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a Karkonosze peak reachable by cable car, with a viewpoint and a shelter dating from the 1920s
Parks and nature
the highest waterfall in the Polish Sudetes, falling 27 metres in a rocky Karkonosze gorge
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a granite boulder four metres in diameter that, despite its size, can be rocked
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the highest peak of the Jizera Mountains, treeless since the ecological disaster of the 1980s
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a 1047-metre hill in the Izera Mountains, also known as Wieczorny Zamek (Evening Castle)
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a rise 1084 metres high in the Wysoki Grzbiet range of the Izera Mountains
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a thousand-metre peak in the Grzbiet Wysoki ridge of the Izera Mountains, formerly known by the German name Theisenhübel
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a summit in the Karkonosze, in the Silesian Ridge range, at a height of just under a thousand metres
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a summit of the Silesian Ridge with hanging peat bogs, lying right on the border with the Czech Republic
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granite rock blocks on the summit of an Izera Mountains peak above Szklarska Poręba
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a granite peak of the Silesian Ridge above the Kamieńczyk valley, with rock groups on its slopes
a granite, partly forested summit of the Karkonosze, formerly known by the German name Scheundelhübel
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a summit of the Izera Mountains covered in spruce forest, with a group of rocks on top
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a granite peak above Szklarska Poręba, with the Main Sudetes Trail running at its foot
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granite rocks from the Upper Carboniferous with 28 rock shelters, on the Wysoki Grzbiet of the Izera Mountains
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a small rock formation in the Izera Mountains built of hornfels, with an upper part resembling a human head
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a forested peak of the Izera Mountains, 965 metres high, with rock formations and a view of the Karkonosze
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a forested peak of the Karkonosze Foothills with rocks and a cliff above the Kamienna valley
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a forested hill 662 m above sea level, named after a former potash works for glassworks
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a granite summit of the Izera Mountains with the Stary Zamek rocks and forest regrowing after an ecological disaster
a forested summit of the Izera Mountains, 897 metres high, with no trail leading to the top
Nature in Szklarska Poręba means the highest waterfall in the Sudetes, granite rocks, hanging peat bogs and subalpine meadows. See where to find them.
The Kamieńczyk Waterfall is the highest waterfall in the Polish Sudetes: a cascade falling 27 metres on the route from Szklarska Poręba to the main ridge of the Karkonosze. It lies in the Karkonosze National Park at 846 m, and its water flows down the Kamieńczyk river, a tributary of the Kamienna. The gorge walls are 30-35 metres high, and below the cascade the water has carved a plunge pool 5 metres deep. Behind the middle cascade is the Złota Jama cave, cut by prospectors. The second place is Chybotek, a granite rock group in the Izera Mountains. The largest boulder is about 4 metres across yet it can still be rocked.
The Karkonosze and the Izera Mountains are granite country. Przedział (1,068 m) and Kocierz (929 m) are built of Karkonosze granite, and Kocierz drops steeply toward the Szklarska Pass. Czarna Góra has a summit of granite-gneiss with aplite veins and weather-resistant hornfels. Zawalidroga is a hornfels outlier, and Kobyła (906 m) consists of Variscan porphyritic granites from the Carboniferous. Czerwone Skałki cover more than 5 hectares at 952 m above the Kamienna valley. Granite blocks also stand on Kozi Grzbiet, historically protected as a natural monument.
Wysoka Kopa (1,127.6 m) is treeless after the ecological disaster of the 1980s, and subalpine meadows grow on its summit. On the slopes of Mumlawski Wierch (1,217 m) lie hanging peat bogs, and the Polish-Czech border runs over the top. Krogulec, Tkacka Góra (897 m), Warzelnia (662 m) and Skalnica with its boulder fields are forested, and Gonciarek (631 m) is partly wooded. No marked trail leads to the top of Kozi Grzbiet, Krogulec, Kobyła or Tkacka Góra, so pick another goal if you want a marked route.
Higher parts include Szrenica (1,362 m), reached by cable car, as well as Zwalisko (1,047 m) and Izerskie Garby (1,084 m). For a calmer walk there are the lower hills of the Karkonosze Foothills, such as Danek (755 m), a granite ridge with scattered rocks at whose foot the Main Sudetes Trail runs. Skalnica has cliffs on its northern slope dropping toward the Kamienna valley, and Tkacka Góra lies near the Czech border, not far from Harrachov. Babiniec (998 m) and Cicha Równia (1,001 m) complete the list of peaks with the nature tag.
Start with the waterfall, and then pick one peak. Every place on the list carries the nature and free tags. The cable car to Szrenica is a separate matter, so check its rules before you go. For a longer plan, combine the rocks with a climb up Wysoka Kopa. The full list of peaks is in mountains in Szklarska Poręba, places with panoramas are under scenic views, and routes without fees under free attractions. For a wider search try nature across the region.
The cascade is 27 metres high and is the highest waterfall in the Polish Sudetes.
Hanging peat bogs lie on the slopes of Mumlawski Wierch (1,217 m) in the Karkonosze. The Polish-Czech border runs over its summit.
A granite rock group in the Izera Mountains with a boulder that, despite being about 4 metres across, can be rocked.
All of them on the list, from the waterfall and Chybotek to the peaks of the Karkonosze and the Izera Mountains.
