CLIMBING the TATRA Mountains:
In Polish Tatras climbing is allowed only in the designated regions inclusive of walls, from the bottom of the wall to the ridge or top of the summit or rock. This is the list of the designated regions:
1. in the MORSKIE OKO area: the region from Przełęcz Bialczańska, Rysy, Mięguszowieckie Szczyty, Cubryna to the Wrota Chałubińskiego and Mnich.
see the picture
2. in the Five Polish Lakes Valley and Buczynkowa Valley area: from the top of Świnica to the Przełęcz Zawrat between the ridge and the red marked tourist track and in the region of the ridge and the below walls from the Przełęcz Zawrat to the Mała Buczynowa Przełączka
see the picture
3. in the Hala Gasienicowa area: in the region of the ridge and below walls from Żółta Przełęcz, through the Granaty, Kozi Wierch, Zawratowa Turnia, Świnica to Świnicka Przełęcz, with the side ridge of Kościelec to Karb see the picture
4. marked up on the western wall of the rock gate at the entrance to Lejowa Valley
5. marked up on the rock in the Jarowiec couloir
All the climbers are obliged to write the detailed information about the planning climbing in the Book of the Climbers Departures Księga Wyjść Tatrenickich
which can be find in the refuges Morskie Oko, Five Lakes Valley, Murowaniec at Hala Gasienicowa and in the building of the cable car Kasprowy Wierch station.
To get and come back from the climbing region all the climbers are obliged to take the shortest, save route from the closest tourist track.
During the climbing it is forbidden to install or uninstall permanent protective elements without the permission of the Tatra National Park directors.
Camping in the wall is allowed only in the extreme, life-threatening situations.
