All you need is motivation and a good pair of shoes
It is on the boot list of many Hungarian hikers in the Ram Gorge. We just checked it out.
The long-distance flight stops opposite our hotel in Visegrád, from where the bus takes you to the neighboring Dömös for two hundred forints.
From here there are quite a few hiking trails to Pilis, and the easiest way to reach the Gorge is from here.
In principle, a forest road meanders upwards, but on the one hand it is already written in the village that collection is forbidden, and on the other hand it would not be stylish.
We meander through the streets of Dömös for a while, an old man addresses us at the last houses and tries to convince us to go to the Preacher’s Office, because from there it is lavish in view and not as “damp-slimy” as the Rám Gorge.
However, we cannot be diverted from our intended destination. The place has been on our boot list as a mandatory practice for Hungarian hikers.
It’s hard to spoil
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After a generous two-kilometer walk through the loose but uphill forest, we reach the lower entrance to the chasm, which is accurately signposted. By the way, by the way, crawling is not even allowed and we will understand why later.
The forest is beautiful as always and everywhere, but Pilis is still surprising, and for some reason I still have a hard time believing that there is so much romance and freedom in the mountains near the capital. It is also true that the landscape is moderately dramatic in the beginning, the hiking trail here is “just” a kind of water wash.
The forest is always beautiful
Antal Józing
Then, as we get higher and higher, the walls will be steeper and the stream running between our feet will be harder to handle, sometimes we have to wade through it, sometimes we have to balance on the edge.
It’s early summer weekday morning, there are no crowds, but there are regular hikers and behind us, amateurs and professionals alike. Some take the obstacles with the skill and speed of a chamois, others move more slowly and deliberately. Even a runner shows up, which makes us surprised. It would be difficult to run a more extreme runway in Hungary…
It can be done smoothly with an average physique
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Based on the photos we saw earlier on the internet, we couldn’t identify how difficult the terrain is because on a paper educational trail, which category usually doesn’t hold any particular challenges, and on the other hand, the metal ladders attached to the rocks suggested otherwise.
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Well, the truth is somewhere in between. With average physical abilities, some motivation and a good pair of hiking shoes, this narrow two-kilometer can be completed smoothly, and handrails and metal ladders help you move forward. Anyone who is afraid of such things will obviously not come here.
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Regardless of the gorge, we don’t really get tired, but after climbing that flight of stairs, we sit for a few minutes on the benches of a pleasant resting place, and then we decide not to go down the hiking trail parallel to the gorge, which is used by the majority. . Here we first stumble into a slightly lost pair in the thicket of the forest, and then two squad soldiers march against us through the trees.
Breaking me, forest, hiking
Antal Józing
So we will have a total of 11 kilometers of walking tour, when we arrive, we will run right to Dömös to the bus stop, where we are just stopping the flight back to Visegrád. Anyway, it took a small 4, which everyone can squeeze out of their time.
The pulpit will be next time.