Trails
- Distance: 21.4 km Duration: 10 h 10 min Elevation: 2178 m a.s.l.
Banówka (Baníkov)
Difficulty: difficult (high exposure, climbing, chains!)
#slovakia #western tatras #západné tatry +3View trail - Distance: 16.7 km Duration: 8 h 25 min Elevation: 2185 m a.s.l.
Baraniec (Baranec)
Difficulty: difficult (very steep gradient!)
#slovakia #western tatras #condition +2View trail - Distance: 28 km Duration: 11 h 48 min Elevation: 2248 m a.s.l.
Bystra (Bystrá)
Difficulty: very demanding (physically)
#slovakia #western tatras #highest peak +2View trail - Distance: 18.5 km Duration: 8 h 09 min Elevation: 2096 m a.s.l.
Ciemniak (Czerwone Wierchy - Red Peaks)
Difficulty: medium / difficult (physically demanding)
#western Tatras #fitness #autumn +1View trail - Distance: 19.1 km Duration: 5 h 54 min Elevation: 1583 m a.s.l.
Czarny Staw pod Rysami
Difficulty: moderate
#high tatras #lake #views +1View trail - Distance: 15.6 km Duration: 8 h 27 min Elevation: 2122 m a.s.l.
Czerwone Wierchy (Red Peaks)
Difficulty: average
#western tatras #ridge #fitness +2View trail - Distance: 5.1 km Duration: 2 h 10 min Elevation: 1211 m n.p.m.
Dolina Białego (The Biały Valley)
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #valley #walk +1View trail - Distance: 12.6 km Duration: 3 h 45 min Elevation: 1146 m n.p.m.
Dolina Chochołowska (The Chochołowska Valley)
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #valley #for families +1View trail - Distance: 11.1 km Duration: 2 h 59 min Elevation: 1112 m n.p.m.
Dolina Kościeliska (The Kościeliska Valley)
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #valley #family-friendly +4View trail - Distance: 4.2 km Duration: 1 h 47 min Elevation: 1165 m a.s.l.
Dolina Małej Łąki (The Mała Łąka Valley)
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #valley #peace and quiet +2View trail - Distance: 16.5 km Duration: 6 h Elevation: 1671 m a.s.l.
Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich (The Valley of the Five Polish Lakes)
Difficulty: average
#high tatras #lake #waterfall +3View trail - Distance: 4.8 km Duration: 1 h 41 min Elevation: 1112 m a.s.l.
Dolina Strążyska i Wodospad Siklawica (The Strążyska Valley and Siklawica Waterfall)
Difficulty: very easy
#western tatras #valley #family-friendly +3View trail - Distance: 13 km Duration: 8 - 10 h Elevation: 2655 m a.s.l.
Gerlach (Gerlachovský štít)
Difficulty: climbing route (UIAA I/II) - very difficult
#slovakia #high tatras #highest peak +2View trail - Distance: 9 km Duration: 2 h 55 min Elevation: 1489 m a.s.l.
Gęsia Szyja
Difficulty: easy
#high tatras #panorama #stairs +1View trail - Distance: 11.8 km Duration: 5 h 57 min Elevation: 1894 m a.s.l.
Giewont
Difficulty: medium / difficult
#western tatras #symbol #chains +2View trail - Distance: 18.1 km Duration: 6 h 50 min Elevation: 1653 m a.s.l.
Grześ
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #panorama #winter +2View trail - Distance: 12.6 km Duration: 5 h 13 min Elevation: 1624 m a.s.l.
Hala Gąsienicowa and Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy
Difficulty: medium
#high tatras #mountain hut #classic +2View trail - Distance: 20.6 km Duration: 10 h 23 min Elevation: 2230 m a.s.l.
Jagnięcy Szczyt (Jahňací štít)
Difficulty: difficult (very long + chain section)
#slovakia #high tatras #chains +2View trail - Distance: 24.1 km Duration: 10 h Elevation: 2137 m a.s.l.
Jarząbczy Wierch
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise)
#western tatras #fitness #border +1View trail - Distance: 1 km Duration: 57 min Elevation: 1150 m a.s.l.
