Low Tatras Mountains bordered Liptov´s valley on the north and the Horehronie on the south. For tourists is the most important its middle part, where are Demänovská Dolina and Jasna. And there is located Mountain Rescue of Low Tatras – The North.

In Slovakia, dealing with the issue of avalanches began foresters in 1924, when in Veľká Fatra mountain avalanche destroyed half of the mountain village and killed 18 people. In 1968 it was decided to build a facility dedicated to the issue of avalanches for the whole of Slovakia.
After a large avalanche tragedy on Kubinska Hoľa in 1968, the Mountain Rescue has decided to establish a Centre of avalanche prevention, which is tasked to monitor snow cover and avalanche formation. The Centre began to work in 1972 in Jasna Low Tatras under Chopok, where is still working.