Little Beskids

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Little Beskids
View from the Żar

View from the Żar

Highest peak Czupel ( 930  m npm )
location Poland
part of West Beskids
Little Beskids (Poland)
Little Beskids
Coordinates 49 ° 47 ′  N , 19 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′  N , 19 ° 19 ′  E
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Targanicka mountain pass
Hikers on the summit

The Lesser Beskids ( Polish Beskid Mały ) are a mountain range of the West Beskids in Poland , in the Lesser Poland and Silesia Voivodeships .

geography

The Little Beskids stretch for about 35 km between Bielsko-Biała in the west and Zembrzyce in the east. The demarcation to the Silesian Beskids is the so-called Wilkowice Gate ( Brama Wilkowicka ), in the north they border on the Silesian ( Pogórze Śląskie , in the northwest) and the Salzburg foothills ( Pogórze Wielickie , in the northeast), to the east they go into the Central Beskids ( Beskid Makowski ) about. In the south, the mountain range descends into the Saybuscher Basin ( Kotlina Żywiecka ).

The Soła River divides the mountain range into two parts:

  • the small western part with Czupel (930 m), Magurka Wilkowicka (909 m), Groniczki (839 m), Hrobacza Łąka (828 m), Gaiki (808 m), Łysa Góra (653 m);
  • the eastern part with Łamana Skała (929 m), Leskowiec (922 m), Groń Jana Pawła II (890 m), Wielki Gibasów Groń (890 m), Smrekowica (885 m), Kocierz (884 m), Potrójna (883 m ) (883 m), Na Beskidzie (863 m), Jaworzyna (861 m) - Wielka Cisowa Grapa (853 m), Potrójna (847 m), Jawornica (830 m), Beskid (826 m), Magurka Ponikiewska (820 m ), Gancarz (802 m), Bukowski Groń (767 m);

Waters

Reservoirs

There are four reservoirs in the Little Beskids:

Protected areas

The Lesser Beskids Landscape Park was established in 1998 and covers an area of ​​257.70 km². There are four nature reserves: Madohora, Szeroka, Zasolnica and Grapa.

tourism

hike

The mountains are a popular hiking area.

Refuges

There are seven refuges in the Little Beskids.

Refuge Height above sea level image
Magurka Wilkowicka Hut 909 m
Magurka Wilkowicka - schronisko PTTK.jpg
Leskowiec hut 890 m
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Rogacz hut 828 m
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Potrójna Hut 883 m
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Chrobacza Łączka Hut approx. 800 m
Trzonka hut approx. 680 m
Gibasówka Hut 810 m
Gibasy zimą.JPG

Winter sports

There are two larger ski areas in the Little Beskids.

literature

  • Radosław Truś: Beskid Mały. Przewodnik . Oficyna Wydawnicza “Rewasz”, Pruszków 2008, ISBN 978-83-8918877-9 (Polish).

Web links

Commons : Little Beskids  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Little Beskids  - travel guide

panorama

Jezioro Międzybrodzkie reservoir in the Little Beskids