Region: Silesian Beskid Mountains

Silesian Beskid Mountains – a mountain range, which is part of the Western Beskids, part of the Western Carpathians. The highest peak of the Silesian Beskids is Skrzyczne (1257 m a.s.l). It borders the Silesian-Moravian Beskids to the west, the Żywiec Beskid Mountains to the southeast, the Żywiec Valley to the east, the Mały Beskid Mountains to the northeast and the Silesian Foothills to the north.

The Silesian Beskid Mountains are built of massive Godul and Istebna sandstones. In the southern part, the mountains are made of Magura flysch. There are mineral deposits here: sandstones, limestones and natural aggregates. There are relatively numerous and in some places quite extensive rock outcrops, as well as the largest concentration of caves in the Polish Beskids, among which there are, among others, the two largest caves of the Polish Carpathian flysch, Jaskinia Wiślańska and Jaskinia Miecharska.

The Silesian Beskid Mountains consist of two meridional mountain ranges, separated by the valley of the Vistula River. In the west there is the Czantoria Range, while in the east there is the Barania Góra Range, sometimes also called the Vistula Range.

On the slopes of Barania Góra there are spring areas of the Vistula.

Hikes in the Silesian Beskid Mountains: