The base for Skialp Camp 2024 is the mountain hut Chata pod Sedlom Čertovica. The courses will also be conducted this year by:
Certified IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide and ski instructor Miro Peťo and SHS James ski mountaineering instructor, certified UIMLA international mountain guide Soňa Peťová.
The number of places is limited to 12 participants.

Skialp camp is intended for both skiers and splitboarders. It can only be completed with complete ski mountaineering and avalanche equipment. If you are not sure whether something is missing in your equipment, ask us. We can lend you some parts of the equipment.

The program with accommodation starts on Friday evening and ends on Sunday afternoon.

The price for the Ski Mountaineering Course in 2025 is €165 per person.

The price for accommodation with half-board ranges from €120 to €150, depending on the reserved room. We offer three standard levels of accommodation with half-board: a tourist room, a duplex room, or a family double room.

Half-board includes: 2x breakfast, 2x dinner, a two-course lunch on Sunday after the course.

You can already reserve your date for 2025!
Soňa Peťová oravcova.sona000@gmail.com +421 911 516 555
Miroslav Peťo miroslav.peto@gmail.com +421 903 950 744

Information about accommodation and meals:
Chatar chatar@chatacertovica.sk +421 903 466 402

Directly below the cottage there is the Ski Čertovica resort, which offers slopes at an altitude of 900-1,145 metres above sea level on the northern slopes of the Čertova svadba hill. There are 12km of slopes and 5 ski lifts. Beginners will find their own slope here, as well as those who are looking for more demanding free ride terrain. You can ski here from mid-December to mid-April. The tracks are groomed and, if necessary, snowed with artificial snow. The capacity of the lifts is up to 3,000 skiers per hour. Snowboarders and ski alpinists will enjoy Čertovica as well. Ski equipment can be rented at the resort’s rental shop.

www.skicertovica.sk

The third available resort near the cottage, only 3km away, is Ski Center Bačova Roveň at an altitude of 1,000-1,360m, located on a hill above the village of Vyšná Boca. There are 3 lifts and 3km of slopes for all categories of skiers. Bačova Roveň also offers night skiing under artificial lighting. The resort has its own ski school and rental.

www.bacovaroven.sk

About 200 metres from the cottage there is the second, a bit smaller, resort STIV Čertovica. It is intended for less or intermediate demanding skiers. It offers two lifts and about 1km of groomed slopes along with a free ride zone. The resort is located at an altitude in the range of 1,238 to 1,381 metres, so it does not suffer from the lack of snow. And if there is little snow, an artificial snow system will take care of the snow cover throughout the winter.

Route: Sedlo Čertovica – Lenivá – under Beňuška – shelter Líška - and back
Route lenght: 6 km (one way)
Total time: 2 hours
Elevation gain: 247 m
Technique: classic style + skating style
Difficulty: medium route

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Route: Sedlo Čertovica – Sedlo za Lenivou – around Beňuška - trough Dlhé pole - around Čučoriedková - trough Fortňa and Zubry - to Moravčíkove Uhlisko - to Kráľovská hora, Mlynárska - Letisko - Lísková dolina - Oravcová - Sedlo za Lenivou - Sedlo Čertovica
Route lenght: 21 km
Total time: 3,5 - 4 hours
Elevation gain: 935 m
Technique: classic style + skating style
Diffculty: harder, more demanding route

Route: Horná Jarabá – Flurdičky – Letisko – Liškova dolina - Oravcová - Sedlo za Lenivou - Sedlo Čertovica
Route lenght: 8 km
Total time: 2 hours
Elevation gain: 530 m
Technique: classic style + skating style
Difficulty: medium route

Route: Sedlo Čertovica - Sedlo za Lenivou - Oravcová – Liškova dolina – Letisko - trough Jasienok - Haluškovo - Priechodná - pod Zubrou - Ivanová - Šanské - Pohansko
Route lenght: 17 km
Total time: 3 hours
Elevation gain: 530 m
Technique: classic style + skating style
Difficulty: harder, challenging route

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Dĺžka trasy: 9,9 km
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Winter in Sedle Čertovica is a magical time of the year. The unique location and altitude guarantee excellent snow conditions for all winter sports. The ski resort is located on slopes at an altitude of 1135-1400 m. In the resort, you will find pistes of various difficulties, which makes the courses attractive for beginners as well as advanced skiers.

We are ready to welcome a group of 20 to 36 members at the cottage. The accommodation offers to housing in four apartment-type family rooms 6+4+4+4, two maisonette rooms 5+5 and two tourist rooms 4+4. If necessary, we can slightly increase the capacity with extra beds.

The cottage has a fully equipped kitchen with a spacious dining room. For teaching and spending time together, you will find a large common room with a fireplace and the possibility of adjusting the seating area. Large TV, audio system, snack bar for children and teachers, pool table, darts and board games. Near the cottage you will find a gazebo and a fireplace with the possibility of grilling.

We offer courses for schools from the beginning of the year until the end of March 2025.