Jaskinia Mylna
Difficulty: moderate (requires crawling)
#western tatras #cave #adventure +1View trail - Distance: 0.5 km Duration: 30 min Elevation: 1130 m a.s.l.
Jaskinia Raptawicka
Difficulty: medium (ladder!)
#western tatras #cave #ladder +1View trail - Distance: 12.9 km Duration: 5 h 31 min Elevation: 1987 m a.s.l.
Kasprowy Wierch
Difficulty: medium
#western tatras #cable car #panorama +2View trail - Distance: 18.3 km Duration: 8 h Elevation: 2002 m a.s.l.
Kończysty Wierch
Difficulty: medium / difficult (fitness-wise)
#western tatras #2,000-metre peak #panoramaView trail - Distance: 14 km Duration: 6 h 30 min Elevation: 2005 m a.s.l.
Kopa Kondracka
Difficulty: medium (fitness-wise)
#western tatras #panorama #2,000-metre peak +1View trail - Distance: 20.9 km Duration: 8 h 37 min Elevation: 2363 m a.s.l.
Koprowy Wierch (Kôprovský štít)
Difficulty: difficult (fitness + exposure)
#slovakia #high tatras #lake +2View trail - Distance: 16 km Duration: 7 h 29 min Elevation: 2155 m a.s.l.
Kościelec (The Polish Matterhorn)
Difficulty: very difficult (no chains!)
#high tatras #scrambling #exposure +1View trail - Distance: 15.5 km Duration: 8 h 15 min Elevation: 2291 m a.s.l.
Kozi Wierch
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise)
#high tatras #orla perć #highest peak +2View trail - Distance: 19.8 km Duration: 8 h 55 min Elevation: 2495 m a.s.l.
Krywań (Kriváň) - The national mountain of Slovakia
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise!)
#slovakia #high tatras #symbol +2View trail - Distance: 15.8 km Duration: 8 h 27 min Elevation: 2122 m a.s.l.
Krzesanica
Difficulty: medium / difficult (fitness-wise)
#western tatras #cliffs #highest summitView trail - Distance: 20.9 km Duration: 9 h 25 min Elevation: 2112 m a.s.l.
Krzyżne Pass
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise)
#high tatras #morskie oko #wildness +1View trail - Distance: 0 km Duration: 3 h (cable-car trip in total) Elevation: 2634 m a.s.l.
Lomnica (Lomnický štít)
Difficulty: very easy (cable car) / climbing route (on foot with a guide)
#slovakia #high tatras #cable car +2View trail - Distance: 7.4 km Duration: 4 h 45 min Elevation: 2429 m a.s.l.
Mała Wysoka (Východná Vysoká)
Difficulty: difficult (exposure + fitness)
#slovakia #high tatras #panorama +2View trail - Distance: 14.4 km Duration: 7 h 27 min Elevation: 2096 m a.s.l.
Małołączniak
Difficulty: medium / difficult (chains!)
#western tatras #chains #ridge +1View trail - Distance: 23.2 km Duration: 10 h 49 min Elevation: 2307 m a.s.l.
Mięguszowiecka Pass below Chłopek
Difficulty: very difficult (for experts)
#high tatras #exposure #climbing +2View trail - Distance: 15.5 km Duration: 4 h 14 min Elevation: 1403 m a.s.l.
Morskie Oko
Difficulty: easy
#high tatras #lake #family-friendly +4View trail - Distance: 2.5 km Duration: 58 min Elevation: 1206 m a.s.l.
Nosal
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #panorama #sunset +1View trail - Distance: 4.3 km Duration: 6 h 25 min Elevation: 2291 m a.s.l.
Orla Perć (Zawrat - Krzyżne)
Difficulty: very difficult (for advanced hikers only)
#hardest trail #orla perć #chains +3View trail - Distance: 19.2 km Duration: 7 h 50 min Elevation: 1854 m a.s.l.
Ornak Ridge
Difficulty: medium
#western tatras #ridge #views +1View trail - Distance: 22.6 km Duration: 8 h 50 min Elevation: 1879 m a.s.l.
Rakoń
Difficulty: medium
#western tatras #ridge #panorama +1View trail - Distance: 7.5 km Duration: 2 h 19 min Elevation: 1210 m a.s.l.
