Jul
16
2003

Hike To Sliezsky Dom

sliezsky-dom.png

Hey! we didn’t get lost once today; nor did we accidentally hike back over the Polish border (a concern here, as the trails on the mountain run across borders, and our Polish passport Visa is used up). We had a great hike today – the weather held and we found ourselves wandering in the fresh air in forest that looks a lot like Pukaskwa Park at home – except there’s mountains instead of a lake, and the bugs in the forest don’t bite! Of course, as you gain elevation, the trees get smaller, then turn into scrub, then turn into rocks (much like the rock screes in Sleeping Giant at the foot of the chimney). The real difference comes when you get to the peaks and find yourself at the foot of a waterfall tumbling from the peaks into a crystal clear lake. I know we have scenery like this in Canada, but the trail system makes the access to the Tatras National Park a joy to navigate – hey! we did it…

read more…


 

Meta Information

  • Note: This site has been tested on Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, Safari, Opera and Mozilla. There is no guarantee that pages will display properly in other browsers.

Recent Photos (Petra)