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I'm planning a hike from Zakopane to Vysoke Tatry in August, and I'm trying to learn more about the huts.
These are the huts I want to use:
- Dolina Pieciu Stawow Polskich
- Morskie Oko
- Chata Pod Rysmi
- Zamskovskieho Chata
- Zbojnicka Chata
The problem is, I have only found a way make a reservation at Zbojnicka Chata. The other huts haven't responded after a week and a half, and Chata pod Rysmi doesn't seem to have an email.
Before I try calling from the U.S., does anyone here (especially those from Slovakia or Poland) have some suggestions for contacting the huts?
Also, is it even necessary to make reservations for the huts? I'm assuming it's a smart idea, since it's August (prime hiking season).
Originally posted at 9:58AM, 30 May 2008 PST
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revenki edited this topic 6 months ago.
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If I were you I wouldn't make any reservation. I assume that you don't mind sleeping on the floor.
Posted 6 months ago.
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I'd certainly mind it less than, say, sleeping on a bare rock outside the hut -- I'm worried that that is what will happen if we don't get reservations.
Is it risky to simply show up and expect a spot on the floor?
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Without reservation you have little chances to get place in the bed. But on the floor you should get one. Risk exists but it is not very high.
August is last month of vacations in Poland so it would be better to get there in e.g. September. August is more crowded month.
Hata pod Rysmi is smallest of those huts (~20 places), but offers the best views.
www.vysoketatry.com/chaty/chprysmi/en.html
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Try to call them. Afaik you can not sleep on the floor in Morskie Oko (either in Roztoka and in Murowaniec in Polish High Tatras).
And as PNO says, September is better month (but still a lot of students). Try to avoid long weekends (in Poland - 15.08 is the bank holiday) and generally weekends in Polish Tatras.
:)
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the time was chosen for me by other circumstances. At least I'll be there the weekend before the bank holiday.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Hi
I wonder how you got on? I've only seen this having come back from a trip in August to the Tatra's. We had help from a Polish friend of a friend in the UK in booking the huts. We saw quite a lot of people sleeping on the floor in huts but some people also said Morskie Oko would not let people do this. It was busy- especially on some of the tops but it was a great trip.
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We got lucky and got into Morskie Oko (reserved about three weeks in advance, which is late and lucky), staying in the little dorm hut just below the main building. Overall was a good stay.
On the Slovak side, we had reservations at Zbojnicka Chata and Zamskovskeho Chata. Unfortunately we hit torrential rain our first morning and had to hike up to Zam. Chata in a downpour, and decided to skip going over the pass to Zboj. Chata the next day.
Well, that was also in a dorm arrangment in the attic of the hut, but more comfortable and cozy, I guess, than Morskie Oko. Plus, with the weather stranding a couple dozen hikers inside the hut, it turned into a huge party. What a great experience -- very friendly people from Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania, gathered around, singing along with some guy playing pop songs on his guitar and everyone sharing their local vodkas.
The next day the rain was gone (though it was amazingly foggy/cloudy, as you can see in some of my pictures from Mala Studena Dolina), and we hiked to Teryho Chata. I still can't get over the novelty of getting to the top of a hike and being able to sit down and have coffee (or beer) in a snack bar -- our mountains in Colorado are just bare rock on top, so you have to bring your own.
Poland was fun, but Slovakia was awesome yet again (even despite the rain-out). Can't say enough good about the place.
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Forgot to mention that we stopped while hiking at the hut at the Five Polish Lakes (Schronisko Gorskim, I think it is). It's a bit like Zamskovskeho Chata, from what I saw of it. Both it and Morskie Oko are in great locations relative to hike routes -- lots of things to see around both, and it's about a two hour easy hike between them around the base of the ridge that's in between (blue trail).
We also passed by Bilikova Chata in Hrebienok and Rainerova Chata at the confluence of the two Studena Dolinas, but didn't see much of either hut. Bilikova is so close to Stary Smokovec that you might as well splurge on a hotel...the location doesn't really work as well as a base camp, compared to the others.
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Glad you enjoyed your trip. It is very different from walking in more remote areas- we've had a great trip camping in the Olympic National Park where our group were the only ones at the campsite. And definately no snack bars.
One of our guide books had a cartoon about not going to the Tatras in the summer if you want solitude.
Moskie Oke was a great location, beautiful views. Althougth the beds upstairs in the small dorm were especially hard- a very thin mattress and we were travelling light without thermorests etc.
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