kotlina. It is among the first caves Europe in which electric light was installed. The cave entrance is at an altitude of 890 metres above sea level. It is accessible by a […]
The oldest of our protected areas, the National Park of Tatras (TANAP) in the north of Slovakia, was founded in 1949. It covers the high-mountain area of the Tatras and it is the unique protected area of flora and fauna among the tallest European high mountains situated north of the Alps. The National Park of High Tatras was established […]
Vysoké Tatry is a town at the feet of the Slovak part of High Tatras in Slovakia including all the major resorts in that region. It was created in 1990, and its official name from 1990 to 1999 was Starý Smokovec, which is the name of one of its major settlements. Features and statistics The town of Vysoké Tatry is special […]