pawian
15 Jun 2024
Travel / Hiking around Zakopane/ Tatra mountains [33]
Fatal accidents happen regularly - about once a week. I have just read about a new one. In June!
There are difficult conditions for tourism in the Tatra Mountains. The second degree of avalanche danger applies. Snow cover varies in thickness and hardness. In places it is muddy, perishable, in others it is blown away or icy. Particular attention should be paid to blown snow near the ridge, in gullies and in snowfields. During the day, the temperature rises, causing the snow cover to melt.
Navigating high mountain trails in such conditions requires extensive experience in winter mountain tourism and appropriate equipment and skills. Mandatory equipment should include crampons, an ice ax, a helmet and the avalanche ABC, i.e. a detector, a probe and a shovel. It gets dark before 4 p.m., so you should plan your trip so that you return from the trail before dusk. A headlamp in a backpack may be necessary - reminds TPN.
Here is an exemplary photo showing a lethal fall of an unlucky climber.
Be careful when hiking in the Tatra Mountains
Fatal accidents happen regularly - about once a week. I have just read about a new one. In June!
There are difficult conditions for tourism in the Tatra Mountains. The second degree of avalanche danger applies. Snow cover varies in thickness and hardness. In places it is muddy, perishable, in others it is blown away or icy. Particular attention should be paid to blown snow near the ridge, in gullies and in snowfields. During the day, the temperature rises, causing the snow cover to melt.
Navigating high mountain trails in such conditions requires extensive experience in winter mountain tourism and appropriate equipment and skills. Mandatory equipment should include crampons, an ice ax, a helmet and the avalanche ABC, i.e. a detector, a probe and a shovel. It gets dark before 4 p.m., so you should plan your trip so that you return from the trail before dusk. A headlamp in a backpack may be necessary - reminds TPN.
Here is an exemplary photo showing a lethal fall of an unlucky climber.
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