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      THE HIGH TATRAS

      SLOVAKIA AND POLAND INCLUDING THE WESTERN TATRAS AND WHITE TATRAS

      by Colin Saunders and Renáta Nárožná

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      2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY

      www.cicerone.co.uk

      About the Authors

      Colin Saunders has wide experience of walking in many parts of Britain and Europe. He has written books on walking in London and southeast England and is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. After a career in the travel trade, Colin became a consultant on walking to charities and other organisations, and was the first route manager of the Capital Ring, a 78-mile trail around London, which is part of the London Strategic Walks Network, supported by Transport for London.

      Renáta Nárožná was born and bred in the Slovak Tatras, and worked as a mountain guide for the state tourism organisation, Čedok. After Czechoslovakia’s ‘Velvet Revolution’, Renáta ran her own travel company in the Tatras for a while, then she was appointed manager of the Vienna branch of the Slovak tourism organisation. In a complete career change, Renáta has since held a number of executive positions in Vienna with Greenpeace, Médecins sans Frontières, a community for disabled people and the Austrian Science Fund.

      © Colin Saunders and Renáta Nárožná2017

      Fourth edition 2017

      ISBN: 978 1 85284 887 3

      Third edition 2012

      Second edition 2006

      First edition 1994

      Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      Maps originated by Barry Saunders and redrawn by Clare Crooke.

      All photographs are by Colin Saunders, except where indicated.

      Dedication

      This edition is dedicated to the memory of Peter Šperka, who died on an expedition to the Himalayas in 2013. He was a very experienced guide on the Slovak side of the Tatras, as well as a member of the mountain rescue team. He provided considerable help and advice to the authors about the walking there for all the previous editions and will be much missed.

      Acknowledgments

      With special thanks to Janusz Arnold, Director of Trip Travel in Zakopane, and a mountain guide, for his invaluable help with and advice on the ­section on the Polish Tatras.

      Thanks also to Peter Chudý, Lucia Dubielová, Dr Alan Harrington, Michal Labus, Ian Mitchell, Peter Šperka, Julian Tippett and Ronald Turnbull; members of the Anglian Fell and Rock Club and the Vanguards Rambling Club; OTOP (Polish Society for the Protection of Birds); and the staff of T-Ski Travel Agency in Starý Smokovec and Waymark Holidays in England, all of whom provided help and encouragement.

      Updates to this Guide

      While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/887/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.

      Front cover: Popradské Pleso, with the Horský Hotel Popradské Pleso and the smaller Majláthova Chata

      CONTENTS

      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

      Blue routes

      Green routes

      Yellow routes

      Selected timings

      Highest summits

      Travel

      Diversions

      Shopping and local services

      Other useful information

      Gazetteer

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