Beak Swinica - Between Mountains

Ascensión To the Beak Swinica, situated in the Mountains Treat, just in the border between Poland and Slovakia.

The Beak Swinica with two vértices, that differ in height of so only 10 metres, have form of pyramid and is the first beak of the Mountains Tatras west more stood out.

The Mountains Tatras are a mountain range that separates Slovakia of Poland, although only 30% is in Polish territory.

They have an approximate length of 60 kilometres of long and some 30 kilometres of width. Can differentiate the High Tatras in the oriental part with a more alpine appearance, and the Tatras west in the western part softer. They form part of the mountain range of the Cárpatos.

The Slovakian part was declared national park in 1948 and the Polish zone did it in 1953.

Place	Days	Length	Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
August 2010
Poland	1	10 Km.	650 m.	650 m.	Average

Place	Days	Length
August 2010
Poland	1	10 Km.

Desnivel	Desnivel	Difficulty	Type route
650 m.	650 m.	Average

1. Beak Swinica

The start of the stage situates in the Shelter Przedni Staw Polski to 1670 metres of altitude. To this shelter could arrive from the Shelter of Morskie Oko to 1405 m, after going through the Collado of Swistowa to 1850 m. Between these two shelters there is a distance of some 4 kilometres and some 400 metres of desnivel positive and some 200 metres of desnivel negative.

We go out of the shelter Przedni Staw Polski following the way of white and blue marks that direct to the collado of Zawrat to 2158 metres of altitude.

The footpath visits the two first lakes, Przedni Staw Polski and Wielki Staw Polski, happened which begins to rise decididamente to the collado. 60 metres before arriving to the collado have the possibility to take a small shortcut leftwards to go back to take more advance our way.

Once surpassed the collado initiates the promotion of the beak Swinica of 2301 metres of altitude. The ascensión realises by some very vertical steps and aerial instrumented with chains to facilitate the advance. From the peak the seen are inmejorables.

The return realises by the same way.

Profile of the stage: Shelter Przedni Staw Polski (1670m) - Collado of Zawrat (3,30km, 1:30h, 2158m) - Beak Swinica (4,50km, 2:15h, 2301m).