Kasprowy Wierch from Kuźnice via Myślenickie Turnie
From the Kuźnice cable car station you climb through the woods to the middle station at Myślenickie Turnie, then up the slope of the Goryczkowa bowl to the summit, on the border with Slovakia.
- Difficulty
- E Hiking
- Length
- 6.1 km
- Elevation gain
- +960 m / −80 m
- Time
- 3 hours up; you can come down by cable car
- Route
- Point to point
- Altitude
- 1040–1955 m
- Season
- Summer Autumn
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The story
The Kasprowy Wierch cable car was built in a few months in 1935-1936, for the 1939 World Ski Championships in Zakopane. On the summit is Poland's highest weather observatory, in operation since 1938.
Why go
Because you reach the main ridge of the Tatras on a trail with no technical difficulties, and you can come down by cable car.
Practical information
- Start
- Kuźnice, cable car station (1,010 m)
- Finish
- Kasprowy Wierch (1,987 m)
- Best time
- June–October
- Parking
- In Zakopane: Kuźnice cannot be reached by car.
- By public transport
- Buses and minibuses from Zakopane to Kuźnice.
- Water
- Nothing along the trail; cafés at the middle station and on the summit.
- Shade
- Woodland up to Myślenickie Turnie, then slopes open to the sun.
- Huts and refreshments
- Restaurant at the top cable car station; the Murowaniec hut is an hour lower down, at Hala Gąsienicowa.
- With children
- With fit children: almost a thousand metres of ascent, but on a wide trail with no exposed sections.
Weather at the start
The forecast for the next 7 days at this spot: sky, temperatures, rain and wind.
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What to see on the route and nearby
- Kasprowy WierchOn the route
- ZakopaneOn the route
- Kościeliska Valley8 km from the start
- Morskie Oko10 km from the start
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