Łamana Skała in the Little Beskids

Łamana Skała (929 m above sea level) is the second highest peak of the Little Beskids — only Czupel is taller — and the highest point of the Andrychów Beskids. The summit is wooded, so do not expect broad panoramas, but the ridge hides old beech forest, spruce upper-montane woodland and the sandstone outcrops that gave the mountain its name.

A mountain with a medieval record

The name „Łamana Skała" appears as early as a document of 1445 describing the border between the duchies of Oświęcim and Zator. The ridge is strewn with several-metre-high rocks called Zwalisko, and in 1961 the Madohora reserve was created here, protecting among others magnificent spruces. The name causes confusion: for decades maps wrongly labelled the peak Madohora — an error from a 1934 map repeated well into modern times.

How to get up

The red Little Beskids Trail and the yellow trail bypass the summit on a traverse, so a short side path leads to the top. The easiest approach is the green trail from Targoszów via Czarna Góra or the blue trail from Ślemień; from Kocierska Pass on the red trail it is about 7.4 km with 370 m of ascent. Between Łamana Skała and Madohora lies Anula Pass — named, so the story goes, after a cow that fled her drover on the way to market in Wadowice before World War I. Nearby you will also find the Komoniecki Cave and the waterfall on the Dusica stream.