Kasprowy Wierch, Tatra National Park

Name: Kasprowy Wierch
Address: Tatra National Park, Poland

#7 among attractions in Tatra National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Facts and practical information

Kasprowy Wierch is a peak of a long crest in the Western Tatras one of Poland's main winter ski areas. Its dominant southern crests, WSW and ESE, mark the border with Slovakia. It is accessible in most conditions by foot and daily by cablecar. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1890Elevation: 6519 ftCoordinates: 49°14'33"N, 19°58'42"E

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Day trips

Kasprowy Wierch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy, Kurtkowiec Lake, Shelter Hala Kondratowa, Magura Mountain.

1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy, Tatra National Park
35 min walk • Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy is a tarn in Poland, part of the Gąsienicowe Ponds in the High Tatras. The lake is located at an elevation of 1,672 metres in a corrie of the Skrajna pyramidal peak. The tarn was formerly named Suczy Staw. Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy is the largest lake in the Zielona Gąsienicowa Valley.
1.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kurtkowiec Lake, Tatra National Park
37 min walk • Kurtkowiec is an oligotrophic lake part of the Gąsienicowe Ponds, located in the Tatra Mountains in Poland. The lake is located in the western part of the Gąsienicowa Valley, at an elevation of 1,686 metres.
1.3 miNW
Hiking, Alpine hut, Hostel
Shelter Hala Kondratowa, Tatra National Park
34 min walk • PTTK Shelter on Hala Kondratowa named after Władysław Krygowski - a tourist hostel located on the Kondratowa Glade in the Western Tatras, at the foot of the Giewont massif. It is located at an altitude of 1333 m on the former Kondratowa Hall.
1.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Magura Mountain, Tatra National Park
28 min walk • Magura is a peak located in the Kasprowy Wierch massif, part of the Western Tatras in Poland. The peak is located between the Uhrocie Kasprowe and the Mała Kopa Królowa in the Western Tatras.
1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beskid / Beskyd, Tatra National Park
28 min walk • Beskid - the easternmost peak in the main ridge of the Western Tatras, located between Sucha Prze Przełecz and Liliowe Pass in the main ridge of the Tatras.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wielka Królowa Kopa, Tatra National Park
39 min walk • Wielka Kopa Królowa - a domed hill in the eastern part of the Western Tatras, demarcating the upper floors of the Jaworzynka Valley and the Olczyska Valley.
0.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Myślenickie Turnie, Tatra National Park
17 min walk • Myślenickie Turnie - built of sedimentary rocks of the chub on the northern ridge of Kasprowy Wierch, with an altitude of 1354 m in the Western Tatras. The origin of the name is unknown.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mała Królowa Kopa, Tatra National Park
34 min walk • Mala Kopa Królowa - a hill in the eastern part of the Western Tatras, located in the ridge separating the Jaworzynka Valley and the Sucha Woda Gąsienicowa Valley.
1.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Goričkova kopa / Goryczkowa Czuba, Tatra National Park
30 min walk • Goryczkowa Czuba - a peak in the Western Tatras, located in the main ridge of the Tatras, on the Polish-Slovakian border.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pośredni Goryczkowy Wierch / Prostredný Goričkový vrch, Tatra National Park
24 min walk • Pośredni Goryczkowy Wierch - a peak lying in the main ridge of the Western Tatras between Kasprowy Wierch, from which it is separated by the Goryczkowa Pass over Zakosy, and Goryczkowa Czuba, from which it is separated by the Goryczkowa Pass...
~1150 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sucha Czuba, Tatra National Park
6 min walk • Sucha Czuba - an unexplored hill in the north-western ridge of Kasprowy Wierch, the same in which further north are Myślenickie Turnie. A little to the west of the peak is the green trail leading from Kuźnice to Kasprowy Wierch.