The second part of the summer hike in the Low Tatras. We descend from the Chabenec peak, from which there is a magnificent view of the nearby peaks of the Low Tatras and in the distance the Tatra Mountains, the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains, the Choč Mountains, the Little Fatra, the Velka Fatra, Poľana and the Vepor Mountains. We reach the Ďurkova Pass by the red trail, from where we ascend to the equally scenic Ďurková peak. We continue west along the main ridge of the Low Tatras to the Zámostská hoľa peak, where we turn north and take the yellow trail through lush dwarf pine thickets and then the upper montane forest to Partizánska Ľupča.


Virtual hike: Descent from Chabenec Mountain through Ďurková Mountain to Partizánska Ľupča, Slovakia
Route: Chabenec (1955 m a.s.l.; 48.942033, 19.493461) – Crossroads above Ďurková Pass (1730 m a.s.l.; 48.935731, 19.466846) – Ďurková Pass (1709 m a.s.l.; 48.932963, 19.462538) – Ďurková Mountain (1750 m a.s.l.; 48.931075, 19.458380) – Unnamed pass (1598 m a.s.l.; 48.950097, 19.440782) – Zámostská hoľa (1630 m a.s.l.; 48.928414, 19.437432) – Magurka (1032 m a.s.l.; 48.943720, 19.429793) – Partizánska Ľupča, Chapel of the Holy Rosary of the Virgin Mary (1016 m a.s.l.; 48.944095, 19.426312)
Trail designation: red trail, yellow trail Length: about 7.5 km
Walking time: about 3:00 h
Sum of approaches: 53 m
Sum down: 988 m

00:01:09 Chabenec
00:28:29 The border of the Skalka National Nature Reserve
00:34:47 Crossing od trails
00:39:22 Crossroads above Ďurková Pass
00:46:12 Ďurková Pass
00:55:40 Ďurková Mountain
01:19:19 Unnamed pass
01:29:13 Crossing of trails
01:30:49 Zámostská hoľa
01:48:30 Crossing of trails
02:25:28 Bašovňa
02:36:08 Magurka
02:39:29 Partizánska Ľupča, Chapel of the Holy Rosary of the Virgin Mary

Ďurková – a peak with a height of 1750 m a.s.l. in the Low Tatras in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the Low Tatras, in their main ridge, between Zámostská hoľa (1630 m a.s.l.) in the west and Chabenec (1955 m a.s.l.) in the north-east.

Hike recorded on August 23, 2024.