High Tatras mountains/Incl.Western - and White Tatras Cicerone Cicerone | 9781852848873

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. 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: 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).