Climbing and rock-climbing is allowed in all localities of the National Park apart from the following areas:
- the ridge from Siroka Javorinska up to the NW part of Zabi vrch, Rovienky, Svistova dolina and the end of Bielovodska dolina; the South border of this area is the line between Velky Zabi stit - Ceske pleso - Hviezdoslavov vodopad - Litvorove pleso - Prielom (this restriction is not applicable to the access to Ceska dolina along Cesky potok and to the area of Maly Mlynar with the descend over Mlynarovo sedlo during 21 December - 20 March);
- Kolova dolina, inlcuding all adjacent valleys and climbing walls; the NE part of Cierna Javorova dolina bordering in the South with Cierny Javorovy potok (stream) and the ridge Snehove veze (this restriction is not applicable to the access to Ladove dolinky from Mala Studena dolina through Ladove sedlo by-passing Snehove veze from the North);
- Belianske Tatry;
- Huncovska koltlinka including the SE part of Svistovka;
- Slavkovska dolina including climbing walls up to Granatova lavka;
- Stolska dolina bordering in the North with the ridge Ostrva - Koncista and in the South with the tourist track Magistrala;
- the area of Krivan with all adjacent ridges and valleys (Nefcerka, Kotliny, Skaredy zlab, Za handel, Sucha voda); the NE border is the ridge Hrube and the East border is the ridge Furkotske veze and Kozi chrbat (this restriction is not applicable to Rameno Krivan accessible from the valley Nefcerka during 21 December - 20 March starting from the climbing wall;
- all nature reserves in the West Tatras.
Conditions for carrying out climbing and rock-climbing in designated areas.
- Climbing activies can be carried out by members of any climbing club.
- Climbers are permitted to enter the National Park off the tourist and educational tracks and during the period of closures only for the purpose to ascend a peak with the grade II or higher on the scale of difficulty. All climbers should ensure that they respect and protect the environment of the National Park. Climbers carrying out individual ascends can access any ridges from the grade II on the scale of difficulty apart from Kopske sedlo - Jahnaci stit and Velka Svistovka - Kezmarsky stit. Any climbing within the grade I or II on the scale of difficulty is permissible to be carried out only in the summer if it is necessary for the descend, or in the period 21 December - 20 March in both directions when the terraine is used for the winter training.
- It is compulsary for all climbers to carry with them their membership card and to provide it if requested by the National Park wardens. During training all trainnees have to be accompanied by an experienced climber with a valid climbing certificate.
- It is not permissible to bivouac anywhere in the mountains. Organised tours of climbers are allowed to use the camp in Bielovodska dolina which is not open to public. More demanding tours (eg winter tour of the main ridge) must be logged in advance with the National Park Authorities.
- All climbers must log their destination and proposed tracks in the log book either in their hotel or in their camp before departure. If the estimated time of arrival exceeds more than 6 hours it would be considered as the request for the emergency rescue. The leader of the group or any other representative in the base camp should organise the search party if the arrival time of the climbing group exceeds 6 hours.
- All conditions stipulated in items 1 - 5 above will apply also to the rock-climbing.
