Weekend ski touring course in the High Tatras (Mengusovska Valley)

Join Robert, IFMGA-certified mountain guide, for a 2-day ski touring course in the High Tatras mountains. Explore the fabulous powder slopes of the Mengusovska Valley!

Group

Tatras

2 Days

Mar

High

Intermediate

Highlights

Discover an amazing skiing area of Slovakia: the Mengusovska Valley.
Learn the basics of ski touring or improve your skills.
Stay in a beautiful hotel surrounded by a breathtaking landscape.

Description

Would you like to step into the thrilling world of ski touring? Then join me for a 2-day winter adventure in the Mengusovska Valley in the High Tatras!

The High Tatras are a group of mountains located in northern Slovakia and southern Poland. The Mengusovska is one of its beautiful valleys surrounded by impressive snow-capped peaks. With big untracked terrain and a beautiful landscape, this area is a perfect destination for ski touring adventures.

On this weekend course, you will learn the basics of ski touring, an activity which combines skiing and mountaineering. We will reach amazing spots of the Mengusovska Valley where we can practice powder skiing techniques and how to deal with avalanche risk. We will also have time to enjoy: I guarantee fabulous descents on virgin snow, away from the crowds!

Furthermore, we will stay at the Popradske Pleso, a charming hotel dominated by mountains, deep-blue lakes and huge glaciers!

Keep in mind that this course will be adapted to your skills. If you are prepared, we can try some challenging slopes at the end of the valleys of the High Tatras.

So, if you want to come to Slovakia for a weekend ski touring course, please contact me. Let’s explore the awesome powder of the Mengusovska Valley!

We can also practice ice climbing in this same area. Check it out here.

Price includes

Guiding fee

Price details

INCLUDED: photos from stock (mobile), GPS track / NOT INCLUDED: transportation, accommodation and food at Popradsky Ples, equipment.

Itinerary

Day 0: Friday - Meeting in Tatier

Arriving in Tatier. Distribution of equipment. Short hike around the Popradské Pleso Hotel. Dinner. Skiing equipment usage briefing. Entertainment.

Day 1: Saturday - Ski touring

Ski touring course according to your skills.

Day 2: Sunday - Ski touring

Ski touring course according to your skills. End of the tour.

Details

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Min number of participants: 4

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: Ski touring skis, skins, bindings, poles and belts,avalanche backpack, pieps, shovel, probe, backpack (approx. 30L), helmet, sunglasses, headlamp, gloves (1 coarse and 1 thinner), waterproof jacket and trousers, gore tex, food and drink (1.5L), thermo layer, sweatshirt and trousers (polartec or merino), insulated jacket.

If you need to rent, I can help you!

Meeting point

Tatier, Slovakia.

About the guide

Robert

5.0

(5)

Mountain Guide

I have been rock climbing and mountaineering for over 30 years. I started when I was younger, when I also traveled a lot all over Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, North Africa and North America. I love to climb on rock, snow or ice. I have experience in very diverse locations, from small rock gardens to high mountains in different parts of the world.
I have climbed in the High Tatras, Yosemites, Alps, Dolomites, Caucasus, Alborz/Iran, Cordillera Blanca/Peru and many other areas. I am currently working as a certified-IFMGA mountain guide.

Languages

Slovak | English | Czech

Certificates

CAHV | IVBV | UIAGM | IFMGA

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What people are saying about Robert

Mattias

Very nice climb of Gerlach with guide Robert Vrlak in early November. Convenient arrangement for this 1-day climb with Robert picking up at the local hotel and a short drive to the trailhead. Beautiful scenery and a fairly straightforward route with mostly trekking and scrambling but full winter conditions at higher elevations made this climb extra fun and a little more challenging than expected. Would greatly recommend it!

Akos

Great place, pro guiding, nice experience.

Ander

Robert is a really good guide. Nice and knowledgeable. The weather was not good for our climbs. However he managed to come up with alternative plans, as Ice climbing, or climbing peaks which were save to climb in those weather conditions. Plus he is very good at taking pictures.

Geert

Great service, great guides, great trip. worth all the money. Thank you!😀

Nico

Robert Vrlak was an amazing guide which we highly recommend to everyone! Stays at your own pace, explains in full detail about the plan, routes, etc, complimented with extreme knowledge about the surroundings of the area you are in. I look forward to have him as our guide in the near future, thank you Robert!