The second part of the summer hike in the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains. We descend from Pilsko Mountain through Uszczawne Wyżne Mountain to Korbielów. From the peak, we reach the Góra Pięciu Kopców (Five Mounds Mountain), through the top of which runs the Polish-Slovak border. At the...
Region: Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains
Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains – the second highest mountain range in Poland, being part of the Western Beskids. The landscape of Beskid Żywiecki is formed by domed peaks with a multi-storey arrangement of vegetation, including the upper and middle regions, overgrown with beech, oak, spruce, pine and fir and mountain pine in the highest parts.
Hikes in the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains:
A scenic hike through the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains. From Korbielów we ascend Pilsko, the second highest peak in the Western Beskids. Initially, the yellow trail leads along the western slope of Szlakówka, above the Buczynka Stream valley. In the thinnings of the forest, a view of...