Crown of Polish Mountains

Rysy

Lesser Poland

480–600 min

0.0 km

Rysy (2,499 m) is the highest point of Poland and the tallest summit reachable by a marked trail on the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains. The massif in fact has three peaks, and its main summit (2,503 m) already lies on the Slovak side o…

Morskie Oko Lake

Lesser Poland

240–300 min

2.8 km

Morskie Oko is one of the best-known places in the Tatra Mountains. The high mountain lake, the mountain shelter and the walls of the Mięguszowieckie Peaks create the view that brings many first-time visitors to the national park. Its popu…

Polana Włosienica (Włosienica Clearing)

Lesser Poland

3.9 km

Polana Włosienica lies at the bottom of the Rybi Potok Valley in the High Tatras, at about 1,300 m above sea level, along the Oswald Balzer Road — the asphalt route leading to Morskie Oko. Only 1.5 km separates it from the shore of the mos…

Five Polish Ponds Valley

Lesser Poland

150–480 min

4.7 km

## Five Polish Ponds Valley Five Polish Ponds Valley is a high-mountain basin in the High Tatras, surrounded by rocky summits and filled with alpine lakes. Its central landmark is the PTTK shelter above Przedni Pond, at about 1,670 m above…

Dolina Roztoki

Lesser Poland

5.9 km

Roztoka Valley is a mountain valley in the Białka Valley area of the High Tatras. Its character comes from the Roztoka stream, forested slopes, rocky walls and waterfalls, including the Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza cascades and Siklawa. It is a…

Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza

Lesser Poland

6.1 km

Just before the Roztoka stream, flowing down from the Five Polish Lakes, joins the Białka, it plunges in a series of waterfalls 3 to 10 metres high. **Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza are the largest waterfalls in the Polish Tatras** — the three ma…

Orla Perć

Lesser Poland

6.2 km

Orla Perć is the **hardest marked trail in the Polish Tatras** and the longest ridge route of the High Tatras — it runs from Zawrat to Krzyżne, mostly along Świnica's eastern ridge, crossing several summits above 2,000 m. Chains, clamps an…

Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy

Lesser Poland

7.8 km

## A glacial lake below Kościelec Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy lies at about 1,628 m in a rocky basin in the upper Gąsienicowa Valley. Its dark surface, granite boulders and the walls of Kościelec, Kozi Wierch and the Granaty create one of the…

Gąsienicowa Valley

Lesser Poland

135–300 min

8.7 km

## Gąsienicowa Valley and Hala Gąsienicowa Gąsienicowa Valley is one of the most distinctive mountain areas in the Polish Tatras. Most visitors aim for Hala Gąsienicowa and the Murowaniec PTTK mountain shelter, with views towards Kościelec…