Main trail from Karpacz to Śnieżka summit
Nearby: Karpacz| Distance | 8.9km |
|---|---|
| Time | 4h 8min |
| Ascents | 765m |
| Descents | 69m |
Elevation Profile:
wb_sunny Route in the sun
restaurant Restaurant or bar nearby
Main trail from Karpacz to Śnieżka
From Upper Karpacz (below the Wang Temple), there is a relatively comfortable and wide stony road called the "ceprostrada". Its advantages are the lack of difficult terrain, but the downside is the tiring hike and crowds of tourists.
Wang Temple - Strzecha Akademicka Shelter
At the Wang Temple, we enter the Karkonosze National Park and begin our hike to Śnieżka:
The wide road first leads us through the forest:
...then through meadows and fields:
We can make this rather monotonous section more interesting by choosing one of the more "off-road" routes, which will also lead us to the "ceprostrada". We can take the trail:
- yellow:
Medium
Yellow sledding trail from Karpacz
- or green:
Medium
Bronek Czech's Path: Green Trail from Karpacz to Polana and Słonecznik
Strzecha Akademicka Shelter - Śnieżka
After reaching the Strzecha Akademicka shelter, which is here:
...we have two options to reach Śnieżka: the yellow trail will take us to the black trail, and then to the upper station of the Kopie cable car (where there will be even more people!!!), the Śląskie House, and finally to the summit.
A bit longer, but more peaceful and scenic, is the blue trail: we follow it along a wide stony road until we reach the red main Sudetes trail - the intersection of trails called "Spalona Strażnica":
From here, we turn left. Now the road gently ascends along the ridge, all the way to the Śląskie House and from there to the summit of Śnieżka.
The trail is not difficult, but it is long and quite monotonous, and during the season it is crowded with tourists like a promenade in a resort.
On a hot summer day, an additional challenge is the fact that we hike the entire time under the blazing sun.
If possible, visit either outside the peak season or choose a different trail to Śnieżka, for example, from the Czech Jelenka shelter:
Difficult
Śnieżka without crowds: loop from Wilcza Poręba
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Publish Date: 2022-06-07
Last Updated: 2021-07-26
More in the Region Sudety (The Sudetes)
Total Length 184 km
