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Rother Walking Guide High Tatra
Ref: ROT013
The political events over the past years have rendered access to the High Tatra significantly easier. In this wild mountainous land on the border between Slovakia and Poland the most prominent peaks of the Carpathians reach up to 2655 metres (Gerlachovsky stit). In 1949 this area was declared a national park and has since been subject to extremely strict protective regulations.
Stanislav Samuhel, a mountain guide from the Tatra village of Tatranská Lomnica and an authority on this smallest of European mountain ranges, introduces 55 walks in his home mountains with a range of difficulty to satisfy all from the moderate walker to the experienced mountaineer. All hiking routes are described in great detail so that finding the way is easy for the reader. The guide offers a great variety of walks: from simple strolls in the foothills of the larger peaks, through picturesque lake walks to difficult and fatiguing summit trips where the occasional "hands on" approach is called for. The thoroughly revised 2nd edition includes seven walks which explore the Polish part of the High Tatra, i.e. the area around the Zakapane holiday resort, which is rich in tradition.
An overview map, brief summaries, illustrated Freytag & Berndt hiking maps at a scale of 1:50,000 with the routes marked and a short yet thorough route description for each of the over 50 suggested walks help the hiker with planning as well as on the walk itself. Photographs in colour convey a first impression of the spectacular landscape and help in making a choice between the individual routes.
128 pages, 50 photos, 50 maps in 1:50.000 / 1:75.000
Format 115 x 165 mm, bound in paper boards with a polytex laminate
Rother Walking Guides are convenient, pocket sized guides printed throughout in full colour and presenting a wide variety of walks from easy to the more demanding .
Family-friendly routes are included as are mountain ascents, challenging day-long hikes, and tours covering several days from hut to hut.
Concise and informative descriptions, together with topographical route maps and lots of inspirational colour photographs make it a pleasure to plan and complete each of the chosen walks.
The selected walks (approximately 50 in each guide) give a full flavour of the area, well graded so that you know what terrain you are likely to encounter, and estimated walking times.
Thoroughly researched and up-to-date introductory chapters with lots of advice and informed knowledge from experienced compilers.
Invaluable tips on accommodation, interesting sights, countryside matters, transport, town walking tours etc are all included.
£8.99
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