Low Tatras

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.

2 min readUpdated 26 October 2026Read in Slovak

The Low Tatras ridge walk (Hrebeňovka Nízkych Tatier) follows the main ridge from Telgárt to Donovaly. On Bivaq it is 93 km in five stages; most people walk it in four to five days. The ridge lies in a national park, so you can't sleep just anywhere — but there are plenty of places to spend the night, if you know where they are.

Hrebeňovka Nízkych Tatier93 km · 5 stages

Shelters and huts on the ridge

From Telgárt towards Donovaly:

  • Shelters are often full in season, especially at summer weekends. Always have a fallback.
  • Staffed huts offer a bed and food; it is worth calling ahead.
  • Stoves and water — what is known about them, and since when, is on each place's page.

Designated places for one night

Outside huts and shelters, in the Low Tatras National Park you may sleep only at designated places for a single overnight stay while passing through — by the shelters and on some saddles. They are not campsites: you arrive in the evening and leave in the morning (the park administration says by 9:00).

Things to think about

  1. Weather on the ridge. The main ridge is mostly above the treeline, with nowhere to hide from a storm. Plan so you are not on the highest sections in the afternoon.
  2. Water. Springs are below the ridge and not always close to a shelter. Check them on the places' pages and carry a supply.
  3. Bears. Put food and rubbish away for the night; never leave them next to your sleeping bag or in front of the shelter.
  4. Rubbish. What you carry up to the ridge, you carry down. More in Shelter etiquette.

Plan your crossing — the planner lays out your nights by the shelters and huts on the trail.

The rules for sleeping in national parks in more detail: Bivouacking in Slovakia: what the law says (in Slovak).