September 2013 - Tatras, Slovakia
We visited two places in the high Tatras: the towering mountain of Lomnický štít, and the beautiful lake of Štrbské Pleso. The chairlift up to the top of Lomnický štít goes in two legs, and the 2nd leg closed due to wind 15 minutes before our scheduled ride up to the top. At that point we took the 1st leg back to the base, and then that leg was shortly after closed due to wind as well. It was pretty scary to come so close to being stranded up there.
We visited two places in the high Tatras: the towering mountain of Lomnický štít, and the beautiful lake of Štrbské Pleso. The chairlift up to the top of Lomnický štít goes in two legs, and the 2nd leg closed due to wind 15 minutes before our scheduled ride up to the top. At that point we took the 1st leg back to the base, and then that leg was shortly after closed due to wind as well. It was pretty scary to come so close to being stranded up there.
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| Hiking on a trail through the clearing fog, halfway up Lomnicky Stit | The clouds clearing off the mountain | Halfway up the Lomnicky Stit mountain |
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| The crystal clear waters of Skalnate Pleso, at elevation close to 6000 feet | Lomnicky Stit rises above the lake | |
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| Lomnicky Stit | We didn't make it to the top of the mountain, but I was able to stand on the top of something! | Heading down the mountain on the chairlift |
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| A helicopter taking off | The helicopter up in the mountains, headed to Skalnate Pleso | |
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| The peak Lomnicky Stit, during the | The high Tatras | The lake at Strbske Pleso |
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| Strbske Pleso | The valley floor extends seemingly forever | |
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| Tatralandia, where it's "summer in all time". It's pretty awesome that they spent enough money to put this billboard all over Slovakia, but didn't bother hiring someone who actually spoke English to proofread it. Needless to say the English literacy in Slovakia was quite poor. | A full moon rising over the forest |