Rusinowa Polana and Wiktorówki
Difficulty: very easy
#high tatras #panorama #family-friendly +2View trail - Distance: 25.5 km Duration: 11 h 44 min Elevation: 2499 m a.s.l.
Rysy (from the Polish side)
Difficulty: very difficult
#high tatras #highest peak #chains +3View trail - Distance: 20 km Duration: 8 h 30 min Elevation: 2503 m a.s.l.
Rysy (from the Slovak side)
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise)
#slovakia #high tatras #highest peak +2View trail - Distance: 8.2 km Duration: 3 h 45 min Elevation: 1377 m a.s.l.
Sarnia Skała
Difficulty: medium
#western tatras #panorama #giewont +1View trail - Distance: 8.8 km (round trip from Wyżnia Huciańska Pass) Duration: 5 h 50 min Elevation: 1805 m a.s.l.
Siwy Wierch (Sivý vrch)
Difficulty: medium / difficult (chains, exposure)
#western tatras #slovakia #rock city +2View trail - Distance: 10 km (on foot) / 2 km (from the upper cable car station) Duration: 4 h 27 min (on foot) / 1 h 30 min (with the cable car) Elevation: 2117 m a.s.l.
Skrajne Solisko (Predné Solisko)
Difficulty: medium (steep summit approach)
#slovakia #high tatras #cable car +2View trail - Distance: 12.5 km Duration: 7 h 27 min Elevation: 2452 m a.s.l.
Sławkowski Szczyt (Slavkovský štít)
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise), easy (technically)
#slovakia #high tatras #fitness +1View trail - Distance: 13.5 km Duration: 3 h 52 min Elevation: 1227 m a.s.l.
Smreczyński Staw
Difficulty: easy
#western tatras #lake #forest +2View trail - Distance: 22.4 km Duration: 10 h 18 min Elevation: 2176 m a.s.l.
Starorobociański Wierch
Difficulty: difficult (fitness-wise)
#western tatras #highest peak #fitness +1View trail - Distance: 18.6 km Duration: 9 h 32 min Elevation: 2301 m a.s.l.
Świnica
Difficulty: difficult
#high tatras #chains #exposure +1View trail - Distance: 23.9 km Duration: 9 h 34 min Elevation: 2172 m a.s.l.
Szpiglasowy Wierch (via Ceprostrada)
Difficulty: medium / difficult
#high tatras #panorama #chains +2View trail - Distance: 18.2 km Duration: 6 h 55 min Elevation: 1758 m a.s.l.
Trzydniowiański Wierch
Difficulty: medium
#western tatras #loop #quietView trail - Distance: 1.5 km Duration: 50 min Elevation: 1100 m a.s.l.
Wąwóz Kraków and Smocza Jama
Difficulty: medium (ladder + chains)
#western tatras #gorge #cave +2View trail - Distance: 14.5 km Duration: 5 h 15 min Elevation: 1600 m a.s.l.
Wielka Siklawa
Difficulty: medium (slippery rocks!)
#high tatras #waterfall #valley +1View trail - Distance: 21.5 km Duration: 8 h 41 min Elevation: 2037 m a.s.l.
Wielka Świstówka (Veľká Svišťovka)
Difficulty: medium / difficult (chain section)
#slovakia #high tatras #lake +2View trail - Distance: 23.9 km Duration: 9 h 40 min Elevation: 2064 m a.s.l.
Wołowiec
Difficulty: medium / difficult (fitness-wise)
#western tatras #2,000-metre peak #fitness +2View trail - Distance: 22.9 km Duration: 8 h 39 min Elevation: 2022 m a.s.l.
Wrota Chałubińskiego (Chałubiński Gate)
Difficulty: medium / difficult
#high tatras #d5s #wilderness +1View trail - Distance: 19.9 km Duration: 8 h 34 min Elevation: 2158 m a.s.l.
Zawrat Pass (from Hala Gąsienicowa)
Difficulty: difficult
#high tatras #orla perć #chains +1View trail - Distance: 18.6 km Duration: 9 h 24 min Elevation: 2240 m a.s.l.
Żleb Kulczyńskiego
Difficulty: very difficult
#high tatras #orla perć #exposure +2View trail
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