Narożnik, Table Mountains

On its western and southern sides Narożnik drops away in sheer sandstone walls, and from the rock slabs on top you can see Szczeliniec Wielki, the Duszniki basin and the Bystrzyckie and Orlickie Mountains all at once. It is one of the quickest viewpoints to reach in the Table Mountains (Góry Stołowe): about 10 minutes on foot from the car park at Lisia Przełęcz, although the climb is short and steep.

A sandstone corner of the plateau

The summit stands at 849 m (German name: Eckstein) south-east of Lisia Przełęcz, the pass that separates it from the Skalniak massif. It is made of the upper jointed sandstones – the youngest rock layer of the Table Mountains – and covered by montane spruce forest. The walls on the west and south have made Narożnik an important climbing area, with more than 100 routes.

What to see

• Rock slabs on the summit – a natural viewing terrace; on a clear day the panorama runs from Szczeliniec to the Orlickie Mountains.
• The sheer walls, best seen on the way up and from the neighbouring ridges.
• A plaque and two crosses on the summit commemorating two Wrocław students who were murdered on the trail near Narożnik in 1997; the killer was never caught.

A loop via the Rock Skull

The blue trail from Duszniki-Zdrój to Karłów crosses the summit. A popular loop from Lisia Przełęcz follows it over Narożnik and Kopa Śmierci, then continues past Skalna Czaszka, a rock formation shaped like a skull that the national park only opened to visitors in 2021, and Skały Puchacza, the remains of a sandstone quarry opened in the second half of the 19th century. The whole loop is about 7 km and takes around 2.5 hours.

Tripto tip

Lisia Przełęcz lies halfway along the Road of a Hundred Bends between Kudowa-Zdrój and Radków. There are two free but small car parks; if they are full, park in Karłów, which adds roughly an hour to the walk. Several viewpoints along the plateau edge have no railings, so keep children close and stay on the trail. Narożnik is a good sunset spot – in that case walk the loop the other way round and finish on the summit.