Guides
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Short guides on shelters, bivouacs and the rules around them: what to expect, how to behave, and where to sleep on the long trails.
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How to use Bivaq
Place types and their local names, the map legend, the filters and how to read a place page — everything you need to find a night on the map.
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Good places stay good.
- Behaviour and rulesLeave it as you found itThe unwritten rules that keep these places open: make room, carry out waste, replace the firewood, close the door behind you.
- Behaviour and rulesShelter etiquette: how to behave so there is room for the next personAn unguarded shelter has no reception and no warden on most nights. It works only because of how the people who stay in it behave. The rules that apply everywhere.
Plan your next night
Planning
Your first night in a shelter
What's actually inside, what to carry, and why the floor is sometimes just packed earth. No surprises when you arrive in the dark.
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Long trails
Where to sleep on the SNP Heroes' Trail
Shelters, lean-tos and huts along 737 km from Dukla to Devín. How to plan the nights, where roofs are thin on the ground and what to check before you go.
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Long trails
Where to sleep on the Low Tatras ridge
The ridge walk from Telgárt to Donovaly has shelters, huts and designated places for a single night. Where they are, how they work and what to check before you go.
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Put the guide into practice.
Find shelters, plan your route and head into the mountains.