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Gerlachovský štít
- Easiest route
- 3.8 km+952 m · about 2.5 h · T5
- Prominence
- 2,349 m7,707 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -6°CFair · Wind 10 km/h SW
Gerlachovský štít is a 2,654 m (8,709 ft) mountain in the High Tatras, Prešov Region, Slovakia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,654 m · 8,709 ft
- Range
- High Tatras
- Region
- Prešov Region, Slovakia
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park
- Coordinates
- 49.1638° N, 20.1340° E
How to get to the top of Gerlachovský štít
3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Road end, 1.9 km ESE of Gerlachovský štít
- Distance
- 3.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +952 m−26 m (3,123 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Gerlachovský štít 3D map
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Gerlachovský štít terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Gerlachovský štít weather
Tonight · Fair · -6°C (21°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h SW
Gerlachovský štít forecast for the summit, about 2,654 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,670 m.
- Tonight-6°0.2 mm10 km/h SWBase -1°
- Today-6°-3°–8 km/h SWBase -1 / 3°
- Sun-7°-2°4.7 mm18 km/h SWBase -1 / 4°
- Mon-11°-5°1.9 mm17 km/h NWBase -5 / 1°
- Tue-10°-3°–4 km/h NEBase -3 / 3°
- Wed-6°0°–4 km/h NBase -1 / 6°
- Thu-7°-4°1.7 mm6 km/h NBase -1 / 2°
- Fri-9°-3°0.1 mm5 km/h NEBase -3 / 2°
- Sat-8°-6°0.5 mm3 km/h NBase -2 / 0°
- Sun-8°-5°0.5 mm2 km/h SBase -2 / 1°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Gerlachovský štít
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Gerlachovský štít, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.9 km ESE
Nearest hut
Zbojnícka chata
Nearest campsite
Táborisko na poľane pod Vysokou
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.9 km ESE |
| Zbojnícka chataHut | 2.8 km ENE |
| Táborisko na poľane pod VysokouCampsite | 3.1 km NNW |
| Chata pod RysmiHut | 3.6 km WNW |
| Horský hotel Popradské plesoHut | 4.1 km WSW |
| Parking | 4.5 km S |
| Parking | 4.7 km S |
| SzałasiskaCampsite | 6.8 km NW |
How steep is the route to Gerlachovský štít?
The easiest mapped route, 3.8 km from 1,670 m to 2,654 m. Steepest stretch: 55°.
- 0–15°2.6 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
- 30–45°0.4 km
- 45°+0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.7 km, measured from the Gerlachovský štít summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Malý Ľadový štít2,602 m 5.1 km NE
- 2Ľadový štít2,627 m 5.3 km NE
- 3Malý Pyšný štít2,590 m 6.5 km NE
- 4Pyšný štít2,621 m 6.6 km NE
Where Gerlachovský štít sits
- Range
- Carpathians56Inner Western Carpathians34Fatra-Tatra Area34Tatra Mountains21Eastern Tatras13High Tatras13
- Region
- Prešov Region9Slovakia39Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park13
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
KončistáPeak · 2,538 m↑1.6 km WSW
Slavkovský štítPeak · 2,452 m↑3.7 km E
Popradské plesoLake · 1,494 m↑4.1 km WSW
Mengusovská dolina↑4.7 km WSW
Czarny Staw pod RysamiLake · 1,583 m↑5.0 km WNW
More in the High Tatras 6
Gerlachovský štít downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
50 m low This 3D map reads 2,604 m at the summit; the official height is 2,654 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 64 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,654 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,604 m | -50 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,590 m | -64 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia