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The cottages
550m above sea level |
Follow green trail signs |
Turn right, walk on the main road |
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1 |
Fork in the road |
Green walking trail signs
on the electricity posts |
Take the right fork |
150m |
150m |
2 |
Edge of wood on left |
NO trail marks 2 to 5 ! |
Turn left into a field track, walk up
a meadow keeping wood on right |
350m |
500m |
3 |
Ground levels off |
Entry to a forest cart-track on your right |
Follow the wide forest track
(not marked, but well used) |
100m |
600m |
4 |
Out of the wood |
Large open meadow,
with wood on the right |
Walk uphill bearing left
towards the forest ahead |
200m |
800m |
5 |
Metal post |
Green walking trail sign |
Keep walking uphill
towards the forest |
100m |
900m |
6 |
Open meadow |
Nice view of Krize village |
Keep walking straight on uphill |
150m |
1,050m |
7 |
Edge of forest |
Corner of the forest
sticks out a bit |
Walk uphill along the edge of the
forest, with the forest on your right |
100m |
1,150m |
8 |
Large concrete block,
end of ex-ski lift |
Green walking trail sign
on the block and trees |
Turn into the forest at approx 20
degrees, follow the forest track |
150m |
1,300m |
9 |
Clear forest cart-track |
Green walking trail sign
on mature beech trees |
Walk on the track uphill, through old
beech forest, clearings with birches |
350m |
1,650m |
10 |
Boundary between old
and young forest |
Nice view of the valley to
the right, place for a rest |
The walking trail flattens out a bit
and goes through a younger forest |
200m |
1,850m |
11 |
Silver birch woods
inside beech forest |
Easy to get lost here
on the way back !!! |
Keep walking straight on the
trail with birches on your left |
350m |
2,200m |
12 |
A big fir tree
in a clearing |
Green walking trail sign
on the fir tree |
Keep straight on the trail through
small clearings, keeping to the left |
150m |
2,350m |
13 |
High point "Pantelish"
854m, metal signpost |
Green sign, Krize 45 min,
Lysina 45 min |
Keep walking straight on the
trail through small clearings |
300m |
2,650m |
14 |
Good view point |
Nice view of the valley
to the right |
Walk straight through clearings,
last 50m on a cart-track into woods |
100m |
2,750m |
15 |
Turning off cart-track
(very easy to miss !!!) |
Birches on the right
of the cart-track |
Turn right off the cart-track at 20
deg, go uphill through the woods,
the trail is marked but overgrown |
250m |
3,000m |
16 |
Good view point |
Nice view of the valley
to the left, Bukovy Vrch |
Keep walking straight on the
trail through small clearings |
200m |
3,200m |
17 |
Good view point |
Nice view of the valley
to the right |
Keep walking straight on the
trail through small clearings |
150m |
3,350m |
18 |
Small group of
large beech trees |
Green sign on the side
of a large beech tree |
Pass the beech trees on your left,
keep walking through small clearings |
100m |
3,450m |
19 |
Remains of a wooden
hunting watch tower |
Green signs on the
tower posts and trees |
Turn left, well clear (30-50m) of the
tower, go straight through clearings |
300m |
3,750m |
20 |
Entry into pine wood |
Green walking trail sign
on a small birch tree
(easy to miss !!!) |
Go straight through the pine wood,
(over several fallen trees)
turn right on reaching a meadow
and walk for another 25m |
150m |
3,900m |
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"Sedlo Lysina" 1029m,
metal signpost & map,
E3 long distance trail |
"The High Tatras"
on the right horizon
(on a clear day) |
Turning back point for this walk.
Long walking trails 2 and 3 go on
from here to Cergov and Priehyby |
100m |
4,000m |