A week of tracking wolves, bears and lynx in the Slovak wilderness
📍 White Wilderness programme · Liptov region, Slovakia I left for White Wilderness with a packed bag and a mild sense of dread. I’m not sure what I expected, but I was sure it would be a ride. What I got was far better. 5 tracking days 21 km longest hike −20°C coldest morning 948m highest climb Learning to read the snow The first morning started sharp, with a 6am breakfast, short walks near the house, a few presentations and early impressions of a wolf print in fresh snow. By day two, things got more serious. Driving with Katka in a valley with the windows down at −15°C, scanning roadside snow for tracks, I understood this was going to be a biting experience. ...