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Turbacz
1310 m a.s.l.
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The hub of the Gorce
Turbacz lies at the centre of the Gorce range and is a mighty hub from which several ridges branch off. The boundaries of five villages meet on or right next to the summit. The summit itself lies outside Gorce National Park, whose boundary runs along its eastern and northern sides.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Turbacz (CC BY-SA)
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Kluczki, Niedźwiedź, Turbacz
According to Władysław Maciejczak, the name Turbacz once referred only to the mountain pasture, and the local name of the peak was Kluczki. Until the end of the 19th century the name Niedźwiedź was also used – the result of a cartographers’ error that placed the village of Niedźwiedź here on a 1790 map of Galicia. In 1832 Kraków could be seen through a telescope from the then bare summit.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Turbacz (CC BY-SA)
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Sheep below Turbacz
Shepherding came to the Gorce at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries with Vlach settlers. By the end of the 20th century grazing had almost disappeared; in 2002 the park bought the Wzorowa glade and a year later resumed cultural grazing. Today about 200 sheep graze on Hala Długa, Hala Turbacz and the neighbouring glades from the second half of May to the end of September – the highest-lying grazing in the Polish Carpathians.
Source: Gorce National Park – shepherding on the Gorce glades
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Relief
The lowest point in the 8 × 8 km square around the summit lies at 651 m a.s.l. – 659 m below the peak.
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Trails
21 marked trails run through the 8 × 8 km square. A red trail leads to the summit itself.
- red5
- blue2
- green9
- yellow1
- black4
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The summit
Turbacz (1310 m a.s.l.) represents the Gorce range in the Crown of Polish Mountains.