Welcome to the next episode of photo-series dedicated to hiking adventures. This time I take you to Jeseníky Mountains (Czechia) where my good friend and I hiked. Temperature dropped to ~-10°C 🥶, hopefully the blue sky with no clouds compensated it. Let's see 😉
The journey begins at a small resort Kouty nad Desnou (Desná is name of the river). After climbing a steep slope, we take this calm trail with ~ankle-deep snow coverage.
Finally, first view! If not mistaken (my first visit to this part of these mountains), the white mountain ridge way behind is Králický Sněžník (covered in this post).
Rarely meet a living soul.
Enjoying the beauty of winter forest.
Ice+Sun=👌
Now the real fun starts.
We need to climb a steep unmarked slope in order to get to the mountain Mravenečník (translated as Anteater).
The problem is that we are drowning in snow. The higher altitude, the more snow. With each step we fall through (even above the knees) as the snow coverage is not firm enough. Extremely exhausting 😓
At least some reward - the views are just amazing.
Cannot wait to see how it looks like from the very top!
Frost, love its work.
What a colorful combination.
Untouched. Through the window.
Almost there!
At last, welcome to Mravenečník (1343 m.a.s.l.). In the ~middle, you can see the highest mountain of Jeseníky, Praděd (1491 m.a.s.l.), with a communication tower.
Králický Sněžník in the background.
Looking around... Those two dots in the blue sky. What is it?!
Right! These are hot-air balloons 😁🥶
Panorama of the coolest mountain ridge of Jeseníky (not joking).
Love these snowy mountains, such beauty.
Now in the mountain Dlouhé Stráně (1353 m.a.s.l.). It is kind of sliced off mountain...
...where you can find a man-made lake which is part of hydroelectric pumping power station. This is the upper reservoir. This place is always very windy. Besides, it is a highly busy spot. Two solid reasons to better set out.
My friend on hunt.
Panoramic shot from the high seat.
Turned off.
In the mountain Medvědí hora (translated as Bear mountain), which is 1163m high, specifically at rock called Rysí skála (Lynx rock).
Stunning Praděd on stage again.
This view shows Praděd with Velké stráně (the flat one on the right - there is the reservoir).
Velké stráně and the windmill.
An observation tower at Grouse chalet.
View from the tower.
Buddy has two new pairs of shoes 😲
Now the descent. Friend of mine in rush to get to warm. Červenohorské saddle in the background.
Here is ~itinerary. We walked ~26k steps, overcame ~800⇵. The distance was not that shocking. Still, we were KO due to struggling through the deep snow.
This was Sunday of February 14, 2021. Thank you for reading this post. If you like it, stay tuned as more cool stuff will definitely come 😁 Don't forget to check out my Pinmapple profile to see all places I have visited on the map! See you on the trail😉