Velká Fatra
The highest ridge of the Great Fatra range comes to a terminus at the Certovica pass. But east of here is where Slovakia's only true high country begins. Unlike the mountains to the north and west, the high country isn't in the shadows of craggy peaks, nor does it have urban base camps like Banska Bystrica, Zilina or Liptovsky Mikulas below. It is merely high, and remote. The highest peak is Ostredok (1592 m). The range is created with Holná Fatra, Bralná Fatra, Zvolen, Lysec, Šioprůn, Šípská Fartra and Revůcské podolie. That’s the protected landscape area from 1973. There are many tourist centers here. The best-known of them there are Donovaly and Malinné (1209 m above sea level) with excellent downhill courses. You can also visit the Harmanecký carst with Harmanec cave (1235 m long).
