Hiking in the Low Tatras - Kralova Hola

Last Saturday six of us decided to spend the day hiking Kralova Hola – one of the mountains in the Low Tatras range. We took the bus to Telgart a bus on one side of the mountain. Then we hiked up and over Kralova Hola to Sumiac, a town on the other side of the mountain. From Sumiac we walked one town over to catch our bus.

Our hike was beautiful – but it was a little strenuous. Kralova Hola does not have a trail with proper switchbacks that slowly walk you up the mountain; instead, this mountain has a trail that literally is blazed straight up and straight down the mountain. For the first half hour, we kept waiting for the trail to level out. After the second half hour, we realized that it wasn’t going to.

Here are some of the pictures from our hike.

















Our hike down was steep, but we enjoyed it. Saturday was a good day for our group. We spent time in what our students would call "the beautiful nature." Life is good.