Koprowicka Przełęcz Wyżnia is a broad, grassy saddle set within the ridge of the Liptovské Kopy, tucked between Zadni Goły Wierch Liptowski and Skrajny Goły Wierch Liptowski in the Slovak Tatras. It is a place defined by open, rolling terrain rather than jagged peaks - a landscape of quiet, sweeping slopes.
The pass has a gentle, pastoral character. The dome-shaped, grass-covered summits of the Liptovské Kopy were once used as summer grazing grounds by shepherds from the villages of Vychodná and Liptovská Kokava. Since 1949 the area has fallen under strict protection as part of the Tatra National Park, with access now forbidden. Despite this, the scale of the terrain remains striking - grassy depressions drop from the pass toward the Koprova Valley, narrowing lower down into tight gullies notorious for massive winter avalanches, among the largest in the entire Liptovské Kopy range. In March 1956, an avalanche of 210,000 cubic meters swept away forest across an area of roughly 400 by 400 meters. To the west, the grassy slopes descend into the Koprovický Kotol, the highest part of the Koprová dolina valley.
How to reach the viewpoint
Koprowicka Przełęcz Wyżnia today stands as a symbol of the Tatras' untouched wilderness - a place best appreciated from a distance, with a quiet respect for the avalanches that thunder down its slopes each winter.