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Mogielica
1171 m a.s.l.
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The Kopa of the Island Beskids
Locals call the summit part of the massif Kopa. Mogielica is not a typical ‘island’ – long side ridges run from it in various directions, and it rises up to 760 m above the valley floors. The stunted spruce forest on the summit is the only patch of the upper montane zone in the whole Beskid Wyspowy.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Mogielica (CC BY-SA)
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A refuge of the capercaillie
Surveys carried out since 2001 have confirmed 105 breeding bird species here, including the capercaillie, the eagle owl and the three-toed woodpecker – for most of them this is the only refuge in the Beskid Wyspowy. In 2011 the Mogielica reserve was created on the summit and the northern slopes, protecting above all the capercaillie.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Mogielica (CC BY-SA)
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A ski lift that was never built
In 2005 the Słopnice commune adopted a plan for a ski resort on the northern slopes of Mogielica – the upper lift station would have stood in a capercaillie refuge. It was never built, partly thanks to naturalists from the Lesser Poland branch of the “Bocian” Natural History Society, who surveyed the summit dome in detail: pygmy owls, boreal owls, white-backed woodpeckers and ring ouzels nest here, and wolves and lynx live permanently in the mountain’s forests. From 2005 foresters stopped felling trees in the planned reserve, which was created in 2011.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Rezerwat przyrody Mogielica (CC BY-SA)
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Relief
The lowest point in the 8 × 8 km square around the summit lies at 481 m a.s.l. – 690 m below the peak.
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Trails
10 marked trails run through the 8 × 8 km square. 5 trails lead to the summit itself: 2 red, 1 blue, 1 green and 1 yellow.
- red4
- blue1
- green3
- yellow2
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The summit
Mogielica (1171 m a.s.l.) represents the Beskid Wyspowy range in the Crown of Polish Mountains.