Góry Stołowe - Trasa na Szczeliniec Wielki

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Szczeliniec Wielki - Skalny Labirynt, shelter, and viewpoints Góry Stołowe (Stołowe Mountains) Szczeliniec Wielki - Skalny Labirynt, shelter, and viewpoints

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Szczeliniec Wielki (German: Große Heuscheuer) is the highest peak of the Stołowe Mountains (Table Mountains) in south-western Poland, within the Stołowe Mountains National Park (Polish: Park Narodowy Gór Stołowych). It rises above the villages of Karłów and Pasterka, close to the Czech border, and is one of the best-known sandstone table mountains of the Sudetes. The summit plateau is a sandstone massif dissected by fissures, corridors and rock labyrinths with named formations and viewing terraces. Depending on the reference, the height is also given as 922 m in some publications, while the national park’s tourist information commonly gives 919 m. The highest point is a rock called Fotel Pr…

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Soil mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Szczeliniec Wielki in the Stołowe Mountains National Park (SW Poland). Soil mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Szczeliniec Wielki in the Stołowe Mountains National Park (SW Poland) The species composition of mesostigmatid mites in the soil and leaf litter was studied on the Szczeliniec Wielki plateau, which is spatially isolated from similar rocky habitats. A total of 1080 soil samples were taken from June 2004 to September 2005. The samples, including the organic horizon from the herb layer and litter from rock cracks, were collected using steel cylinders (area 40 cm 2 , depth 0-10 cm). They were generally dominated by Gamasellus montanus, Veigaia nemore…

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LiDAR DEM based analysis of geomorphology of the Szczeliniec Wielki mesa in Poland’s Stołowe Mountains

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Assessing the tourism carrying capacity of hiking trails in the Szczeliniec Wielki and Błędne Skały in Stołowe Mts. National Park. Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the tourism carrying capacity on hiking trails in the Szczeliniec Wielki and Błędne Skały. Those attractions are located in the Stołowe Mts. National Park of the Sudetes in the South-Western part of Poland along the border with the Czech Republic. The total area of the Stołowe Mts. NP is 6,340 ha and it contains around 100 km of marked hiking trails. Tourist traffic in the Szczeliniec Wielki and Błędne Skały has its peaks during weekends and holiday periods reaching mass tourism scales. For this reason it is…

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Rocks, although inanimate, are also nature. The Góry Stołowe (Table Mountains) National Park was established mainly to protect it. Unique geological formations, sandstones of Szczeliniec Wielki fantastically shaped by nature - this is the magnet which attracted people here even when tourism was still in its infancy. The dark maze of Błędne Skały has no equivalent in Poland, and it is difficult to find anything similar in the world. The crevices in the rocks attract bats which can be found here in a dozen or so species. Rock niches are also a great nesting place for eagle-owls – the largest European owls. Forests of the Stołowe Mountains are quite heavily transformed by humans, but they provide shelter to numerous species of animals. Mountain peat bogs are covered, among others, by bog pine – a botanical sensation discovered in the Stołowe Mountains, whose origins still puzzle scientists. Since March 2016, the Góry Stołowe National Park has been using a new logo. It shows a stylised rock form called the “Camel,” which is located in Szczeliniec Wielki. There is a line of the entire Szczeliniec Wielki – the highest peak of the Stołowe Mountains (919 m above sea level) in the background. It is one of the peaks of the Crown of Polish Mountains and one of the greatest tourist attractions of the Sudetes. Despite its low absolute altitude, the peak is visible from afar as a trapezoidal massif covered with coniferous forest. The silhouette of Szczeliniec is perfectly visible and recognisable from the surroundings of Kłodzko, Nowa Ruda and Radków. The sandstone surface of the summit has weathered and cracked, forming diverse rock forms which often resemble people, animals and various objects (Camel, Mammoth, Elephant, Mother hen, Ape, Dog, Turtle, Mushrooms, Great Grandfather’s Armchair). There are also deep crevices and corridors (Hell, Devil’s Kitchen) creating a maze among the rocks. Inside, there is a specific microclimate, thanks to which in some places snow lies until July.

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Szczeliniec Wielki – Rock Labyrinth (loop from Karłów) - Szczeliniec Wielki – Rock Labyrinth (loop from Karłów) "An absolute classic. A loop through the highest peak of the Table Mountains (919 m above sea level). It requires climbing 680 stone steps. At the top there is a paid trail..."