The course starts on Monday with lunch and ends on Friday with lunch, with the possibility of skiing until 3:30 p.m. The price of the course includes accommodation, full board and drinking regime even on the slopes.The price of the course is counted and valid for a minimum number of 20 students.

Transport and ski passes are not included in the price. For a successful order, please contact us well in advance. You can arrange the course by phone and confirm by sending a written order with a completed form, confirmed by the school director, to chatar@chatacertovica.sk.

The cottage is built ideally for a group of 20-25 members. Accommodation offer distribution up to 4 apartment-type family rooms 6+3+3+3, up to 2 maisonette rooms 5+5 and two tourist rooms 4+4. With a fully equipped kitchen and dining room, we are ready to provide meals according to individual requirements. The cottage offers a large common room with a fireplace and a large TV, audio system, pool table, darts and board games, a bar with drinks and snacks, a sauna and an outdoor place for grilling.

The charm of the place offers endless possibilities for relaxation, fun and serious team activities. Discovery trips around the area, but also nutritious hikes in the valleys and hills of the Low Tatras and Muránska planina national parks. In cooperation with our partners and guides, we can offer you a tourist taster of the Cesta hrdinov SNP from Čertovica to Ďumbier hill, or from Čertovica to Andrejcová tourist shelter in Liptovská Teplička. Depending on the performance, shorter and longer bike and e-bike trips on cycle routes in the wider area. Climbing camp with teaching climbing techniques and the possibility to go on easier or more difficult walls in the Low Tatras, with experienced guides. Or simply ask us about other options for the program and activities in Čertovica.

The hiking to Ďumbier is one of the most beautiful hikes in Slovakia. It is also suitable for families with children, but then it is necessary to prepare for a day trip. Approximately 1,000 altitude metres must be overcome. To diversify and possibly facilitate the hike, you can use cable cars or you can take a break at the popular mountain cottage M. R. Štefánik or Kamenná cottage under Chopok.
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Route: Čertovica – Kumštové sedlo – Králička – M. R. Štefánik cottage – Ďumbier – back to M. R. Štefánika cottage – 
Králička – Starobocianska valley – Vyšná Boca
Route length: 25km
Total time: 8 hours
Elevation: approx. 1,000m
Difficulty: moderately demanding all-day alpine hike

The route leads from Chata pod sedlom Čertovica under Čertova svadba hill, across the saddle behind Leniva hill and the easily accessible Beňuška hill. On the way to Beňuška, you can see part of Horehronie and the ridges of the Low Tatras. After crossing the Lenivá saddle, you get to nice forest, through which you get on the top of the Beňuška hill. The top is vast and almost entirely overgrown with blueberries. The path continues below the peak on the south side across the beautiful mountain meadow Kečka.
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Route: Sedlo Čertovica – Lenivá – Beňuška – Kečka – tourist shelter Líška – Bukovinka – forest house Hlboká – Braväcovo
Route length: 11km
Total time: 2 hours
Elevation gain: ascent: 430m, descent: 1,070m
Difficulty: Not very demanding, pleasant hike on mountain roads and trails.

The ascent to the Beňuška hill is undemanding and easy. A large part of the route leads through dwarf pines bushes, but at the end you will be rewarded with a view of the surrounding hills. The very top of Beňuška hill is bare. The green-marked trail will lead you from Chata pod sedlom Čertovica to the top. The ascent to Sedlo pod Lenivou is gentle and relatively regular. Soon the wide path turns and continues along the trail from the saddle to the small hill, from which you descend to the second saddle. From there, steeper ascent to the top of Beňuška continues. The route is undemanding, ideal for children and dogs.

Route: Sedlo Čertovica – Sedlo pod Lenivou - Beňuška
Route length: 7km
Total time: 2 hours 15 min.
Altitude: approx. 300m
Difficulty: In the summer it is an easy trip - mostly via the route for bikes. In the winter it is ideal for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or alpine skiing.

You will find the lookout tower after an easy, about half an hour's ascent from the main road in the village of Nižná Boca. The route is well marked. Nižná Boca is approximately 6km away from Chata pod sedlom Čertovica and can be easily reached by car or by walking along the paved road directly from the cottage through the village of Vyšná Boca. The walk takes about 1 hour 20 minutes. The lookout tower together with a mountain hut is on Krajčov hill above the village of Nižná Boca at an altitude of 1,000m. It serves as an observatory for quick identification of fires in the area. Thanks to its height of 14.5 metres and a unique location it offers a beautiful view of the entire village of Nižná Boca and the Bocianska valley. If you are lucky to have a nice weather, you see the famous Kriváň peak.
www.niznaboca.sk/turizmus/aktivity/rozhladna-na-krajcovom-vrchu/

The cave is located 20km from Chata pod sedlom Čertovica in the village Bystrá, at a short distance from Brezno, just before Mýto pod Ďumbierom. It is the most important cave in the Horehronie valley. Cavers first entered it in 1926, but it was not opened to the public until 1968. The cave is 3,531m long, but the public can see only 545 metres. It is also suitable for immobile visitors, as there are only 20 easy-to-climb stairs. The entrance to the cave is located at an altitude of 565m only about 120m from the parking lot. It is characterized mainly by narrow and high corridors, however, you will also find beautiful halls with dripstone decoration, such as the Hall of Canopies or the Collapsed Dome. There is an abyss Hell, up to 56 metres deep, and you will be accompanied by several species of bats during the visit.
http://www.ssj.sk/en/jaskyna/3-bystrianska-cave

banskespolkynaslovensku.webnode.sk/obcianske-zdruzenie-salvator-vysna-boca/

We are ready to welcome a group of 20 to 36 members at the cottage. The accommodation offers to housing in three apartment-type family rooms 4+4+4, two maisonette rooms 2x 5+1 and three tourist rooms 4+4+4. If necessary, we can slightly increase the capacity with extra beds.

