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Kriváň
- Easiest route
- 5.5 km+1,166 m · about 3.5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 400 m1,313 ft
- Isolation
- 6.7 km
- Tonight
- -5°CFair · Wind 10 km/h S
Kriváň is a 2,494 m (8,182 ft) mountain in the High Tatras, Žilina region, Slovakia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,494 m · 8,182 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Rysy (2,501 m)
- Range
- High Tatras
- Region
- Žilina region, Slovakia
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park
- Coordinates
- 49.1624° N, 19.9996° E
How to get to the top of Kriváň
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.2 km SW of Kriváň
- Distance
- 5.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,166 m−18 m (3,825 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Kriváň 3D map
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Kriváň terrain and contours
50 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
Kriváň weather
Tonight · Fair · -5°C (23°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h S
Kriváň forecast for the summit, about 2,494 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,251 m.
- Tonight-5°0.2 mm10 km/h SBase 0°
- Today-6°-3°0.2 mm8 km/h SBase 0 / 5°
- Sun-6°-2°5.4 mm19 km/h SBase 1 / 6°
- Mon-10°-4°2.1 mm15 km/h NWBase -4 / 4°
- Tue-9°-2°–2 km/h NBase -2 / 7°
- Wed-6°1°0.1 mm4 km/h NBase -1 / 9°
- Thu-6°-3°1.9 mm7 km/h NBase 0 / 6°
- Fri-7°-2°0.2 mm5 km/h NEBase -1 / 6°
- Sat-7°-5°0.4 mm4 km/h NEBase -1 / 4°
- Sun-8°-4°0.2 mm3 km/h SWBase -1 / 4°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Kriváň
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kriváň, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Chata pod Soliskom
Nearest parking
Parking Tri studničky
Nearest campsite
Szałasiska
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chata pod SoliskomHut | 3.6 km SE |
| Parking | 3.7 km SW |
| Parking | 3.8 km SW |
| Parking Tri studničkyParking | 3.8 km SW |
| Horský hotel Popradské plesoHut | 5.9 km E |
| Chata pod RysmiHut | 6.5 km ENE |
| SzałasiskaCampsite | 7.9 km NE |
How steep is the route to Kriváň?
The easiest mapped route, 5.5 km from 1,261 m to 2,494 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°4.3 km
- 15–30°1.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 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 3 km, measured from the Kriváň summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Krátka2,375 m 1.0 km E
- 2Terianska veža2,375 m 1.9 km NE
- 3Prostredná Nefcerská veža2,364 m 2.0 km ENE
- 4Furkotský štít2,403 m 2.1 km ENE
- 5Zadná Terianska veža2,381 m 2.1 km ENE
- 6Hrubý vrch2,428 m 2.2 km ENE
- 7Veľké Solisko2,412 m 2.4 km E
- 8Prostredné Solisko2,400 m 2.4 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 203 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Moss Campion16
- Alpine Stonecrop15
- Alpine Accentor14
- Spotted gentian13
- Northern Chamois12
- Sempervivum carpathicum12
Where Kriváň sits
- Range
- Carpathians56Inner Western Carpathians34Fatra-Tatra Area34Tatra Mountains21Eastern Tatras13High Tatras13
- Region
- Žilina region11Slovakia39Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park13
Nearby places
Large Hincovo Lake1,946 m↑4.8 km ENE
Mengusovská dolina↑5.7 km ESE
Popradské plesoLake · 1,494 m↑6.0 km E
Wielki Staw PolskiLake · 1,665 m↑6.0 km NNE
Štrbské plesoLake · 1,358 m↑6.2 km SE
More in the High Tatras 6
Kriváň downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
54 m low This 3D map reads 2,440 m at the summit; the official height is 2,494 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 68 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,494 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,440 m | -54 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,426 m | -68 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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