Hike #38b: Krivánská Malá Fatra (Slovakia)

Welcome to the next episode of photo-series dedicated to hiking adventures. Back in April, I published first post about our three day long trek in Malá Fatra mountains (the Krivanska part) in Slovakia. But no more posts followed so far. Until now, so here we are. Last time we ended up at foothill of the mountain Malý Rozsutec (~1344m). Let's see how we battled with the bad weather back then😉

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The weather really sucks, each minute the visibility is worse. Still we cannot miss climbing up the mountain.

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Half an hour later, it is even worse😆

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Milk-like views from the top of the mountain.

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We better descend as forecast does not look promising.

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Steel ropes, stairs...

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Looks like a spot where wooden ad hoc poles await their owner when they return back from the summit.

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Nearly two hours later, we are under the cloud-lid.

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At last, in civilization (village Štefanová). Don't touch the flowers, the sign reads.

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Now I am very thirsty! Awesome beer by local mountain brewery Vŕšky.

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View of the village Štefanová.

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Almost there!

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It is cold. Chalet Chata na Grúni. The place where we are about to stay overnight.

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Best drink in cold weather😁 This beer is called Golden pheasant😁

We do not stay up late, as tomorrow it may be better than today...

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Next day morning, new expectations, new frustration from the bad weather😆

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Because of the ugly weather we adapt our today's plans and walk only the necessary path.

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It is starting to rain.

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Mud-fun.

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An hour before the noon, we manage to clamber up the mountain ridge (which ranges between ~1400-1600m).

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It's cold, wet, rainy and windy.

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Some summit but no one cares as we see *** anyway.

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Fresh cranberries. Yummy!

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Finally, we arrive at another mountain chalet (Chata pod Chlebom (1415m)) where we will stay overnight.

You can find funny and peaceful signs on it:
Careful, good dog! But he is a nervous wreck.
Careful, bad dog! But the housekeeper, she is even worse!
If the dog does not bite you, I will shoot you.

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Since it is raining cats and dogs out there, we eat (very good soup),...

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... play games (the toilet game),...

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... build towers,...

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... and for sure, we drink beer in a hope that tomorrow, it must work out. We will find that out in one of my future posts😉

As for the beer, it is actually quite good lager by Slovak brewery Martins.

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This was the first and second day of our trek we did back in August 2020. Thank you for reading this post. If you like it, stay tuned as more cool stuff will definitely come. In the meantime, don't forget to check out my Pinmapple profile to see all places I have visited on the map! See you on the trail😉