Tag - Pilsko
Pilsko – a peak with a height of 1557 m a.s.l. in the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains in Slovakia. According to the Slovak regionalization, these are the Orava Beskids (Oravské Beskydy). It is the second highest peak of the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains.
The peak is located in the Pilsko Massif in its side branch, which through the Mechy Pass, Mechy Peak and further peaks descends in a southern direction to the Orava Basin in Slovakia. From the north, it borders the lower peak of Góra Pięciu Kopców (1543 m a.s.l.), through which the Polish-Slovak border runs. The eastern slopes are cut by the valleys of the Glinna stream on the Polish side, Dlhá voda, Suchý potok, the Veselianka river and the Randová stream on the Slovak side. The western, steeper slopes descend to the Bystrý stream valley in Slovakia.
The Pilsko Group includes an arcuate section of the main ridge of the Baltic-Black Sea watershed between the Glinka and Glinne passes, which is also the Polish-Slovak border. From the Glinka saddle, where the range borders the Wielka Racza Group, the watershed ridge heads north and through Krawców Wierch and Gruba Buczyna reaches the Bory Orawskie pass. This is where the Pilsko massif proper begins, within which the watershed reaches the Trzech Kopców keystone, from where it turns east and culminates in Palenica, Munczolik and Góra Pięciu Kopców, then drops quite abruptly to the Glinne pass, passing here into the Mędralowa Range.
From the Pilsko dome, ridge branches of various lengths radiate in many directions, forming a characteristic ridge system. To the north, a long arm branches off, descending through Uszczawne and Krzyżowa to the village of Jeleśnia. In the south, the most prominent is the short branch of Mechy, towering over the village of Mutne. From the keystone of Trzech Kopców, a short arm branches off to the west, which, under Rysianka, forks into two prominent ridges – Romanka and Lipowski Wierch – constituting secondary ridges in themselves, and together with Pilsko, forming one mighty ridge, cut on all sides by valleys. Pilsko is composed of sandstones in the Magura nappe zone. The summit dome is flat, partially covered with dwarf pine. From the summit, there is a wide view of the Żywiec-Orawa Beskid Mountains, the Żywiec-Kysuce Beskid Mountains, the Little Fatra, the Orava Magura, the Choč Mountains, the Tatra Mountains, the Mały Beskid Mountains and the Silesian Beskid Mountains. In the Pilsko Massif, vegetation zones are clearly shaped: the foothill zone, the lower montane zone, the upper montane zone and the dwarf pine zone. Most of the area is forested, but on the northern side there are numerous glades: Hala Miziowa, Hala Kamieniańska, Hala Cebulowa, Hala Słowikowa, Hala Solisko, Hala Pod Pasem, Hala Szczawina, Hala Górowa. A peculiarity are the peat bogs on the Slovak side on the Oravian Bory pass, where the Spálený grúnik reserve was established.
Pilsko is a popular tourist destination. On the Polish side, there is a dense network of marked hiking trails and a well-developed ski base with numerous ski lifts and accommodation.
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