Ice climbing day trip at Slovak Paradise or the High Tatras

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Ice climbing day trip at Slovak Paradise or the High Tatras

Ice climbing in Slovakia is a unique and beautiful experience. Join Eduard, IFMGA mountain guide, on a day trip to Slovak Paradise or the High Tatras.

+1 Day

Jan - Mar, Dec

Description

During winter, ice climbing in Slovakia is a must! Come with me and enjoy a different and unique experience.

This exciting sport has a very long tradition in Slovak mountains. In fact, there are excellent conditions to climb on frozen waterfalls in different parts of the country. Here are the two places where I can take you for an amazing ice climbing day:

Slovak Paradise

One of my favorite ice climbing spots is Slovak Paradise Natonal Park. Located in the east of the country, you can get there after a 30 minutes drive both from the High Tatras or the city of Poprad. I recommend to visit this place in case of bad weather, like snowing or strong wind.

At Slovak Paradise you’ll find many icefalls of various lengths and all levels of difficulty. Besides, you’ll be surrounded by a stunning landscape of canyons and gorges.

High Tatras

Ice climbing in the High Tatras is somehow similar to the one in Slovak Paradise. However, instead of climbing in the canyons we’ll climb in the higher mountains. The icefalls here are much bigger and located mostly below the walls and troughs.

In the High Tatras there’s a large selection and good opportunities for ice climbing. We can climb several icefalls within one day.

At each of these places I can take a group of up to 4 people. While climbing, you will learn the principles and techniques of ice climbing as well as play some games.

Ice climbing in Slovakia is a very unique and beautiful experience that you shouldn’t miss if you are in the country. Please contact me if you are interested!

Price includes

Guiding fee

Meeting point

About the guide

Eduard Kuro

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Mountain Guide

I’m an IFMGA mountain guide born in west Slovakia, in 1973. Nowadays I live in Poprad, a city 10 km away from the High Tatras, the mountains where I’ve been working for 25 years.

I came to High Tatras when I was student, in the summer of 1991. I started to work as a mountain carrier-sherpa in the chalet Rysy. I was also a professional member of the mountain rescue service.

In 2011, I finished my mountain education in Chamonix and became an international mountain guide. I also worked as a cave rescuer in Slovakia.

During winter, I enjoy ski-mountaineering, freeride, ice climbing and ascending different peaks. On the summer season, I practice mountain climbing, hiking, mountain bike, rock climbing, guiding and a lot of other sports.

Besides traveling with clients, I sometimes go to the mountain alone or with my friends and son.

I offer courses for avalanche education, ski-mountaineering, rock and ice climbing. I also organize special team-building activities for clients and I’m used to working with young people and children.

Languages

Slovak | Russian | Polish | English | Czech

What people are saying about Explore-Share

Man

Climbing with guide Guillaume was absolutely a highlight of my 2-week Europe vacation. Originally, we were planning on climbing in the Calanques, but the park was closed due to wind and fire danger. Guillaume chose another amazing location (Pic de Bretagne) based on my climbing abilities and preferences and kindly offered train station pick-up and hotel drop off, which I appreciated very much. The multi-pitch route we did was not only fun but also the right amount of challenge, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The communication from the team (Gauthier) was prompt and clear—highly recommend!

Maxine

Luis Silva was a great climbing guide and belayer! He taught me how to do moves that were difficult and encouraged me to try routes that were challenging for me! Because of his encouragement, I managed to complete these routes! I really enjoyed the climbs and completed 8 routes in the Sesimbra/Azoia area. The weather was perfect, no direct sun and cool enough to enjoy the climbs. Explore-Share made booking an outdoor climbing experience in Lisbon extremely easy. Luis, our guide, was fantastic, and the platform’s organization was flawless.

Valeriya

You’re simply the best!!! :))) Explore-Share made everything easy and stress-free. Will definitely use again.

Joshua

We had Léo as a guide for our day climb in Fonty. We were blessed with a knowledgeable, warm, and instructive guide. Communication with Léo and Ivan was smooth and swift. Explore-Share was excellent in arranging everything for our day climb. The communication was quick, and the platform was easy to use, making our adventure stress-free.

Cami

Patrick was a great guide. He took us on an intermediate Via Ferrata at Passo Sella. Renato was quick to respond with any outreach on the Explore-Share platform. The booking process was straightforward, and once Patrick was confirmed, all went well. It was a wonderful experience, and I’d highly recommend the platform.

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