Highlights of the trip

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Green Lake Valley - a beautiful tourist trail to the Jastrabia rocky tower

Green Lake Valley stretches alongside the Green creek, with a tourist trail ending at the Jahnaci peak. The Terrain of the valley is attractive for tourists, bikers, mountain climbers, and skiers.

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Velke Biele Pleso - Great White Lake

1,615 m EASL, easily accessible from the hut by Green Lake by red marked trail. It is also a crossroad of several frequent tourist trails.

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Velka Svistovka - often visited grass-covered scree hill

2,037 m EASL, easily accessible from the hut by Green Lake by red marked tourist trail.

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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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Cold Creek Valley - a typical valley of glacier origin

Cold Creek is an alpine stream with a watery torrential character. It overcomes several rock steps on the upper course, thus creating waterfalls (Giant Waterfall, Cold Creek Waterfalls, and Long Waterfall).

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Giant Waterfall - in the estuary of Small Cold Valley in the High Tatras

Giant Waterfall (Obrovsky Vodopad) is about 15 m high and frows from Small Cold Creek at 1,355 m EASL. The waterfall is of tectonic origin.