Kalatówki

Popular trail leading from Kuźnice to Kalatówki offers a great trip in winter conditions.

We begin our journey in Kuźnice. Trail leads us with broad, rocky path, which is covered in snow on winter period. After couple of minutes of easy approach, the road sharply turns right, leaving TPN booth on the right side and trail branching to Kasprowy Wierch. We follow the blue signs. After a while we go under cable car route and turn left. After around 20-30 minutes we get to st. brother Albert's hermitage, located on Albertine Sisters monastery territory. This place can be visited for free. Yellow trail turns right here, leading to Śpiąca Góra, where Albertine Brothers monastery is located. We are going straight for a couple more minutes, reaching ticket booth, where we should buy Tatra National Park entry tickets. We can also choose Kalatówki hotel path variant here – shorter or longer. If we go left (longer), we will find ourselves on lower edge of the glade. To reach our destination, we have to follow blue markings, and turn right after around 20 minutes. Road to Kalatówki takes 20 more minutes from there. Whole section takes around 40-50 minutes. If we, however, choose the shorter path, we go straight and after around 15 minutes we'll arrive on place. Both variants do not present any difficulties.

In Mountain PTTK Hotel on Kalatówki we can warm up, eat and use the bathroom. During sunny weather we can spend this time outside the building, admiring its surroundings. We go back with one of two beforementioned paths.