Štrbské Pleso - Popradské pleso - Štrbské pleso (08/2021)
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.53 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,007 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,109 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,046 ft
- TrailRank
- 61
- Min elevation
- 4,113 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 3 hours
- Time
- 4 hours 16 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1883
- Uploaded
- August 9, 2021
- Recorded
- August 2021
near Štrbské Pleso, Prešovský (Slovensko)
Viewed 1962 times, downloaded 97 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
Note: The trails in Slovakia are color-coded (Blue, Green, Red, Yellow). Use the app Trail Tatras (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.mgaczkowski.tatry) which is great to see and plan your routes in advance.
--
This is an easy trail from Štrbské pleso to Popradské pleso lake, further up in the mountains. The path forks a few times, but leads to the same place.
You can also continue your hike even farther, from Popradské pleso to other lakes and peaks. It will add hours to your hike, though.
At the lake, there's restaurants and coffee shops and fast food joints.
From the lake, visit the Symbolic cemetery national monument, and then continue down towards Štrbské pleso again.
Note: the way down on the Blue trail is all asphalt. It's actually better and more interesting to take the same path down as the ascent, only the different color. Example, at Intersection #3, if you took the Red way up, now take the Green trail when going back (and vice-versa).
--
This is an easy trail from Štrbské pleso to Popradské pleso lake, further up in the mountains. The path forks a few times, but leads to the same place.
You can also continue your hike even farther, from Popradské pleso to other lakes and peaks. It will add hours to your hike, though.
At the lake, there's restaurants and coffee shops and fast food joints.
From the lake, visit the Symbolic cemetery national monument, and then continue down towards Štrbské pleso again.
Note: the way down on the Blue trail is all asphalt. It's actually better and more interesting to take the same path down as the ascent, only the different color. Example, at Intersection #3, if you took the Red way up, now take the Green trail when going back (and vice-versa).
Waypoints
Intersection
4,882 ft
Intersection #3
The trail forks here: the Red trail goes on higher ground, the Green trail goes down into the forest. Both trails meet at Popradské pleso.
Intersection
4,975 ft
Intersection #4
Again a small fork in the trail, but both paths lead to Popradské pleso.
Lake
Waypoint
4,907 ft
Wooden statue of Panna Lucia Zlomiskova
Couldn't find any info on the origin of meaning of the statue.
Intersection
4,912 ft
Intersection #5
Continue towards Symbolicky cintorín (eng. Symbolic graveyard)
Photo
Waypoint
4,947 ft
Symbolic cemetery
A truly quaint national monument. The Yellow trail will take you around the cemetery, and then it connects on the main road back to Štrbské pleso (Blue trail).
River
Intersection
4,928 ft
Intersection #7
Continue down on the Blue trail; it's all asphalt from here until the end.
Intersection
4,128 ft
Intersection #8
Take a right, and continue upwards towards Štrbské pleso.
You can add a comment or review this trail
Comments