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13-589: The term is rarely used, with the area more commonly referred to as the High Tatras and the Belianske Tatras ( Slovak : Belianske Tatry ) ranges. [REDACTED] Media related to East Tatra Mountains at Wikimedia Commons 49°10′19″N 20°08′31″E  /  49.172°N 20.142°E  / 49.172; 20.142 This Poland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Slovak geography article

26-400: A milder climate. The sport of speed skating uses a frozen circular track of ice, but in some facilities the track is combined in an enclosed area used for sports requiring an ice rink or the rink itself is used. Alternatively, ice cross downhill uses a track with various levels of elevation and a combination of bends. Long distance skating ( a.k.a. "marathon skating") such as tour skating

39-648: A range of the Tatra Mountains chain. The mountain range borders the Belianske Tatras to the east, the Podtatranská kotlina to the south, and the Western Tatras to the west. Most of the range, and all the highest peaks, are in Slovakia. The highest peak is Gerlachovský štít , at 2,655 metres (8,711 ft). The High Tatras, having 29 peaks over 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) AMSL are, with

52-560: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . High Tatras The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains ( German : Hohe Tatra ; Slovak : Vysoké Tatry; Rusyn : Высокі Татри , Vysoki Tatry ; Polish : Tatry Wysokie ; Hungarian : Magas-Tátra ), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region , and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship . They are

65-583: Is only performed outdoors and uses the available natural ice from frozen lakes, ponds, and marshes. Tour skating at times includes speed skaters, though tour skates are more common. Common individual sports include cross-country skiing , alpine skiing , snowboarding , ski jumping , speed skating , figure skating , luge , skeleton , bobsleigh , ski orienteering and snowmobiling . Common team sports include ice hockey , ringette , broomball (on either an indoor ice rink, or an outdoor ice rink or field of snow), curling , rinkball , and bandy . Based on

78-762: The Southern Carpathians , the only mountain ranges with an alpine character and habitats in the entire 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) length of the Carpathian Mountains system. The first European cross-border national park , Tatra National Park, was founded here with Tatra National Park ( Tatranský národný park ) in Slovakia in 1948, and Tatra National Park ( Tatrzański Park Narodowy ) in Poland in 1954. The contiguous parks protect UNESCO 's trans-border Tatra biosphere reserve . Many rare and endemic animals and plant species are native to

91-1062: The High Tatras and other mountain ranges and valleys in the Tatra Mountains region. Ludwig Greiner identified Gerlachovský štít (Gerlachovský Peak) (2,665 metres (8,743 ft)) as the highest summit of the Tatra Mountains , and the entire Carpathian Mountains system. It is also the highest point of Slovakia . Winter sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice . Most are variations of skiing , ice skating and sledding . Traditionally, such games were only played in cold areas during winter , but artificial snow and artificial ice allow more flexibility. Playing areas and fields consist of either snow or ice. Artificial ice can be used to provide ice rinks for ice skating , ice hockey , para ice hockey , ringette , broomball , bandy , rink bandy , rinkball , and spongee in

104-595: The High Tatras—;all located in Slovakia—;are: The area is well known for winter sports . Ski resorts include Štrbské pleso , Starý Smokovec and Tatranská Lomnica in Slovakia, and Zakopane in Poland. The town of Poprad is the gateway to the Slovak Tatra resorts. The Górale people ("highlanders"), a group of indigenous people with a distinctive traditional culture, are of

117-728: The High Tatras. They include the Tatras' endemic goat-antelope and critically endangered species , the Tatra chamois ( Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica ). Predators include Eurasian brown bear , Eurasian lynx , marten , wolf and fox . The Alpine marmot is common in the range. Flora of the High Tatras includes: the endemic Tatra scurvy-grass ( Cochlearia tatrae ), yellow mountain saxifrage ( Saxifraga aizoides ), ground covering net-leaved willow ( Salix reticulata ), Norway spruce ( Picea abies ), Swiss pine ( Pinus cembra ), and European larch ( Larix decidua ). The 15 highest peaks of

130-790: The Olympic Winter Games today, would be held during the Olympic Summer Games . It was originally wanted to keep all of the Olympic sports together under one event and program, but due to environmental demands of some sports, it had to be separated. While most winter sports are played outside, ice hockey, speed skating and to some extent bandy have moved indoors starting in the mid-20th century. Indoor ice rinks with artificial ice allow ice skating and hockey to be played in hot climates. Outdoor winter sports will likely be severely impacted because of climate change in

143-674: The next century. Note : the Olympic rings next to a sport indicates that this particular sport is included in the Winter Olympic Games , as of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Paralympic logo indicates the same for a sport not in the Olympics but in the Winter Paralympic Games . Sports that use sleds going down ice tracks or pulled by something: Some sports are competed in (or simply enjoyed) on

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156-484: The number of participants, ice hockey is the world's most popular winter team sport, followed by bandy. Winter sports at times have their own multi-sport events, such as the Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Universiade . Snow and ice during the winter time has enabled sliding as a means of transportation, using sledges, skis and skates. This also led to different pastimes and sports being developed in

169-625: The winter season as compared to other times of the year. Naturally, winter sports are more popular in countries with longer winter seasons. In the European Alps , St. Moritz became a popular winter resort in 1864. In the early days of the Olympics there was not much differentiation between the summer and winter games. These confusions would span from around the late 1890s until the early to mid 1900s. During this time, some sports considered to be winter sports and played or performed during

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