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                                                                      Karpacz and surrounding

Tips:

You can buy good and suitable walking maps almost everywhere in the area we walked. On the route the marks can have disappeared, as we discovered and so we lost our way. On height you can see the destructive influence from the unrestrained pollution in the past. Nevertheless there is a lot of great nature left and to discover.

Finding a place to sleep and to eat was easy. Beside hotels there are a lot of private pensions and other kinds of private initiatives.

Easter 1991: a walk through the National Park
Karkonoski in the south of Poland: the Czech name is Krkonose. Karpacz is situated at the foot of the Snezka ( 1602 m.) .Our route followed partly the old customs-road (or Roman road) along paths full of snow, mountain sides with a lot of wind, but also fantastic views, impressive, rough rocks masses and possibilities to have a quick lunch at the Czech site of the mountains………

Height on the route: 600-1164-1490m.

 

Day 1: Szklarska Poreba-Karpacz

Day 2: Karpacz-Kowary by Sedlo (1164m.)

Day 3: Kowary-Gorny

Day 4: Gorny-Gorna over Czarcia Abona (1490m.) and

           Szrenica (1362m.)

Day 5: Gorna-Szklarska Poreba

 

On the route: green valleys, sometimes a village and on height: those massive rocks, snow and clattering melt-water in the creeks. Sprouting vegetation fighting against the wind and snow…...

So, be sure you have your compass, good equipment  and a good condition!

Szklarska Poreba

Sadlo mountain

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Walking and hiking holidays Czech Republic:

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