Łaszczowa

Łaszczowa is a peak in the Bardzkie Mountains, in the Central Sudetes, reaching 622 metres above sea level. It lies in the south-central part of the Eastern Ridge, about 3 kilometres south of Bardo.

Shape and former names

The hill has a dome-like shape, with steep north-eastern and north-western slopes and an indistinctly marked summit. It forms a twin culmination with the neighbouring Mysia Mountain, creating a saddle from which ridges radiate in a fork shape. In the past the mountain bore the German names Todten Koppe and Toten Koppe, and after the war it was known as Martwa Kopa, before taking its current name.

Geological structure

Łaszczowa is built of Lower Carboniferous greywackes, conglomerates and clay shales of the Bardzka structure. On its southern slopes traces of contact metamorphism are visible, caused by the Kłodzko-Złoty Stok intrusion.

Vegetation and trails

The slopes are covered by lower montane forest, mainly spruce, with an admixture of beech and other deciduous trees, thinned in places by clear-felling. The blue tourist trail, part of the European long-distance hiking trail E3, runs along the southern slope, about 30 metres below the summit.

Practical information

• Location: Wojciechowice, Kłodzko County, about 3 km south of Bardo
• Getting there: no address given; as a landmark, the blue trail (E3) runs below the summit
• What to expect: a wooded, dome-shaped hill with no marked route leading directly to the top