Babky (1566 m a.s.l.) is a rewarding summit in the Western Tatras of Slovakia, sitting at the end of a southern ridge spur of Sivý vrch (1805 m). It offers a genuine mountain experience away from the crowds, with a complex network of ridges and valleys spreading in every direction from its top.

The massif stretches between the lower sections of Suchá dolina to the west and Jalovecká dolina to the east. To the north, Babky neighbours the peak of Malá kopa (1637 m), separated by the saddle Babková priehyba (1491 m). Three ridges radiate from the summit, giving the whole area a wonderfully intricate feel. Hidden within the Opálenice ridge are several caves — Dúpnica, Medvedia jaskyňa and Biela jaskyňa — a sign of the karst character that underlies much of this massif. In spring the slopes bloom with mountain flowers, while autumn turns the hillsides into a tapestry of gold and red.

• Saddle Predúvratie — green trail, moderate difficulty
• Junction Pod Babkami — green trail, moderate difficulty

• Babky lies within the Western Tatras in Slovakia, subject to TANAP (Tatra National Park) regulations.
• A small mountain tarn called Babkové pliesko once existed near the summit, but disappeared in 1945 when a grenade explosion damaged its bed.

The vanished Babkové pliesko is one of the more unusual footnotes in Tatra history — a tiny alpine lake erased from the map not by nature, but by the final battles of World War II in 1945.