Five Polish Lakes Hut
| Five Polish Lakes Hut (Polish: Schronisko PTTK w Dolinie Pięciu Stawów Polskich) PTTK Hut |
||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| location | In the Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich valley ; Poland | |
| Mountain range | High Tatras | |
| Geographical location: | 49 ° 12 '49 " N , 20 ° 2' 55" E | |
| Altitude | 1671 m npm | |
|
||
| owner | PTTK | |
| Built | 1637, 1876, 1898, 1932, 1947, 1953 | |
| Construction type | Hut; stone | |
| Usual opening times | open all year | |
| accommodation | 67 beds, unknown | |
| Web link | Site of the hut | |
The Five Polish Lakes Hut ( Polish: Schronisko PTTK w Dolinie Pięciu Stawów Polskich ) is located at an altitude of 1671 m npm in Poland in the High Tatras in the Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich valley on a glacial moraine above the Przedni Staw Polski mountain lake . It is the highest shelter in Poland. The area belongs to the Bukowina Tatrzańska commune , but the mountain hut has an address in Zakopane .
history
The first hut was built around 1637 when King Władysław IV Wasa gave the valley to the Nowobilski family. The first refuge was built in 1876 by the Tatra Society. The current hut is the fifth or sixth hut at this point and dates from 1953. It was named after Leopold Świerz . The hut has been in the Tatra National Park since 1954 . It is owned by the PTTK .
Accesses
The hut can be reached:
- ▬ ▬ from the Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza waterfallvia a green, later blue marked hiking trail in the Dolina Roztoki valley
- ▬ from the Meerauge mountain lakevia Świstówka Roztocka on a blue hiking trail
- ▬ ▬ from the Szpiglasowa Przełęcz mountain passover the Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich valleyon a yellow, later blue marked hiking trail
- ▬ from the Zawrat mountain passacross the Dolina Pięć Stawów Polskich valleyon a blue-marked hiking trail
Transitions
- ▬ To the Murowaniec hut ( 1500 m ) via the blue-marked hiking trail through the Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich valleyand further over the Zawrat mountain passdown into the Dolina Gąsienicowa valley
- ▬ To the Meeraughütte ( 1410 m ) via the blue-marked hiking trail over the Świstowa Przełęcz mountain passand the Świstówka Roztocka plateau
- ▬ To the Roztokahütte ( 1031 m ) via the green marked hiking trail in the Dolina Roztoki valley
Tours
Mountaineering
Summits in the vicinity of the hut are:
- The summit of the Orla Perć mountain trail
- Seealmspitze ( Świnica , 2301 m )
- Lower Seealm Tower ( Zawratowa Turna , 2246 m )
- Kupferberg ( Miedziane , 2233 m )
- Liptauer Grenzberg ( Szpiglasowy Wierch , 2172 m )
- Valentinsberg ( Walentkowy Wierch , 2156 m )
- Great Wallachian Head ( Wielki Wołoszyn , 2151 m )
- Little Walachenkopf ( Mały Wołoszyn , 2145 m )
- Upper Liptov watchtower ( Wyżni Kostur , 2083 m )
- Glatter Berg ( Gładki Wierch , 2065 m )
- Lower Liptov watchtower ( Niżni Kostur , 2055 m )
- Brandkoppe ( Opalony Wierch , 2015 m )
- Bear ( Niedźwiedź , 1812 m )
- Ratzenkoppe ( Świstowa Czuba , 1763 m )
Mountain passes
- Zawrat ( 2158 m )
- Gemsenscharte ( Kozia Przełęcz , 2137 m )
- Kreuzsattel ( Krzyżne , 2112 m )
- Copper Saddle ( Szpiglasowa Przełęcz , 2110 m )
- Walentkowa Przełęcz ( 2100 m )
- Glatter Pass ( 1994 m )
water falls
- Siklawa (80 m)
- Buczynowa Siklawa (50 m)
- Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza (10 m)
Web links
literature
- Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski, Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska, Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
- Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25.000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .