Little Fatra Mountains - Malý Kriváň Mountain
Little Fatra Mountains

Malý Kriváň Mountain

18 January 2025
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Scenic hike in the Little Fatra Mountains. From the Kúr Valley we ascend Malý Kriváň. The blue trail leads along the valley floor along the picturesque Kúr Stream. When the valley branches in the upper part, we enter the Kukurišova Valley and then along the slopes of the Príslopok Mountain we pass successively through a beautiful lower montane forest, several glades and a fragment of the upper montane forest. Then we head south along a ridge leading to the Priehyb Pass. After entering the dwarf pine zone, extensive views of the nearby peaks are revealed. From the Priehyb Pass we head east and along the main ridge of the Little Fatra Mountains we ascend Malý Kriváň. From the peak there is a wonderful panorama of the Little Fatra Mountains, the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains, the Żywiec-Kysucke Beskid Mountains, the Javornik Mountains, the Great Fatra Mountains, the Choč Mountains, the Low Tatras and the Western Tatras.


Virtual hike: Ascent to Malý Kriváň from Kúr Valley, Slovakia
Route: Kúr Valley (516 m a.s.l.; 49.200630, 18.920666) – Kukurišova Valley (691 m a.s.l.; 49.190385, 18.944482) – Priehyb Pass (1452 m a.s.l.; 49.182979, 18.978516) – Malý Kriváň Mountain (1671 m a.s.l.; 49.181118, 18.993028)
Trail designation: blue trail, red trail
Length: about 7.2 km
Walking time: about 3:30 h
Sum of approaches: 1151 m
Sum down: 30 m

00:00:34 Kúr Valley
00:01:49 Cross
00:04:09 Malá Fatra National Park
00:08:36 Kúr Stream
00:35:30 Kukurišova Valley
01:01:40 Suchý National Nature Reserve
02:23:18 Priehyb Pass
02:53:48 Malý Kriváň Mountain

Malý Kriváň – a peak with a height of 1671 m a.s.l. in the Little Fatra Mountains in Slovakia. It is the second highest peak in this mountain range after Veľký Kriváň. The massif of Malý Kriváň rises in the main ridge of the so-called Krivánska Fatra. From the west, through a shallow pass, it borders the peak of Priehyb, from the north-east it borders the peak of Koniarky, from the south there is a short ridge ending with the peak of Mojský grúň and the northern slopes descend steeply to Belianska Valley.

Hike recorded on September 11, 2024.

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