Slavkovský štít is the fourth highest mountain peak that can be reached on a marked trail in the
High Tatra
The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains ( Slovak: Vysoké Tatry; pl, Tatry Wysokie; rue, Высокі Татри,'' Vysoki Tatry''; hu, Magas-Tátra; german: Hohe Tatra; french: Hautes Tatras), are a mountain range along the border of norther ...
mountains in
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. Its summit is 2452 metres above sea level. It can be reached by foot on a walking trail in about four and a half hours from
Starý Smokovec. The first recorded ascent was by
Juraj Buchholtz in 1664 and it took the group of 12 members 2 days, while only 4 of them reached the summit.
In 19th century it was considered to build Observatory and Meteorological Station on the summit together with a lift going up from
Starý Smokovec. The project turned out to be technically unrealistic.
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Mountains of Slovakia
Mountains of the Western Carpathians
High Tatras