The second part of the picturesque hike through the Sącz Beskid Mountains. From Jaworzyna Krynicka through Góra Krzyżowa we descend to Krynica-Zdrój. First we descend to the Jaworzyna Krynicka PTTK Mountain Shelter on the northern side of the peak and then along the green trail we visit...
Region: Sącz Beskid Mountains
Sącz Beskid Mountains – a mountain range in the Western Carpathians, belonging to the Western Beskids, in Poland. The Sącz Beskid Mountains consists of two ranges: Jaworzyna and Radziejowa. It stretches over an area of approximately 670 km², between the Dunajec River in the west and the valleys of Kamienica, Mochnaczka, Muszynka and the Tylicka Pass in the east. The highest peak is Radziejowa (1262 m a.s.l.).
The mountains are made of flysch of the Magura Nappe. They are overgrown with mixed forests, in several protected reserves there is Carpathian beech forest, Sycamores are rare. The spruces were artificially planted in addition to the cut trees. Only spruce forests in the top parts of Radziejowa, Złomisty Wierch and Wielki Rogacz are considered natural spruce stands. There are riparian forests over streams and rivers, and small oak-hornbeam forests on the steep escarpments of the Poprad and Dunajec rivers. A great rarity is the preserved natural fragment of the linden forest, protected in the nature reserve Las Lipowy Obrożyska.
Hikes in the Sącz Beskid Mountains:
A picturesque hike in the Sącz Beskid Mountains. From Krynica-Zdrój we ascend Jaworzyna Krynicka, the highest peak of the Jaworzyna Range. On the Main Beskid Trail marked in red, we pass through the Drabiakówka Ridge covered with a forest shimmering with all the colors of autumn. Behind...
The second part of the hike along the little-known paths of the Sącz Beskid Mountains. We descend from the peak of Bukowinki along a side ridge through Świniarki Mountain to Jaworki. We leave the red trail onto a path leading to the overgrown forest of the Młaki Glade. From the exposed...
A summer hike along the little-known paths of the Sącz Beskid Mountains. From the car park under the church in Jaworki, along roads and paths without a trail, we ascend Bukowinki, the third highest peak of the Sącz Beskid Mountains. Along Czarna Woda Street, we reach the border of the...