Skrzyczne

Skrzyczne is a mountain in southern Poland, close to the town of Szczyrk. It is the highest mountain of the Silesian Beskids.

Expedition to Skrzyczne we started from Szczyrk. It is a small tourist town in the Silesian voivodeship.

plan of our trip

differences in the heights

The town is a popular winter sports centre, with over 60 km of ski routes served by 30 ski lifts. The principal training centre for Poland's Winter Olympic athletes is based in the town, where they train for events such as skiing, ski jumping and ice skating.

a bridge over the stream

After parking the car in the center of the village along the street Beskidzka, we walked across the bridge towards the street Leśna, where the trail begins green.

entrance to the forest

somewhere at the beginning of the way

Then we walked in the forest, the path was uphill all the time, the way in time became quite steep, so it cost us a lot of effort.

small cottage in the forest

on the trail

"Becyrek"

After about 50 minutes at an altitude of 862 m above sea level, we achieved peak Bacyrek (Pod Lanckoroną), where trails red and green are crossed  and together lead towards the top Skrzyczne ,signpost shows still 1:40 hour to up.

Silesian Beskids

view of Silesian Beskids

beautiful views

where we're going now?

After next 30 min, we come to pass Pod Skrzycznem, where further leads  the blue trail to the top.

Silesian Beskids in the background

point of view on the top

Next, we went to the observation tower where the views are beautiful,  especially with weather what was in those day. From here you can see Zywiec Beskid, Silesian Beskid and Beskid Maly.

Silesian Beskids

on the point of view

on the point of view

the trail down

Szczyrk far away

board with the map of Silesian Beskids

the shelter PTTK Skrzyczne

At the top there is also a shelter PTTK Skrzyczne, where tourists can stay overnight and eat something good after a hard expedition or sit outside on benches and rest just like we did.

time to eat

plants on the top

the beginning descent down

After a rest we went back, all the while the blue trail down to Szczyrk. Along the way we passed a strange tree at, which of course we took a picture. The blue trail leads straight to the Myśliwska street where we turned right towards center and after a few minutes we got to our car, all the way down took about 1.5 hours.

descent through the forest

a strange tree

Thus, another summit to the Crown of the Polish mountains was notched:)