Tlstá (meaning ''fat'' in Slovak) is a mountain in the ''Bralná Fatra'' part of the

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Range, measuring . It is located over the

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Valley, rising steeply nearly above the valley bottom. It has rugged slopes with many

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s and rock terraces under the grass-covered summit. With its well-preserved forests, rare plants and many karst caves in the massif, the mountain and its surrounding area were declared a National Nature Reserve in 1981, covering an area of . Together with the opposite Ostrá Mountain and Gader Valley beneath them, they create one of the most valuable and picturesque parts of the Greater Fatra Range.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tlsta Veľká Fatra Mountains of Slovakia Mountains of the Western Carpathians