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The Górale people ("highlanders"), a group of indigenous people with a distinctive traditional culture, are of the High Tatras and other mountain ranges and valleys in the Tatra Mountains region. Ludwig Greiner identified Gerlachovský štít (Gerlachovský Peak) (2,665 metres (8,743 ft)) as the highest summit of the Tatra Mountains , and the ...
Most of the peaks in the Western Tatras (on both sides of the border), including the main ridge are freely accessible by hiking trails. In the Slovak part of the Eastern Tatras, only seven peaks (out of 48 with prominence of at least 100 m) are accessible by hiking trails ( Rysy , Svinica/Świnica , Slavkovský štít , Kriváň , Kôprovský ...
Hiking in the High Tatras. Tourism was first developed in the Tatras in the late 19th century, and continues in the 21st. It is the most visited national park in Poland. [3] There are more than 270 kilometres (170 mi) of hiking trails in Tatra National Park. [3]
Readily accessible along maintained marked trails and with the exceptional vistas afforded from its summit, it is the hikers' favorite mountain in the western part of the High Tatras. Kriváň has also been a major symbol in Slovak ethnic and national activism for the past two centuries.
The Eastern Tatras consist of High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) and Belianske Tatras (Belianske Tatry). The highest peak in Slovakia at 2,655 metres (8,711 ft) in elevation, Gerlachovský štít, is located within the park. It is also the highest point in the Tatra Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains.
Orla Perć, in English known as the Eagle's Path, is a tourist trail in the Tatra Mountains, in southern PolandIt is considered one of the most difficult and dangerous public paths in the entire Tatras (an equivalent to Grade 2 Scramble) [1] and is therefore a suitable route only for experienced climbers.
Green trail from Polana Chochołowska through Dolina Chochołowska Wyżnia, it connects with the blue trail at the saddle between Rákoň and Volovec (2:40 h, ↓ 2:05 h) Hiking off-trails is forbidden in Polish Western Tatras and allowed only at certain areas in Slovak Western Tatras and only when accompanied by a mountain guide or when ...
The High Tatras offer excellent opportunities for climbing. Świnica, here as seen from Kościelec, is the highest peak within the city limits, at 2,301 m (7,549 ft). There is a network of well-marked hiking trails in the Tatras and according to the national park regulations the hikers must stick to them.