Places to visit

Spring above the trail above the complex in Smrekovica, Ružomberok

The spring is situated in Ružomberok’s district Smrekovica, it surfaces 25 m above a hiking trail / sloping road, approximately 170 m away from the recreational complex in Smrekovica. You can get to the spring along a green-marked hiking trail from the recreational complex in Smrekovica, from where you need to follow the water running onto the trail a few metres above the spring by the trail.

Information:
– The spring is unmaintained and not in use because of another spring which is closer to the trail.
– The water surfaces from gravel terrain under rocks.
– Originally, the water was surfacing into a brick collection tank, from where it was led out and used as a source of potable water. What remained from the tank are crumbled walls and a small brick shaft without a lid located underneath the tank.
– The spring is situated in the Great Fatra Mountain, in the protected zone of the Great Fatra National Park.
– Passing by the spring is a blue-marked bike trail from Podsuchá, through the ridge of the Great Fatra, to Ružomberok.
– Passing by the spring is a green-marked hiking trail from Ružomberok, running along the Liptov branch of the Great Fatra ridge.