The second part of the summer hike in the Mały Beskid Mountains. We descend from Leskowiec through Groń Jana Pawła II to Targoszów. From the summit, we head towards the Władysław Midowicz Pass, which separates Leskowiec from Groń Jana Pawła II. We pass the Leskowiec PTTK Mountain Shelter...
Region: Mały Beskid Mountains
Mały Beskid Mountains – a mountain range in southern Poland, in Central Europe, which is part of the Western Beskids. The highest peak is Czupel (930 m a.s.l.). A small in area but compact mountain range, whose landscape is created by charming river valleys and mountain slopes covered with mixed forests. Beskid Mały is located in the basin of the Vistula River, and more specifically its three tributaries – the Biała, Soła and Skawa rivers. It consists of three tectonic units: the Sub-Silesian, Silesian and Magura nappes. In 95% it consists of sandstones of the Silesian nappe. A geological sensation are the Andrychów Rocks – these are the so-called kidnaps, which are the oldest rocks in this area. On the ridges there are numerous rock outcrops made of more resistant to weathering sandstones and Istebna conglomerates. We meet them on the ridges of Magurka Wilkowicka, Czupel, Żar, Kiczera, Jaworzyna and Kościeliec, Roczenka, Kiczora, Łamana Skała, Smrekowica and Kamień mountains.
Nature has been strongly transformed as a result of human activity. Forest areas are of the lower montane type. The exception is the top parts of Łamana Skała Mountain, where there is a natural, spruce-covered upper montane zone. The reason is the very rocky and soil-poor ground here. In the past, beech forests prevailed, but they were destroyed as a result of burning and logging. Currently, it is a secondary forest, dominated by spruce-beech-fir associations.
Hikes in the Mały Beskid Mountains:
A summer hike in the Mały Beskid Mountains. From the village of Targoszów, we ascend Leskowiec, the third-highest peak in the Mały Beskid. The yellow trail initially leads through the hamlets of Targoszów, then enters the forest and, along forest paths, reaches a scenic glade at the top...
A scenic hike in the Mały Beskid Mountains. We descend from Wielka Cisowa Grapa to Międzybrodzie Żywieckie. We go back along a path without a trail to Szeroka Pass, from where we follow the red trail to the west. Behind the ruins of a stone hut, we leave the red trail and ascend Wielki...
Winter hike in the Mały Beskid Mountains. From Międzybrodzie Żywieckie we ascend Wielka Cisowa Grapa. The green trail leads through the Głęboki Stream valley to Czarnoci Forest. Then through a scenic glade we ascend Kościelec Mały. From Kościelec we hike along a picturesque ridge...