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altius travel agency34-500 Zakopane 22 Pilsudskiego st. tel/fax: +48 201 53 99 mob: +48 600 460 400 e-mail

OPENNING HOURS: Monday - Friday 10.00 - 12.30 / 13.30 - 17.00

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CLIMBING the TATRA Mountains:


climbing in Tatra mountainsWe invite you to an inexpensive stay and professional guiding in the beautiful Tatra Mountains - the biggest and the most impressive rocky mountain range in the long chain of the Carphatians. With our assistance you can develop your skills in climbing easy, moderate or extreme routes and if required, we will supply you with all the necessary climbing equipment.

The guides we cooperate with:

Jan Muskat - a certified guide of IFMGA/UIAGM/IVBV and an instructor of Polish Alpine Association climbed the most difficult and demandingJan Muskatlines in the Tatras. He opened over 100 new routes. He took part in the expedition on Nilgiri North 7061 m. in Himalaya. In Pamir he made an ascent of Peak Korzenevska 7100 m. He also climbed in Yosemite on El Capitan, in Joshua Tree and on Torres del Paine in Patagonia, where he repeated Bonnington-Whillans and Piola routes on the North Tower.

Jacek Jania - a certified Tatra Mountain Guide and an instructor of Polish Alpine Association is an author of difficult new routes in Tatra Jacek JaniaMountains both in winter and summer. He gained a broad experience during twelve years of teaching rock and mountain climbing. He climbed hard routes in the Alps such as Peuterey Ridge Integrally and in the Dolomites, e.g. on Marmolada South Face.
We offer: Rock Climbing Alpine Climbing Trips to all Tatra Summits Scrambling Rambling Caving Ski-touring
To get detailed offer send us an e-mail with the dates of your planning stay.


climbing in Tatra national park CLIMBING in Polish Tatras is allowed only in the designated regions inclusive of rock faces, from the bottom of the face to the ridge or top of the summit or rock.
All the climbers are obliged to write the detailed information about the planning climbing in the Book of the Climbers Departures Księga Wyjść Taternickich 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.
Here 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

During the climbing it is forbidden to install or uninstall permanent protective elements without the permission from the Tatra National Park. Camping on the face is allowed only in extreme, life-threatening situations.

The map of the touristic tracks in the Tatra National Park


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