230 km · ↑ 12 500 m · 9 days · October 2024 · SK
Koruna Turca or the Crown of Turiec region. A 200+ km route through the Malá Fatra, Veľká Fatra, Kremnické vrchy and Žiar mountain ranges in Slovakia.
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Koruna Turca is a route over 200 km long with more than 11000 meters of elevation gain. The loop runs through the Malá Fatra, Veľká Fatra, Žiar and Kremnické vrchy mountain ranges. We’d had this hike on our radar for a few months, but the right time to actually do it only came now. The…
Cabanka – Salaš pod Chyžkami Saturday, 19.10.2024 → 33,3 km ↑ 1364 m ↓ 1227 m – total 42,8 km After 10 hours of sleep we get up at 6:30am. Slept like royalty. Even though it’s only 5°C in the hut, changing feels easier than last night. We pack all our things and go down…
Sunday, 20.10.2024 Salaš pod Chyžkami – Koliba Príslop → 24,2 km ↑ 1501 m ↓ 1859 m – total 67 km Alarm’s at 6am, but it’s still dark outside, so we push it back 30 minutes. Then it starts getting light. I photograph the colored sky from the tent. I scrape the frozen condensation off…
Monday, 21.10.2024 Koliba Príslop – Podšíp → 24,9 km ↑ 1402 m ↓ 1568 m – total 91,9 km At 3am I wake up because I’m warm, so I take off the down layers. But then I need to pee, so I go outside, where the moon’s shining completely clear, and I wake Jozef in…
Tuesday, 22.10.2024 Podšíp – Chata pod Chlebom → 20 km ↑ 1815 m ↓ 1136 m – total 111,9 km Again we both go pee around 3am and get up at 6:30am. We pack fairly fast and have bread with salami for breakfast. It’s noticeably colder this morning because of the humidity, so I have…
Wednesday, 23.10.2024 Chata pod Chlebom – Chata Javorina → 35,4 km ↑ 2167 m ↓ 2159 m – total 147,3 km We actually manage to get up at 6am. It was fairly warm overnight with occasional gusts. The tent’s completely soaked with condensation and all our things are damp. We change straight away, Jozef gets…
Thursday, 24.10.2024 Chata Javorina – Útulňa Javorina pod Kľakom → 28,6 km ↑ 1663 m ↓ 1913 m – total 175,9 km Alarm’s at 6:30am. Jozef got up before it went off and started waking me. Didn’t exactly put me in a good mood, I hadn’t slept that well. We pack our things and go…
Friday, 25.10.2024 Útulňa Javorina pod Kľakom – Útulňa SNP Sklené → 40,5 km ↑ 1420 m ↓ 1761 m – total 216,4 km We get up at 6:30am. Slept nicely, warm in our sleeping bags. I lie there and finish writing the blog. Jozef gets breakfast ready. First he hands me bread with Pali pâté,…
Sobota, 26.10.2024 Saturday, 26.10.2024 → 19,7 km ↑ 749 m ↓ 629 m – total 236,1 km We get up at 6:30am again. It’s fairly warm in the shelter. I catch up on the blog while eating on rolls with ham, Jozef has with bacon. To drink we have black tea and coffee too. There’s…
9 days, over 230 km and 12 500 meters of elevation Malá Fatra, Veľká Fatra Kremnické Vrchy a Žiar 3 nights in a tent, 4 nights in a shelter, 1 night in a hut Well, this hike really went well for us! We started off unsure whether we’d even finish it, but the further we…