The cottage has a fully equipped kitchen with a spacious dining room. For teaching and spending time together, you will find a large common room with a fireplace and the possibility of adjusting the seating area. Large TV, audio system, snack bar for children and teachers, pool table, darts and board games. Near the cottage you will find a gazebo and a fireplace with the possibility of grilling.

Right in the cottage or nearby, we can prepare an additional program for you according to your preferences. We will be happy if you contact us with such a request with confidence.
Popular activities are, for example, a magic program for children, a balloon show, face painting, a bubble workshop, a climbing school, archery, a children's raft on the Hron River and many other activities.... As an evening course, we can provide lectures on topics such as Astronomy - with the help of the stars, mountaineering, ski mountaineering and combined leadership, the work of the Mountain Service, avalanche danger, the beauty and functioning of the Taran National Park.

We are ready to be your base for a school in nature or a school trip from May to the end of June. Check the date and length of stay with us as soon as possible. Ask us about the price of your stay. We will be more than happy to provide you with an offer fullfilling your needs. The standard price includes accommodation, all-day meals and drinks. If necessary, we can arrange transport, program, insurance and medical supervision for you.
Call us or write an email to chatar@chatacertovica.sk and we will be happy to provide you with all the information and send you a price offer.

We are looking forward to you.
Your sincerely your cottager

Tibor Ivanko and Peter Garaj

They started together in the Malinô Brdo bike park, where Tibor still works as a head shaper. Peter unplugged for a while and decided to explore bike parks across Europe. When their common passion led them to Čertovica, they were clear after the first weekend spent riding E-Bikes. This is a place to show the world.

Tibor and Peter, our lead guides, will be the main guarantors of your experience throughout the camp. They will advise you not only on riding technique, but also make sure that you discover the best that the trails around Čertovice have to offer bikers.

E-Bike camp offers:

• 3 nights in the mountain cottage under Sedlo Čertovica
• 3 days of riding on the Low Tatras trails
• driving technique course
• experienced mountain bike leaders
• half board, drinking regime and light snacks
• charging e-bikes

If you are interested, we offer the option of private accommodation in apartments for an additional fee.

Čertovické sedlo and its surroundings offer exciting rides through mountain terrain for both beginners and advanced e-bike riders.
Each camp starts early Thursday evening and ends Sunday noon.

The number of places is limited to 16 riders, who will be divided into groups according to performance.

The E-BIKE camp price does NOT include:

- lunch (a lunch stop on the cycle route is planned for each day)

- mountain e-bike and cycling equipment

- insurance for mountain sports

We offer the possibility of renting high-quality e-bikes with a full set-up and maintenance service and delivery to the venue of the E-BIKE camp.

Dates for 2025 coming soon!

email: chatar@chatacertovica.sk

The Čertovica saddle in the Low Tatras offers ideal conditions for cross-country skiing. The average altitude is more than 1000 m above sea level. It is a guarantee of natural snow during several months of the year. Thanks to the unique location, the regularly groomed tracks offer, in addition to a sporting experience and relaxation in nature, views of the Horehronie, High and Low Tatras. The operation and maintenance of the tracks in Čertovica is taken care of by the civil mountain association Horské spoločenstvo, which also initiated the Čertovica Cross-Country Tracks project.

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Advantages of the site:

• Ski In-Ski Out mountain hut with a capacity of up to 36 beds

• Skiing in the popular resort Ski Čertovica

• A well-equipped ski rental

• Excellent conditions for learning for beginners

• Stable snow conditions

• The beautiful nature of the Low Tatras

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If you are looking for a place that, with its location and atmosphere, can encourage your team to be open and belong, then you are in the right place. The highest saddle in the Low Tatras offers a uniquely quiet and peaceful environment, and Chata pod Sedlom Čertovica is ready to be your base for all joint activities and stay in nature.

The advantage of the cottage is its unique location. It is perfect for an undisturbed, closed teams and at the same time invites you to undertake less demanding trips around the area, as well as more demanding hikes.

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The Low Tatras provide a number of options for nature walks. Many hiking trails and especially the ridge of the Low Tatras offer tourists shorter and longer trips on the surrounding hills. Directly along the ridge of the mountain range you can get to the east to Kráľova hoľa and a trip to Ďumbier is a unique experience with beautiful views of the whole of Liptov, Horehronie and the High Tatras.

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