Oct 31 2024
Chopok 🏔️ Overview Chopok is one of the defining summits of Slovakia’s Low Tatras, rising to 2,024 meters (6,640 feet) along the range’s high central ridge. Although neighboring ÄŽumbier and Ĺ tiavnica rise slightly higher, Chopok is arguably the most accessible and recognizable of the Low Tatras’ 2,000-meter peaks. Its character is unusual among major European …
Oct 31 2024
Hoher Dachstein 🏔️ Overview Hoher Dachstein is one of Austria’s most distinctive mountains, rising to 2,995 meters (9,826 feet) in the Dachstein Mountains of the Northern Limestone Alps. Its summit sits directly on the boundary between the Austrian states of Upper Austria and Styria, forming the highest point of both. Although several Austrian mountains are …
Oct 30 2024
ÄŽumbier 🏔️ Overview ÄŽumbier rises above central Slovakia as the highest mountain in the Low Tatras, one of the country’s great high-mountain landscapes. Its broad summit, rocky upper slopes, sweeping ridges, and dramatic northern face give it a considerably wilder appearance than its relatively accessible hiking routes might suggest. Most traditional maps and Slovak tourism …
Oct 30 2024
Hochgolling 🏔️ Overview Hochgolling is the commanding high point of the Schladminger Tauern and the entire Low Tauern (Niedere Tauern) of Austria. Rising to 2,862 meters (9,389 feet), the mountain stands prominently above the deep valleys of Salzburg and Styria, where its dark rock walls form one of the most recognizable silhouettes in this part …
Oct 29 2024
Baranec 🏔️ Overview Baranec is one of the great panoramic mountains of Slovakia’s Western Tatras, rising high above Ĺ˝iarska dolina and the Liptov Basin. With a commonly cited elevation of about 2,184–2,185 meters (7,165–7,169 feet), it ranks as the third-highest mountain in the Western Tatras, behind only Bystrá and Jakubina. Its broad pyramid-like form, long …
Oct 29 2024
Hochwildstelle | Hohe Wildstelle 🏔️ Overview Hochwildstelle, also known as Hohe Wildstelle, is one of the most impressive mountains of Austria’s Schladming Tauern. Rising to 2,747 meters (9,012 feet) in the state of Styria, it is the second-highest summit of the Schladming Tauern, surpassed only by nearby Hochgolling. Hochwildstelle has another distinction that gives it …
Oct 28 2024
Jakubina 🏔️ Overview Jakubina is one of the great high summits of Slovakia’s Western Tatras, rising to 2,194 meters (7,198 feet) above sea level. It is the second-highest mountain in the Western Tatras, surpassed only by nearby Bystrá, and stands slightly higher than Baranec, another of the range’s best-known peaks. Unlike many of the summits …
Oct 28 2024
LavĂnovĂ˝ štĂt 🏔️ Overview LavĂnovĂ˝ štĂt is a dramatic 2,606-meter (8,550-foot) summit in Slovakia’s High Tatras, rising within the rugged mountain complex surrounding ZadnĂ˝ Gerlach and GerlachovskĂ˝ štĂt. Despite ranking among the highest summits in Slovakia and the entire Carpathian Mountains, it remains far less familiar than nearby Gerlach, Rysy, or LomnickĂ˝ štĂt. Part of …
Oct 27 2024
Bystrá 🏔️ Overview Bystrá rises to approximately 2,248 meters (7,376 feet) in northern Slovakia, making it the highest mountain in the Western Tatras. Although it stands close to the Polish border, the summit itself lies entirely within Slovakia and forms part of the protected mountain landscape of Tatra National Park (TANAP). Unlike many famous Tatra …
Oct 27 2024
Vysoká 🏔️ Overview Vysoká is one of the most striking high summits of Slovakia’s High Tatras, rising to approximately 2,547.2 meters (8,357 feet) above sea level. Its steep granite walls, distinctive double summit, and commanding position near some of the highest mountains in the Carpathians give it an unmistakably alpine appearance. The mountain rises above …
