Wakacje w górach. (Holiday in the mountains)

Going to the mountains is one of the most popular ways of spen¬ding holidays. We can go there either in summer or in winter and we will come back filled with awe! There is something special about mountains that makes everybody who goes there fall in love with them and want to return as soon as possible. In summer the only thing to do there is to walk and admire the landscape or climb. As there is no snow, you cannot do anything else. But not everybody goes to the mountains to ski, and not everybody can ski. People just like to walk as far as they can and to climb as high as they can. But tourists are not allowed to walk alone. Mountain excursions are very dangerous, so there should be at least two people setting out to the trail. To avoid danger tourists should keep to the tourist routes. While walking you greet people you meet. When we do not feel like walking, we can use a cable railway. It will take us up to the top of the mountain. Sometimes we have to wait a long time in a queue and it may be quicker to climb the mountain by ourselves. Climbing requires good health and fitness. In winter the mountains are more dangerous but still quite a num¬ber of people like to spend their holidays there. When there is a lot of snow, avalanches may occur, therefore tourists have to be par¬ticularly careful. Most of all they are not allowed to shout.
People go to the mountains in winter to ski rather than to climb so the ski trails are very crowded. The mountaineers organise sledding cavalcades for tourists. Very popular are the ones organised in the evenings when the participants hold torches to light the way. There is always something interesting to do in the mountains, regardless of the time of the year. Some people say that the mountains are most beautiful in winter when everything is covered with snow, others say that the mountains are most beautiful in autumn when leaves change colours from green to golden. Without any doubts you can go to the mountains whenever you want and you will come back neither bored nor disappointed.