Highlights of the trip

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Great Cold Valley - the highest number of lakes in the Tatra Mountains

Great Cold Valley can be walked through by a blue-marked tourist trail starting from Tatranska Lomnica resort through Prielom saddle (2,288 m EASL) to Lysa Polana resort.

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Zbojnicka hut - situated at the end of the Great Cold Valley in 1,960 m EASL

The hut offers rich opportunities for easy and more challenging hiking, mountaineering, and ski alpinism.

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Small Cold Valley - one of the most favorite valleys in the High Tatras

Small Cold Valley is a terraced valley 4.5 km long. Popular among hikers, climbers, and also ski alpinists. Tery's hut offers accommodation and other services to the visitors.

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Tery's hut - the highest located mountain chalet in the High Tatras

The hut lies 2,015 m EASL, a little above five Spis Mountain Lakes at the end of Small Cold Valley. Tery's hut, open all year round, keeps symbolic watch over this valley.

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Belianska Cave - the largest and the only one open to the public in the High Tatras

Belianska Cave is a stalactite cave in the Slovak part of the Tatra mountains. It locates above Tatranska Kotlina settlement, Vysoke Tatry town. The entrance to the cave is at 890 m EASL.

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Hrebienok - a small tourist and ski resort in the Tatra Mountains

Hrebienok resort (1,285 m EASL) is the starting point for hikes to Small Cold Valley, Great Cold Valley, and Slavkovsky Peak. Downhill ski trail belongs to the resort and continues to Stary Smokovec village. A funicular drives between Hrebienok and Stary Smokovec during the whole tourist and skiing season.

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Slavkovsky peak - one of the highest peaks accessible without a mountain guide

Slavkovsky peak (2,452 m EASL) is suitable for medium-advanced tourists. You can reach it in about 4.5 hours by walking a marked trail from Stary Smokovec tourist resort.

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Vychodna Vysoka peak - in the main summit ridge of the High Tatras

The peak is 2,429 m EASL, offering a magnificent circular view of the highest Tatra peaks.

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Sliezsky Dom - mountain hotel next to Velicke lake

The mountain hotel (1,670 m EASL) lies under the majestic mountain range dominated by the Gerlach peak (2,655 m EASL), the highest mountain in Slovakia.