Mountains
a granite peak above Kowary with a viewing platform and a panorama over the Rudawy Janowickie Mountains
Mountains
an unassuming peak of the Kowary Ridge, built of gneisses from the eastern envelope of the Karkonosze granite
a summit of the Karkonosze in the Lasocki Ridge with hairpin-bend roads and a monument from a hundred years ago
Mountains
a peak of the Kowarski Grzbiet in the Karkonosze at 1041 metres, a popular paragliding launch site
a forested conical summit above Kowary with a former landscape park from the time of Frederick William III
Mountains in Kowary are five summits in three ranges: the Kowary Ridge, the Lasocki Ridge and the Rudawy Janowickie. See which one to pick.
This range has two targets. Wołowa Góra is 1041 m above sea level and is the main high point of a side ridge that leaves the Czoło summit northwards and stretches from Krzaczyna to Kowary. Paragliders use it as a launch site. In the same massif stands Łysa Góra (946 m), north of Wołowa Góra. Sources describe it as a modest summit without a distinctive peak visible from afar, so it suits someone seeking quiet, not a striking silhouette.
In the Lasocki Ridge in the Karkonosze rises Sulica (942 m, some measurements give 946 m). Yellow and green trails lead up it, and a stone monument to a teacher stands at the top. Two roads with characteristic hairpin bends run from the Kowarska Pass side.
The Rudawy Janowickie offer two lower targets close to town. Brzeźnik lies on the northern edge of Kowary and has a domed shape, with a viewing platform with benches and an information board at the top. Góra Parkowa is 550 m above sea level, cone-shaped, with the remains of a landscape park from the early 19th century on its southern slope.
Geology can be a guide. Brzeźnik is built of Variscan porphyritic granites with tourmaline and hornblende, and its slopes fall steeply. Sulica is made of gneisses and mica schists with inserts of amphibolite and crystalline limestone, and its top and slopes carry upper-montane spruce forest. Łysa Góra is made of metamorphic rock. For a short outing take Góra Parkowa or Brzeźnik, for a longer one Sulica or Wołowa Góra.
Also look at places with beautiful views in Kowary, nature in Kowary, Kowary solo or go back to the overview of Kowary attractions. A wider choice of summits is on the mountains of the region page.
