A week with a small private group in the Beskid Sądecki region, exploring both sides of the Poprad River valley and including a visit to the Małe Pieniny along the way. A spring break in the Carpathians!
The route was roughly (mainly on foot, but with strategic transfers by bus or lift): Cracow — (bus) — Rytro — Schronisko Cyrla — Hala Pisana — Wierch nad Kamieniem — Hala Łabowska — Runek — Bacówka nad Wierchomlą — Runek — Przysłop — Góra Krzyżowa — Krynica Zdrój — (bus) — Czarny Potok — (lift) — Jaworzyna Krynicka — Runek — Bacówka nad Wierchomlą — Pusta Wielka — Wierchomla — (bus) — Piwniczna — Niemcowa — Wielki Rogacz — Obidza — Przełęcz Rozdziele — Biała Woda — Jaworki — Wąwóz Homole — below Wysoka — Durbaszka — by Rabsztyn — Palenica — (lift) — Szczawnica — Bacówka pod Bereśnikiem — Dzwonkówka — Krościenko nad Dunajcem — (bus) — Cracow. Staying overnight in mountain huts or private rooms.
The trip’s photographs are inevitably dominated by the majestic Tatra Mountains range, visible in the distance as a strikingly white cloud on the southwestern horizon. This created a stark contrast with the dark brown-green forests and meadows of the Beskid ridges, very photogenic. During our stay, a period of warmer and wetter weather encouraged the Carpathian beech trees to sprout fresh green leaves, even though the nights remained very cold. By the time we descended into the Dunajec River valley at the end of our route, it was evident that spring had definitively arrived, even in the higher hills.
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