Skok waterfall, Tatra National Park

SKOK waterfall - a waterfall on the Młynica stream in the Młynicka Valley in the Slovak High Tatras. It is located above the indirect clearing, and below the clearing below. The name of the waterfall comes from the word SKOK, which in Slovak and in the Podhale dialect means a waterfall, in South Slavic languages ​​rock threshold, fault, accumulation. It is located on a high rock threshold parting the central part of this valley. It has a height of about 25 m. At large water on the upper edge of the waterfall threshold, the waterfall breaks down, throwing a water shower forward. The most effective waterfall is at the beginning of the Tatra summer, i.e. in June, it throws an average of 880 liters of water per second. The amount of water flowing down it is very variable, in March, for example, it is only 54 l/s. A terrifying impression was made by a waterfall during a great flood in 1958, when about 30,000 flowed it. liters of water per second, and this water fought large stones.

There are two ponds in the immediate vicinity of the waterfall; Above the threshold, the pond over the jump, from which the water supply water flows, below the threshold is the pond under the jump. A yellow tourist trail leads next to the waterfall. He overcomes the steep rock threshold; The most exposed places are secured with chains.