Lubomir

Lubomir (904 m above sea level) is the highest peak of the Lubomir and Łysina Range and a point of the Crown of Polish Mountains — as the highest summit of the Makowski Beskids. The forested mountain does not promise sweeping views, yet it is one of the few Beskid peaks with a working astronomical observatory.

From Łysina to Lubomir

The name was given in 1932 to honour Prince Kazimierz Lubomirski, who in 1922 donated a hunting lodge and 10 ha of forest on the summit then called Łysina for an observatory. Initiated by Professor Tadeusz Banachiewicz, it was in the interwar period one of only two such facilities in the Polish Carpathians, alongside the observatory on Pop Ivan. The original building burned down during World War II; the new one, opened in October 2007, bears Banachiewicz's name.

Trails to the summit

The easiest ascent follows the red Little Beskids Trail from the shelter on Kudłacze — there is a paid car park below the shelter and the route crosses several forested tops. Between Trzy Kopce and Lubomir you pass a viewpoint with benches. The summit can also be reached on the green trail from Wiśniowa. On top await the Crown of Polish Mountains stamp and the observatory; in fine weather the viewpoint clearing below the summit is worth a look too.