Stożek Wielki

Stożek Wielki
Stożek Wielki
Elevation	978 m (3,209 ft)
Location
Stożek Wielki Location of Stożek Wielki in Poland, on the Czech border
Location	Poland / Czech Republic
Range	Silesian Beskids
Coordinates	49°36′20″N 18°49′23″E / 49.605556°N 18.823056°E / 49.605556; 18.823056Coordinates: 49°36′20″N 18°49′23″E / 49.605556°N 18.823056°E / 49.605556; 18.823056
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Stożek Wielki (Czech: Velký Stožek) (literally "big cone") is a mountain on the border of Poland and the Czech Republic, in the Silesian Beskids mountain range. It reaches a height of 978 meters.

The border can be crossed on the top, which is in easy range of the town of Wisła. It has a characteristic conical shape and on its slopes grow beech and coniferous trees.

The mountain hut (the oldest in the Silesian Beskids), was built on the mountain from the initiative of Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczne "Beskid" (Polish Touristic Society "Beskid"). It was opened on 9 July 1922.^[1] The main initiators of the construction were PTT activists Józef Londzin and Jan Galicz.

Stożek Wielki can be accessed by hiking trails from the nearby municipalities from both sides of the border. There is also a ski resort on the mountain, where skiers can reach using the chairlift.

Through a number of hiking routes it is possible to reach other summits such as Kubalonka, Czantoria Wielka, Soszów Wielki and towns, down into Wisła, Wisła-Głębce, Istebna, Jaworzynka and Jablunkov (Jabłonków).

The so-called Main Trail of the Beskids (Polish: Główny Szlak Beskidzki), the major hiking trail in the region, also crosses the top.

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  Mountain hut on Stożek

See also

• Cieszyn Silesia
• Zaolzie

Footnotes

References

• Cicha, Irena (2007). Beskidzkie gronie nad Olzą i Wisłą. Czeski Cieszyn: Vydavatelství Regio. pp. 106–143. ISBN 978-80-254-0261-0. 

• Marciniuk, Krzysztof (7 September 2007). "Pierwsze polskie w Beskidach". Głos Ziemi Cieszyńskiej. p. 10. 

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