Łabski Peak

Łabski Peak (1471 m n.p.m.) – it is a vast massif crowned with a rocky perch high up to 30 m. On the top granite rubble there are rock lichens and mountain pine. The northern slope above the upper edge of the forest (Łabski Upłaz) it is very steep, covered with sandbanks (avalanches can occur in winter) and cut with a basalt vein. The scenic Hala Pod Łabskim Szczytem is a great ski area (extract). The eastern part of the hall is cut by a null niche – Łabski cauldron, constituting the source area of ​​Bystry Potok. In the lower part of the hall there is a shelter "Pod Łabskim Szczytem” (formerly Stara Śląska Buda, which burned down in 1914 r.).

The mountain, which has been used since the 15th century, leads through the western slopes of the mountain. Czech Path (called in this section the Wet Path), connecting Silesia with the Czech Republic and passing by the Elbe springs. On the southern slope of the mountain there is a vast flattening of the Łabska Łąka (Czech. Elbe meadow) with a few small raised bogs, covered with typical mountain vegetation. On the height 1368 m n.p.m. the source of the Elbe beats, enclosed by a brick well with a stone wall, with an imaginary river course and city coats of arms, through which it flows. The Labska bouda shelter is located in the lower part of the hall, near which there is the Łabski Waterfall (Czech. Labsky vodopad).

The Main Sudeten Trail passes through the rock debris at the top of the Labe Peak and heads towards the visible TV broadcast station above Śnieżne Kotły (former shelter). Behind the Czarcia Pulpit (1490 m n.p.m.) it crosses the yellow trail connecting the Pod Łabskim Szczytem shelters” and Labska bouda. Here you can breathe a breath on the benches, and from the viewing platforms on the edge of the cliff (in winter, watch out for overhangs!) see Śnieżne Kotły – a place considered to be the most beautiful in the entire Karkonosze Mountains.

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