The high mountain climatic conditions, prolonged winter until the spring months, and the snow covered slopes enable popular spring skiing. The main ridge leads in the west-east direction in the length of 78 km. The whole area of Tatra mountains is 786 sq. The length of ridge of High Tatra is 26.5 km. Parallel to the Tatra ridge, but ca.
Mountains consist mostly of granite.
The typical climate of Tatra are long cold winters and short hot summers. The weather changes often rapidly, in summer the storms often come around noon. For tourism the autumn is the most favourable season with stabile, colder, but sunny days. Flora of Tatra includes several relicts and endemits, plants from the glacial era. Many of them are included in the Red Book of endangered plants.