Wysokie Skałki
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| height | 1050 m npm | |
| location | Poland , Slovakia | |
| Mountains | Little Pienins , Pienins , Carpathians | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 22 '49 " N , 20 ° 33' 20" E | |
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| Type | Rock peaks | |
| rock | limestone | |
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The Wysokie Skałki is a mountain in the Little Pienines , a mountain range of the Pienines , with 1050 m. above sea level on the Polish - Slovak border. The summit is the highest point of the Little Pienines and of the entire Pieninen mountain range.
Location and surroundings
The Wysokie Skałki lies in the main ridge of the Pienines. To the north lies the Grajcanek valley , which separates the Little Pienines from the Sandets Beskids .
etymology
The Polish name Wysokie Skałki can be translated as High Rock .
Flora and fauna
The Wysokie Skałki has a colorful flora and fauna. It is partly overgrown with mixed forest, but there are also mountain meadows. The mountain lies on the Polish side outside the Pieniny National Park . On its northern slopes there is the Jaworki-Homole ski area and the Wąwóz Homole nature reserve in the gorge of the same name. On the Slovak side, the mountain is located in the Pieniny National Park .
Ascents
Unlike the Tatra Mountains, the Pienines did not glaciate in the last ice ages. In the Pieninen there are therefore human traces that go back to the Paleolithic. It is very likely that the peaks were already climbed at this time, as the ascent is not particularly difficult.
tourism
The Wysokie Skałki offer a view of the surrounding mountain ranges of the Middle Pienines , the Spiš Magura , the Tatras and the Beskydy Mountains .
Routes to the summit
Marked routes to the summit lead from Szczawnica and Jaworki :
- ▬ the blue ridge trail from Szczawnica via Szafranówka , Durbaszka to the summit of Wysokie Skałki and on via Wierchliczka and the Przełęcz Rozdziela mountain passto Wielki Rogacz .
- ▬ a green hiking trail from Jaworki through the Wąwóz Homole gorgeto the Polana pod Wysoką alpine pastureon the top of Wysokie Skałki.
Mountain hut
On the neighboring summits Durbaszka the refuge is Durbaszka Hut .
Web links
literature
- Witold Henryk Paryski, Zofia Radwańska-Paryska: Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska. Wydawnictwo Górskie, Poronin 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
- Józef Nyka: Pieniny. Przewodnik. 9th edition. Trawers, Latchorzew 2006, ISBN 83-915859-4-8 .
- Pieniny polskie i słowackie. Mapa turystyczna 1:25 000. Agencja Wydawnicza "WiT" sc, Piwniczna 2008, ISBN 978-83-907671-3-0 .
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