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Winter hiking options

During the winter trail closure, you can enjoy easy hikes to Hrebienok, Tatranská Polianka or Batizovské pleso; trails are open if not covered by an unbroken layer of snow. Around 20 km of marked hiking trails are staked out in higher altitudes every winter, but visitors are restricted to continue beyond mountain chalets and huts. Therefore, keep in mind that the trails leading to the Tatra summits are all closed; the only exception is the trail to Slavkovský štít which is open to the public if not covered by snow, according to the TANAP rules for visitors.

Always check the weather and hiking trail conditions with the Mountain Rescue Service or the Tourist Information Centre in Starý Smokovec before you go hiking in the winter. Sliezsky dom is accessible via hiking trails from the villages of Tatranská Polianka, Starý Smokovec, and Tatranské Zruby during the winter.

Trails open to the public during the winter season:

1. Štrbské Pleso (1355 m) – Jamské pleso (1447 m) – Tri studničky (1141 m) – Štrbské Pleso (1355 m)

 

2. Štrbské Pleso (1355 m) – Mlynická dolina – vodopád Skok (1785 m) a späť

 

3. Starý Smokovec (1010 m) – Sliezsky dom (1670 m) – Tatranská Polianka (1005 m)

 

4. Starý Smokovec (1010 m) – Hrebienok (1285 m) – Sliezsky dom (1670 m) – Starý Smokovec (1010 m)

 

5. Starý Smokovec (1010 m) – Hrebienok (1285 m) – vodopády Studeného potoka (1247 m) – Reinerova chata (1290 m) – Zamkovského chata (1475 m) – Hrebienok

 

6. Starý Smokovec (1010 m) – Hrebienok (1285 m) – Reinerova chata (1290 m) Zbojnícka chata (1966 m) a späť

7. Starý Smokovec (1010 m) – Hrebienok (1285 m) – Zamkovského chata (1475 m) – Téryho chata (2015 m) a späť

 

8. Tatranská Lomnica (850 m) – vodopády Studeného potoka (1247 m) – Tatranská Lesná (915 m)

 

9. Tatranská Lomnica (850 m) – Skalnaté pleso (1751 m) – Zamkovského chata (1475 m) – Reinerova chata – vodopády Studeného potoka (1247 m) – Tatranská Lomnica (850 m)

 

10. Biela voda, zastávka SAD (950 m) – Chata pri Zelenom plese (1551 m) – Veľké Biele pleso (1615 m) – Tatranské Matliare (885 m)

 

11. Tatranská Kotlina (760 m) – Chata Plesnivec (1290 m) – Veľké Biele pleso (1615 m) – Chata pri Zelenom plese (1551 m) – Biela voda, zast. SAD (950 m)