Żlebina (1,411 m a.s.l.) is one of those peaks that nature has decided to keep largely to itself — a quiet, forest-cloaked summit rising above the Monkova Valley and the charming village of Ždiar in the Belianske Tatry range. Its very inaccessibility is what makes it special: a place where wild Tatras feel truly untouched.
The peak sits on a spur running northeast from the main ridge at Ždiarska vidla (2,142 m), flanked by lofty neighbours such as Havran (2,152 m) to the west and Zadné Jatky (2,020 m) to the south. Its western slopes drain into the Tristárska Valley via the Biela river, while to the east lies the scenic Monkova Valley with its Rígeľský stream. The summit itself is covered in dense forest that occasionally opens up to reveal views of the main Belianske Tatry ridge, the Spišská Magura plateau, and on clear days even the Čergov hills and the mountains of southern Poland.
How to reach the summitThe Belianske Tatry are the only part of the Slovak Tatras built almost entirely of limestone, giving the range its distinctive character and sheltering rare alpine flora and fauna found nowhere else in the Tatras.