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Wysoka Kopa
1126 m a.s.l.
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A gentle dome
The highest peak of the Izera Mountains is a gentle dome of granite, gneiss and schist. It is treeless – the forest was destroyed by the ecological disaster of the 1980s. The summit is covered with subalpine meadows, with plants such as garden angelica and the narcissus anemone.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Wysoka Kopa (CC BY-SA)
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Clouds, and snow until May
The summit is very often hidden in cloud, and the snow cover lasts long here – until early May. The red Main Sudeten Trail from Świeradów-Zdrój to Szklarska Poręba runs next to the summit.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Wysoka Kopa (CC BY-SA)
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Relief
The lowest point in the 8 × 8 km square around the summit lies at 563 m a.s.l. – 563 m below the peak. Precise data is missing for 7% of the area – the terrain model is less detailed there.
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Trails
14 marked trails run through the 8 × 8 km square. According to OpenStreetMap, none of them reaches the summit itself.
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The summit
Wysoka Kopa (1126 m a.s.l.) represents the Góry Izerskie range in the Crown of Polish Mountains.