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After my last tour two years ago, on which I got an indigestion in 1993 I set out to make a good and complete tour to the High Tatras.

High-Tatras expedition 1995

Gyorgyigabor
2004-02-05 20:08:24

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After arriving home ffirst we had to dry our clothes because on the following day we had go on cycling towards our home. In the morning clouds covered sky. in the 1010m high situated holiday resort, Stary Smokovec there was only 10 degrees centigrade. After saying goodbye to the others leaving to Hungary by car we cycled on a pleasantly sloping ascent to the highest point of our two week long tour, to the 1350 m high situated Lake Strbské. We couldn’t enjoy the view of one of the most beautiful lake of the High Tatras because of the clouds. Here we spent the money we had left for souvenirs. Before the 30 km long, cold descent we had to put on almost all of our clothes. Leavaing the area of the Tatras the weather became a little bit warmer and cleaner. After biking around the hills surrounded and nice Lake Lipto we found a good and calm place for the tents in the Lupcanka valley, followed by fir trees and a plaching stream. We hardly met any car.

In the morning we started cycling in a little bit cloudy weather. We liked to spent that night next to Zvolen one day from the Hungarian border. Until the top of the first pass of the day we had to climb on a 3-4 km long very steep, but minimally trafficked road. From the saddle we enjoyed the fast and not too twisting descent. I reached the speed of 76 kms / h. Our next ascent we began after turning left onto the main road towards Donovaly. Meeting with the lorries wasn’t for our pleasure. We arrived at the 960m high situated skicenter, Donovaly in the early afternon. It was a watershed on the tour, from this pass we had to „roll” to our home. At the start of the descent large tables warned the drivers to shift into lower gear. After the 24km long pleasant descent we arrived at Banska Bystrica. It was a surprise to see the nice, orderly main square with the fresh painted houses, flowers, fountain and tourists. It could be in Austria. We spent our night not far away from the shore of a lake near Zvolen. We bathed in the stream. On our last day in Slovaky we weren’t curious to the mountains, so we preferred arrive to Hungary, than climbing on ascents. We bypassed long ascents, but towards Balassagyarmat we had to face with short but steep climbs. The tiring and steep descents and ascents changed each other so quickly, that we can hardly handle the gear-shift. Cycling on a forestroad at 4 pm we come out from the forest and get a view to the land of our country, Hungary. After crossing the border we hurtled through the bridge over the Ipoly. On the shore of the lake Nyirjes next to the town we wake up for a sunny morning. We started packing up early, because my friends from Szolnok had to cycle 160kms on that day. Almost the whole route to Aszód, in the valley of Galga was flat. We said goodbye to each other in Hatvan. The 15kms between the two towns were an extra route for me; I had time to arrive at home. Feeling the homesickness and the adventure and pleasure of the tour we agreed that we will repeat the tour in the next year.

Summing up the tour on this 11 day long cycling we went 1128 kms and 10200m height-difference. Five of the 10 nights we spent in a house. The cost for me was about 2500 Sk (SLK) and 3000 HUF. Because of the light trafficked but good shaped roads I can suggest to cycle into Slovakia.

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