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Wysoka
1050 m a.s.l.
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A rock like a castle
Wysokie Skałki, also called Wysoka, is the highest peak of the whole Pieniny; the Polish–Slovak border runs across its summit. A mining document of 1739 already described it as the highest of the surrounding mountains, ‘on which the rock is like a castle’.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Wysokie Skałki (CC BY-SA)
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A dome above the spruces
The summit is built of red crinoidal limestone. The whole mountain is forested – only the rocky dome of the summit rises above the spruces. The Wysokie Skałki reserve, created in 1961 on the Polish slope, protects the only remaining patch of upper-montane spruce forest in the Pieniny.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Wysokie Skałki (CC BY-SA)
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The Szlachtowa Mountains
Wysoka rises in the Little Pieniny – the eastern part of the Pieniny, stretching from the Dunajec Gorge to the village of Jarabina in Slovakia. The name Little Pieniny appeared only in the mid-19th century; 18th-century documents called these mountains the Szlachtowa Mountains.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Małe Pieniny (CC BY-SA)
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Relief
The lowest point in the 8 × 8 km square around the summit lies at 495 m a.s.l. – 555 m below the peak. Terrain on the Slovak side of the border comes from the ÚGKK SR model, shifted to match the GUGiK data at the border.
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Trails
12 marked trails run through the 8 × 8 km square. 3 trails lead to the summit itself: 2 blue and 1 green.
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The summit
Wysoka (1050 m a.s.l.) represents the Pieniny range in the Crown of Polish Mountains.