Ľadový štít
| Ľadový štít | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,627 m (8,619 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°11′56″N 20°10′56″E / 49.19889°N 20.18222°ECoordinates: 49°11′56″N 20°10′56″E / 49.19889°N 20.18222°E |
| Geography | |
 Ľadový štít
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| Parent range | Tatra Mountains |
Ľadový štít (translated into English as Ice Peak) is the third highest of the Tatra Mountains, in Slovakia, and in the whole 1,500 km (930 mi) long Carpathian mountain chain, as well as in northern and eastern Central Europe.
History[edit]
The first confirmed ascent was made by 1843 John Ball, Wilhelm Richter, Carl Ritter, a Polish philologist, a Hungarian landscape painter and three Polish mountain guides.[1] In 1843, the routes through the Suchý žlab (Dry culoir).
Mounteineering[edit]
The most popular climbing routes:
Normal route. As first men on the top. Scale UIAA I.
Ľadový koň (Ice ridge). North ridge from Tery hut to Ľadová priehyba (Ice pass) and on the top. Scale UIAA II.
Grósz route. The lef side of southeast wall. Scale UIAA III.
Brnčal pillar. The central southeast wall. Scale UIAA IV.
References[edit]
- ^ Wilhelm Richter, Wanderungen in Ungarn und unter seinen Bewohnern, 1844, pp.419-420
External links[edit]
- List of climbing routes od Ľadový štít (Slovak language)
- Grósz route on Ľadový štít (Czech language)
