A moderately strenuous half-day hike with refreshments at the chalet of Chata pri Popradskom plese. The trails are well waymarked.
Starting at the train station head for the trail junction of Rázcestie pod Heliosom. Set out on the red Tatranská magistrála trail.
Cross the Mlynica creek and walk up through a forest all the way to the wooded Trigan peak (1,481 m above sea level). Then continue through sparse vegetation to Odbočka zimnej cesty (winter trail junction at 1,525 metres above sea level). Stay on the red trail. When covered with snow, this part of the trail is closed all the way to the lake of Popradské pleso. Follow the green trail from the junction in winter.
From the junction the trail winds through a forest at first, and then it goes on through open terrain of the Patria mountainside to a bridge over the creek of Hincov potok. Continue to the trail junction of Rázcestie nad Popradským plesom. Then walk down the tarmac road for a while to Chata pri Popradskom plese. There are 14 stops of an educational trail ready for you along the way to Popradské pleso.
From Popradské pleso, on a little detour, visit Symbolický cintorín (symbolic cemetery; 1,525 m above sea level) under the western walls of the Ostrva peak towering at 1,926 metres above sea level. The cemetery in a pine grove honours all who died in the mountains. Warning – the yellow trail is closed from 1 November till 15 June.
Walk up the forest path that later enters the dwarf-pine zone, and continue to the valley of Mengusovská dolina until you arrive at the trail junction of Rázcestie nad Žabím potokom at 1,620 metres above sea level. In the dwarf-pine zone carry on following the blue waymarked trail, cross Hincov potok again, and climb through steep but short hairpin bends to the upper part of Mengusovská dolina – the small basin of Hincova kotlinka. Then walk across the hilly terrain all the way to Veľké Hincovo pleso (1,950 m above sea level). This is the largest mountain lake in the Slovak part of the High Tatras, taking up more than 20 hectares. It is covered with ice for 270 days a year on average.
To get back to Štrbské Pleso, use the exact same route as you did on your way to Hincovo pleso.
The price of the summer travel tickets for the cable car does not include insurance for Mountain Service interventions.
In the price of ski passes is included the insurance of the Mountain Rescue Service on marked ski slopes at the resort where ski passes are valid. The insurance is valid during the operating hours of the center and during the day of validity of the skipass.
TATRY Card holders automatically receive Generali free insurance.
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