Kiczera in the Little Beskids

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids

Silesian

0.9 km

Żar Mountain in the Little Beskids rises to 761 metres above Międzybrodzie Żywieckie. Its crest holds the upper reservoir of the Porąbka-Żar pumped-storage plant, with views towards Lake Międzybrodzkie, Lake Żywieckie and the Beskids. A fu…

Reservoir of the Porąbka-Żar Power Plant on Góra Żar

Silesian

1.7 km

The highest point of Góra Żar in the Little Beskids looks as if someone had scraped off its summit and replaced it with a sheet of water — and that is exactly how this mountain was made. On the top, at about **750 m above sea level**, lies…

Luge Track on Góra Żar

Silesian

1.8 km

The year-round luge track on the northern slope of Góra Żar (**761 m above sea level**) ranks among the most spectacular rides in the Little Beskids. The route consists of a dozen or so profiled ramps and bends at fairly sharp angles, and…

Lake Międzybrodzkie in the Little Beskids

Silesian

120–360 min · Free entry

3.5 km

Lake Międzybrodzkie was created by damming the Soła at Porąbka and lies between the slopes of the Little Beskids. The reservoir combines several types of outing: time by the water, water sports, a look at the dam and a mountain route to Mo…

Beach in Czernichów

Silesian

4.2 km

On the bank of the Soła river, just below the outflow of Lake Międzybrodzkie, lies a beach that in summer becomes one of the most popular bathing spots of the Żywiec region. The tidy grassy slope descends to a sheltered cove, and the whole…

Tresna Dam

Silesian

5.8 km

On the Soła river, at the foot of the Little Beskids, an embankment with a clay core closes Lake Żywieckie. The Tresna Dam was built from local materials — thick-bedded sandstones and gravel — and completed in **1966**. Its crest is **300…

Czupel

Silesian

6.9 km

## The highest peak of the Little Beskids Czupel is about 930–934 m high and the highest summit of the Little Beskids, which makes it one of Poland’s Crown of Mountains goals. It stands in the western part of the range between the Soła and…

Chrobacza Łąka

Silesian

7.0 km

Hrobacza Łąka (828 m above sea level) is a scenic summit in the Little Beskids, in the Magurka Wilkowicka range. The meadow has a distinctive millennium cross, a viewpoint and a private mountain hut. In clear weather you can see Lake Międz…

Kozy Quarry

Silesian

7.4 km

Today the flooded workings and their surroundings are used for walking and cycling, subject to nature-protection rules. ## A ropeway and 200 tonnes of aggregate In the interwar period almost **200 tonnes of aggregate** were produced here,…