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Skalnik
945 m a.s.l.
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The Horses of the Apocalypse
On the south-western summit stand fancifully shaped granite tors; steps cut into the rock lead up to the highest of them, Ostra Mała. A group of four rocks on the southern slope was named the Horses of the Apocalypse by scouts from a camp in Strużnica while they were putting out a grass fire around them.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Skalnik (Rudawy Janowickie) (CC BY-SA)
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The Frisians’ Stone
The massif is built of Karkonosze granite and entirely covered with spruce forest. From Ostra Mała you can see the Karkonosze and the Jelenia Góra Valley, and in good visibility even Ślęża. In 1947 Mieczysław Orłowicz called the peak Kamień Fryzów, the Frisians’ Stone, and then briefly Skalniak.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Skalnik (Rudawy Janowickie) (CC BY-SA)
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A rampart between two basins
Skalnik is the highest hill of the Rudawy Landscape Park, created on 16 November 1989. The main ridge of the Rudawy Janowickie runs from the Kowary Pass (727 m a.s.l.) to the Bóbr gorge between Ciechanowice and Janowice Wielkie. It is a massive rampart with a level top and fairly steep slopes that separates the Jelenia Góra Valley from the Kamienna Góra Valley. The landscape is varied by tors and rock groups – among them the Falcon Mountains, the Rock Bridge, Fajka and Skalnik itself.
Source: Lower Silesian Landscape Parks – Rudawy Landscape Park
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Relief
The lowest point in the 8 × 8 km square around the summit lies at 371 m a.s.l. – 574 m below the peak.
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Trails
15 marked trails run through the 8 × 8 km square. 2 trails lead to the summit itself: 1 red and 1 blue.
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- blue4
- green1
- yellow4
- black2
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The summit
The highest point of the Rudawy Janowickie is Ostra Mała (945 m a.s.l.) – the south-western summit of Skalnik.