Beskid Żywiecko-Kysucki - Rezerwat Śrubita
Żywiec-Kysuce Beskid Mountains

Śrubita Reserve

26 June 2024
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The second part of the summer hike in the Żywiec-Kysuce Beskid Mountains. We descend from Wielka Racza through the Śrubita Reserve to Rycerka Górna. At the top of Wielka Racza there is a viewing tower, from which there is a fantastic panorama of the Little Fatra Mountains, the Orava Magura Mountains, the Żywiec-Kysuce Beskid Mountains, the Żywiec-Orava Beskid Mountains, the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and the Silesian Beskid Mountains. We descend the red trail to the beautiful Mała Racza Glade and then, walking along the Polish-Slovak border, we conquer the peaks of Mała Racza and Orło. After descending to the Śrubita Pass, we pass through the scenic Śrubita Glade and then through a beautiful, lower montane forest to reach the Śrubita Nature Reserve. In the reserve we admire the old trees constituting a part of the former Carpathian Forest. The firs, spruces and beeches growing here reach record sizes for the Polish Carpathians. From the reserve, take the road along the Śrubita Stream to the parking lot in Rycerka Górna.


Virtual hike: Descent from Wielka Racza through Śrubita Reserve to Rycerka Górna, Poland
Route: Wielka Racza Mountain (1236 m a.s.l.; 49.413090, 18.968976) – Mała Racza Glade (1173 m a.s.l.; 49.407008, 18.973281) – Mała Racza Mountain (1153 m a.s.l.; 49.402090, 18.971227) – Orło Pass (1063 m a.s.l.; 49.399042, 18.975288) – Orło Mountain (1120 m a.s.l.; 49.395244, 18.979855) – Śrubita Pass (994 m a.s.l.; 49.398030, 18.996407) – Śrubita Glade (1016 m a.s.l.; 49.399482, 19.000659) – Beskid Green Path (947 m a.s.l.; 49.401060, 19.007933) – Śrubita Reserve (964 m a.s.l.; 49.402578, 19.011857) – Rycerka Górna, parking (726 m a.s.l.; 49.424929, 19.007372)
Trail designation: red trail, green trail, Beskid Green Path
Length: about 8.7 km
Walking time: about 3:00 h
Sum of approaches: 58 m
Sum down: 583 m

00:00:17 Wielka Racza Mountain
00:07:58 Wielka Racza PTTK Mountain Shelter
00:20:42 Mała Racza Glade
00:25:11 Fork of the trail
00:30:56 Mała Racza Mountain
00:38:41 Going off the trail
00:39:15 Orło Pass
00:50:32 Orło Mountain
00:58:00 Red trail
01:10:58 Śrubita Pass
01:17:42 Śrubita Glade
01:33:02 Śrubita Stream
01:34:56 Going off the trail
01:41:31 Beskid Green Path
01:49:08 Śrubita Reserve
02:23:57 Śrubita Stream
02:28:58 Śrubita Stream
02:34:05 Śrubita Stream
02:36:46 Śrubita Stream
02:39:54 Racza Stream
02:43:00 Rycerka Górna, parking

Śrubita Reserve – a strict nature reserve in the Żywiec-Kysuce Beskid Mountains. It is located on the western slopes of Mount Bugaj, in the Śrubita Stream valley, in the Wielka Racza Range.

Hike recorded on June 26, 2024.

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