POPRAD, Slovakia — Slovakia’s High Tatras mountain range sits quietly in the shadow of the Alps yet within a compact 40-by-15-mile range stand two dozen peaks between 7,000 and 8,700 feet. Don’t feel ...
IT IS interesting to note how Slovak words dominate the names of peaks in the High Tatras, even though a large portion of the mountain range lies in the Spiš region, which for centuries was home to a ...
THE FLORA in the High Tatras was more than an object of admiration for past generations. It was also a source of healing compounds. People living in towns and villages under the mountains believed ...
Glide through Slovakia’s 600 km of scenic cross-country trails amid snow-covered forests and alpine panoramas—but plan for ...
Young alpinists Danny Mensik and Petr Vicha have made the first free ascent of 'Bílý Rys', White Lynx, a route established over a decade ago by Pavel Vrtík and Martina Kratochvílová on the NE Face of ...
Dolly the cloned sheep was just a few months old, Manchester United were well on their way to a fourth Premier League title and Bill Clinton was settling into his second term as US president. The year ...
It's fair to say the Tatras mountains are not the most famous in the world. But they have an illustrious history and can still pack a punch for ambitious alpinists. Known as the 'smallest high ...
An old Slovak legend says: When God created the Earth, He distributed beauty to angels to spread it over the lands. The youngest of them wanted to shorten his way through the high mountains. However, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback