Self guided 7 days trekking in the highest mountains of Czechia with overnights in traditional mountain chalets
During this individual trekking tour you will be crossing the highest mountain range of Czechia. The Giant Mountains are protected as a National Park and lie on the border to Poland.
During the crossing you will be able to enjoy amazing views over the mountains and valleys. One of the highlights is climbing up the highest peak of Czechia Snežka (Snow mountain) with 1602 m. You can also visit the historical wooden church Wang on the Polish side of the Nationalpark in Karpacz.
Accommodation in mountain chalets is provided in private family or private more bedded rooms with their own facilities or shared bathrooms in the hallway. The starting point is easily accessible by car or by bus, there is also direct connection from Prague several times a day.
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What's included?
- 1 overnight in Špindlerův Mlýn (3 star hotel) in private 2-4 bedded or family room with own bathroom incl. breakfast and lunchpacket
- 5 overnights in mountain huts - private multi bedded rooms with own or shared bathroom including full board (5xbreakfast, lunch packet, dinner)
- Bedlinen
- Luggage storage during the trekking
- 1x Luggage transfer from the hotel in Špindlerův Mlýn on day 4
- Map with detailed routes (topographical 1:40.000) and separate detailed route description
- Information package
- Emergency hotline
- ATOL comparable security by SGR (Dutch)
- Parking fee in the public parking area in Špindlerův Mlýn
- Tour extension: extra night in Špindlerův Mlýn after the tour
- chair lift tickets (if you wish to shorten the daily route)
Itinerary
Day 1 Špindlerův Mlýn - arrival
Špindlerův Mlýn is located at an altitude of around 700 m. It is one of the most beautiful towns in the Giant Mountains. After your arrival you can take a short walk through the town, past the beautiful houses and the many hotels.
You can breathe in the atmosphere of the mountain village and relax a bit.
- Overnight: Špindlerův Mlýn
Day 2 Špindlerův Mlýn to Dvoračky (1140 m)
Today the trek starts: on to the “Giants”. The first kilometers will be tough, because you have to climb considerably: you have to overcome a height difference of 700 meters. (Possible alternative: take the lift from Špindlerův Mlýn to Medvedin, so you can cover 500m difference in height in 15 minutes. You then partly walk a different route).
Once on the ridge you will soon be rewarded for climbing: the mountains offer you a beautiful view over the valley of the Elbe. When you reach the Vrbatova Bouda refuge, a legendary skier's cabin from the early 20th century, you will see Kotel Mountain and large stones Harrachovy Kameny on your right. You descend a little further along the Kotel mountain until you arrive at your first overnight stay.
- Distance: 11 km
- Climbing: 705 m
- Descent: 286 m
- Overnight: Dvoračky mountain hotel (1140 m)
Day 3 Dvoračky (1140 m) to Polish side of the Giant mountains - Szrenica mountain chalet (1362 m)
In the morning you can still enjoy the view of the town of Rokytnice, but soon the perspective changes and you look down on the winter sports resort of Harrachov. Ski jumping championships often take place here. You will also find a historic glass factory, a mini beer brewery and the waterfalls of the mountain river Mumlava, which you should not miss! After seeing the waterfalls you walk on to the ridge. Before you reach tonight's overnight stop, you will pass the unusual looking rock formations Tvaroznik and Trzi Swinki (Three piglets).
- Distance: 7,6 km
- Climbing: 409 m
- Descent: 197 m
- Overnight: Szrenica mountain hut (1362 m) in the Polish part of the Giant Mountains National Park
Day 4 Szrenica mountain chalet (1362 m) to Moravská bouda (1220 m)
On the fourth day you walk the path of Czech – Polish friendship on the Czech – Polish border for almost all day. In the morning you have to climb out of the valley to the ridge and there you keep walking all day at about the same height. Poland shows its deep troughs and on the Czech side you can see many horizons.
You keep following the ridge at approximately the same height. In addition to beautiful views, you can also see the source of the river Labe (Elbe) today. This European river originates here on the mountain plain in the Giant Mountains, and flows into the North Sea more than 1,000 km away at Hamburg. When you arrive at today's refuge, your luggage will already be here. So you can repack your backpack.
- Distance: 11,5 km
- Climbing: 424 m
- Descent: 547 m
- Overnight: Moravská bouda (1220m)
Day 5 To the Samotnia refuge (1200m) over the highest peak Sněžka (1602m)
From Moravská Bouda take the green route for 0.8 km to the crossing Pod Petrovkou II. From here you follow the red route over the ridge until you come across a junction with the blue route. You can take this blue route here towards Samotnia and descend to the mountain hut (10 km), or you can opt for an even more challenge: up and down Sněžka mountain.
In that case, keep following the red route to the top of Sněžka. Please note: the last part from Bývalá Obří Bouda is a very tough 1.5 km single climb. You return the same path on the red route for about 1,5 km to the signpost Karpacz and join narrow asphalt road leading to Karpacz. As soon as you reach Bialy Jar (1234 m), leave the asphalt road and follow the yellow marked path for about 1,2 km to mountain hut Samotnia.
- Distance: 16,3 km
- Climbing: 596 m
- Descent: 635 m
- Overnight: Samotnia mountain hut (1200m) on Polish side of the Giant mountains
Day 6 Samotnia refuge (1200m) to Lucní bouda chalet (1410 m) or Výrovka (1356 m)
In the Polish Giant Mountains lies the unique wooden church Wang, which you can visit today. Services are held regularly in this Evangelical Lutheran church. From your overnight stay you descend past the church Wang through the woods to the Polish tourist mountain resort Karpacz. Later it will climb up again, but there is an alternative to take the lift (Wyciąg krzesełkowy Na Kopę). Overall distance incl. visit of Karpacz is 17,4 km.
Today you spend a lot of time in the green coniferous forests, only at the end of the route you get back on the bare ridge and the mountains open up before you. Tonight's refuge is also on a large plain, which means that you can enjoy a beautiful view.
The route described above has overnight location in mountain hotel Luční Bouda. If you choose this, you choose the comfort upgrade. The hotel Luční Bouda is a *** / **** hotel with many facilities (including its own beer brewery, beer spa and sauna). If you choose the standard version of the route, you will spend the night at the Chata Výrovka refuge.
- Distance: 17,4 km
- Climbing: 832 m
- Descent: 658 m
- Overnight: Luční bouda hotel (comfort upgrade) or Výrovka chalet (standard)
Day 7 Return to Špindlerův Mlýn
Today you say goodbye to the panoramic views. If you stay in the hotel Luční bouda, you walk most of the route along the mountain stream Bílé Labe (White Elbe) and its waterfalls. The tourist route of this former glacial valley is one of the most romantic and oldest tourist routes in the Giant Mountains, opened in 1891. The silence you were used to from the mountain tops changes today into a pleasant murmur of the water. A few kilometers before Špindlerův Mlýn, the mountain river flows into the Elbe (Labe) and along the Elbe you descend all the way to Špindlerův Mlýn.
The way from Výrovka mountain chalet is somewhat shorter (you follow the green marked path till you reach Svaty Petr - the most steep ski slope in Špindlerův Mlýn - and from here you descend to the centre joining the red marking.
The hike has come to an end, the Giant Mountains have been crossed!
- Distance: 9,7 km
- Climbing: 5 m
- Descent: 710 m
- Overnight: none
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Accommodations
Hotel Horní Pramen
Hotel Horní Pramen
Dit mooi gelegen tweesterrenhotel ligt centraal in Špindlerův Mlýn.
- Aantal sterren:
- Website: website
- Locatie: Špindlerův Mlýn – Reuzengebergte
- Faciliteiten: WIFI; Parking
- Hoogte : 850 m
Hotel Lomnice
Hotel Lomnice
Dit stijlvolle driesterrenhotel ligt centraal in Špindlerův Mlýn.
- Aantal sterren:
- Website: website
- Locatie: Špindlerův Mlýn – Reuzengebergte
- Faciliteiten: WIFI; Parking; Honden
- Hoogte : 738 m
Berghut Chata Výrovka
Berghut Chata Výrovka
Výrovka Chalet (voorheen Tannenbaude, Geiergucke) is een bergchalet, gesticht in de 18e eeuw. Het valt in Pec pod Sněžkou, huisnummer 204. Het ligt in het zadel tussen Luční hora en Zadní planina, 2,5 km ten zuidwesten van Luční bouda op 1356 m boven de zeespiegel. Chalet Výrovka ligt in een bergzadel op een hoogte van 1356 meter op het kruispunt van Strážné op Luční bouda en Špindlerův Mlýn naar Pec pod Sněžkou. De oorspronkelijke naam Geiergucke verwees naar haar populariteit met patrouilles van de financiële garde. Het is een bekende en populaire toeristische bestemming in Luční hora – Černá hora. Havlova Bouda, twee militaire gebouwen die dateren uit 1926, stond in de buurt van de huidige Cove Výrovka . Het huidige gebouw is ontworpen aan het eind van de jaren tachtig. .
- Aantal sterren:
- Website: website
- Locatie: Nationaal Park Krkonoše – Reuzengebergte
- Faciliteiten: WIFI; Honden; Wellness
- Hoogte : 1356 m
Vosecká bouda
Vosecká bouda
Vosecká bouda ligt in het westelijke deel van het Reuzengebergte, vlakbij de bron van de Elbe. Ook de Mumlava watervallen liggen in de buurt. Vosecká bouda is een van de weinige berghutten in de regio die nog nooit door brand getroffen is, waardoor nog veel originele elementen bewaard zijn gebleven.
- Aantal sterren:
- Website: website
- Locatie: Nationaal Park Krkonoše – Reuzengebergte
- Faciliteiten: Honden
- Hoogte : 1260 m
Berghut Szrenica
Berghut Szrenica
Berghut Szrenica bevindt zich een paar honderd meter over de grens met Polen en is een ideale bestemming na een lange dag wandelen door het Reuzengebergte. De berghut staat bekend om het heerlijke eten, waaronder pannenkoeken met blauwe bessen en de beroemde Szrenicki cheesecake. Ideaal om je energievoorraad aan te vullen!
- Aantal sterren:
- Website: website
- Locatie: Nationaal Park Krkonoše – Neder-Silezie Polen
- Faciliteiten: Honden
- Hoogte : 1362 m
Berghut Samotnia
Berghut Samotnia
Deze berghut ligt aan de Poolse kant van de grens met Tsjechië, vlak naast een klein bergmeer en in de buurt van de houten kerk Wang. Samotnia is een van de oudste berghutten in Polen, en ligt in het hart van het Reuzengebergte. Omdat dit gebergte beschermd natuurgebied is, is de berghut niet met de auto bereikbaar.
- Aantal sterren:
- Website: website
- Locatie: Nationaal Park Krkonoše – Neder-Silezie Polen
- Faciliteiten: WIFI; Honden
- Hoogte : 1433 m