The High Tatras
Slovakia and Poland - Including the Western Tatras and White Tatras
The High Tatras
Slovakia and Poland - Including the Western Tatras and White Tatras
Guidebook detailing walks and scrambles in the High Tatras mountains of Poland and Slovakia. Varied routes among the strikingly beautiful craggy peaks of the High, Western and White Tatras range from easy to strenuous. Includes useful lists of summits as well as practical advice on accommodation and facilities, travel, mapping and language.Guidebook blending inspiration and information about 180 walks and scrambles in the High Tatras mountains of Poland and Slovakia. Varied routes among the strikingly beautiful craggy peaks of the High, Western and White Tatras range from easy to strenuous, best walked between July and October.
The walks are between 1 and 30km (both circular and linear) and link the main resorts with peaks, lakes and mountain chalets. In Poland there is one base of Zakopane, whereas in Slovakia there are several villages linked by a tramway.
- Highlights include an ascent of Krivian and ridge walks in the Western Tatras
- Detailed accommodation information and suggested kit list
- Information about local services, facilities and attractions
- Polish-Slovak glossary
- Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
Printed book
A guidebook with detailed route descriptions, stage breakdowns, accommodation listings, profiles and maps - everything you need on the trail.
ISBN
9781852848873
Availability
Published
Published
3 Mar 2017
Reprinted
25 Nov 2024
Edition
Fourth
Pages
336
Size
17.20 x 11.60 x 1.85cm
Weight
390g
eBook
The complete digital edition of the guidebook, with full route descriptions, accommodation listings, profiles and maps, ready to use on any device.
Preface
1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TATRAS
Background
Early history
Vegetation and wildlife
Weather
National parks
Languages
Place names
Border controls
2 PREPARATION FOR WALKING
When to go
Obtaining information
Travel and insurance
Accommodation
Fitness
Clothing and equipment
Maps
Paths and waymarking
Refreshments and toilets
Mountain chalets or refuges
Mountain guides
Mountain safety and emergency services
Winter walking
Cross-border walking
Mountain photography
How to use this guide
Grading of walks
3 THE SLOVAK HIGH AND WHITE TATRAS
Later history
Walking
Tatranská Bora
Route suggestions
Waymarked network
With a guide
Path descriptions
Cesta Slobody
Red routes
Tatranská Magistrála
Blue routes
Green routes
Yellow routes
Selected timings
Highest summits
Travel
Diversions
Shopping and local services
Other useful information
Gazetteer
4 THE POLISH TATRAS
Later history
Walking
Route suggestions
Path descriptions
Red routes
Blue routes
Green routes
Yellow routes
Black routes
Selected timings
Highest summits
Travel
Diversions
Shopping and local services
Other useful information
Gazetteer
Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C Useful contacts
Appendix D Suggested kit list
Appendix E The Tatras mountain code and Visitors’ Charter
Appendix F Help!
Seasons
July-end August warmest (with thunderstorms); Sept-mid October best walking weather; March-early June not recommended
Centres
Slovakia - Poprad, Stary Smokovec, Tatranska Lomnica, Strbske Pleso; Poland- Zakopane
Difficulty
high mountain walking (up to 2654m); well-engineered, waymarked paths; some scrambling, exposure, use of fixed wires but very wide choice of routes
Must See
flowers and wildlife; staying in a refuge/chalet; historic mountain villages; alpine scenery (the ranges are national parks)
November 2021
Updates
Page 54, paragraph 2. It is now possible to hire guides with a special licence from the National Park to take you to summits off the waymarked routes.
Page 141, route 8860 (Priečne Sedlo). A new ‘via ferrata’ has opened across the saddle, parallel with the existing path, normally accessible 15 June to 31 October. It is 450 metres long and can be used in the direction Malá Studená Dolina to Veľká Studená Dolina. Check with the local tourist office about recommended equipment.
Page 201, Entry fees. These (and car park tickets) can now be purchased online at https://tpn.pl/zwiedzai/e-bilety. Click the Union Jack for an English translation, then scroll down to ‘Entrance ticket’.
Page 217, route 009B (Orla Perć). The section between Zawrat and Świnica is now closed, but Świnica can still be reached from either side.
Page 220, route 011, paragraph 2. E-tickets must be purchased online for the car park at Palenica Białczańska – see page 201 above.
Page 224, route 203. This route is now impassable and not used.
Pages 267/268, route 906, paragraph 2. The black route has been moved where it goes steeply uphill, but the distance remains the same.
Page 282, Mountain transport. Tickets for the cable car to Kasprowy Wierch can now be purchased online at https://www.sklep.pkl.pl/en/product-groups/index,4,tourpassy.html.
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