The shelter "Kamieńczyk” – The Kamieńczyk waterfall

At the City Hall in Szklarska Poręba (ul. Buczka, at the intersection of ul. National Unity and Sikorski) we turn into ul. Sikorskiego towards Jakuszyce. After a few hundred meters, we pass Raven Rocks on the left and cross Kamienna (earlier, the red trail crosses the black trail around Szklarska Poręba) and enters the area of ​​the Giant Mountains. At the parking lot, where the road turns right, the trail leaves it and enters the forest path, reaching the crossroads at the Crossroads near Kamieńczyk.

The knot of trails: black around Szklarska Poreba and green to the Winter Road leading to the shelter "Pod Łabskim Szczytem"”.

From here, another half-hour walk along the border of the Karkonosze National Park to the "Kamieńczyk" shelter.

The shelter "Kamieńczyk”, located near the waterfall, is a private object, made available to tourists in 1995 r. It replaced the pre-war German Zackelfall shelter, which burned down in 1984 r.

The property has 20 beds in double rooms with a bathroom. At the disposal of guests are: dining room with fireplace, buffet and tourist hut (events).

The Kamieńczyk shelter
Szklarska Poreba
post office box 47
phone. 75 75 260 85
www.schroniskokamienczyk.pl

The Kamieńczyk waterfall – is located on the river of the same name, has height 27 m and is the highest in the Polish Karkonosze Mountains. Falling from a height 846 m n.p.m. three water cascades have carved a 100-meter gorge. The current of the river is fast, Eddies and rapids form in the riverbed. Behind the middle cascade is the Golden Cave, which arose naturally, but it was deepened by the 15th century gold prospectors. The waterfall is a nature reserve, which can be visited only along the designated route after purchasing a ticket. W 2003 r. platforms were refurbished, stairs and paths running around the waterfall, which are used by tens of thousands of visitors annually.

The GSS runs left on a paved road from underneath the hut, above the waterfall and up the Kamieńczyk valley, by three quarters of an hour (About halfway there is a wooden tourist shelter, where you can rest comfortably) go above the upper edge of the forest and reach the Na Hali Szrenicka shelter” (—>0.45 <—0.40).

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