At first we were going to ascend Babia Gora peak (Diablak). In the mountain hostel - Slana Voda they told us the snow conditions were good enough to do some ski tour (70 cm of snow above 900 above see level). Full of hope we came to the hostel on Saturday morning, where the mountain trail begins.
Instead of winter conditions we saw snow... but only on the top, accessible after 2,5 hours of trekking with skis and boots on our backs.
Straight away we decided to travel to Zverovka in the West Tatras, only 54 km away from us. Our favourite place didn't let us down. The perfect snow and weather conditions were worth driving 2 hours more (in both sides) despite the fact the Salatin (the most accesible peak for ski alpinists in this part of the Slovakian Tatras) was crowded like never seen before.
Salatin is 2048 m high, in West Tatras, close to Slovak/Polish boarder; locality - Zuberec (Zverovka), Salatin Valley.
Start: Rohacska Dolina, Ski Zverovka - 1030 m n.p.m.
Descent start: Salatin - 2047 m n.p.m.
Descent lenght: 2,6 km
Face: North
Inclination: 35 degree
Difficulty: S3
Ascent time: 2 h
Descent time: 50 min
Avalanche risk: huge
The best time: march - april
We chose the descent via the Central Culuoir (no 13 on the map below):
The culuoir was as crowded as the ski trail in the high season but I felt safety like never before because of a stable snow conditions and a lot of people :)
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