Veľký (Great) Rozsutec and Malý (Little) Rozsutec

1/ Total time if you end the trip in Biely Potok: 6:05 h
Total ascent: 1,165 m
Description: You can start this trip in Štefanová (633 metres above sea level) at the green trail. The trail keeps ascending for about 1.5 hour to Medziholie (1,158 metres above sea level). At Medziholie you can rest on a nice glade. Then you ascend again along the red marked trail to Veľký Rozsutec (1,610 metres above sea level). Some sections have to be overcome with the help of guide chains. You should manage to reach the peak in about an hour. On the most beautiful rocky peak in Malá Fatra you should rest for a while and enjoy the beautiful view of the surroundings. If you want to go to Malý Rozsutec, too, you should descend down the red trail to Medzirozsutce. Then you should continue through Zákres saddle (1,200 metres above sea level) along the green trail to Malý Rozsutec (1,343 metres above sea level). You should manage it in up to 30 minutes while you must overcome two steep sections safeguarded by guide chains. The effort is really worth it. If you had been on Veľký Rozsutec just a “while” ago, now you can enjoy a nice view of it. If you do not have to return to your car in Štefanová, you can continue by the green trail down to settlement Podrozsutec and then to hotel Diery in Biely Potok. At the beginning the trail goes through scrub mountain pines and it is rather steep. You should appreciate the help of chains. Further you continue through a forest and from the settlement Podrozsutec you go through meadows. It takes about 2 hours to get to the hotel. Here you can take a rest, have some refreshment in a stylish Koliba restaurant and you can wait for the bus to Terchová.

If you need to return to your car in Štefanová, you should descend from Malý Rozsutec to Medzirozsutce saddle. There you can choose between two possibilities:

1/ Total time if you end the trip in Štefanová through Podžiar: 6:30 h
Total ascent: 1,160 m / 1,160 m descent!
Descend down for 10 minutes along the blue trail to guidepost “Pod Tanečnicou”. Then we recommend following the green marks that lead through the forest to guidepost “Pod Pálenicou”. There you should continue along the green trail to Vrchpodžiar saddle. This is how you can avoid the descent down the ladders in Horné diery, which is rather complicated if there are too many hikers climbing up. From the saddle you arrive to village Štefanová in 20 minutes along the yellow trail. In Štefanová you can have a dinner in a restaurant or you can have a snack at a buffet at the bus stop.

2/ Total time if you return through Medzirozsutce and Pod Medziholím: 7:00 h
Total ascent: 1,325 m / 1,325 m descent!
Behind Veľký Rozsutec continue along the blue trail in direction to Medziholie saddle. This easy trail leads through a forest, then through meadows. At the end the blue trail meets the yellow trail and takes you to Medziholie. Then you should descend down the green trail back to Štefanová. It is the same trail as at the beginning. From Medzirozsutce saddle you should managed it in 2:30 hours. Throughout the whole trail you can see precious endemic flora and fauna species. Some of these flora communities are unique to Slovakia. About 2,000 species of animals live there and almost all Slovak species of protected plants grow there.

The section Medziholie – Veľký Rozsutec – Medzirozsutce is closed from 1st March to 15th June.