Craggiest Cirque between Alps and North Sea

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The headwall of the craggiest cirque between the Alps and the North Sea: Wielki Kocioł Śnieżny (Great Snowy Cauldron) in the highest mountain range of the Sudetes.

Here is the winter scenery, photographed while climbing.

Late spring, shot in the 1980's (or perhaps '70s).

For several years now the trail has been closed until 15 June. The park authorities maintain this is necessary in order to protect nesting birds.

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lcarreau

Is "craggiest" a word??

Voted 10/10

That's one amazing headwall ... is there a lake
up there?

You'll never believe what I saw here in AZ the other day - I saw a "Red Fox."

It somewhat resembles the Polish Fox, but is
probably a bit more red. NICE photo!!!

Posted Jan 9, 2009 9:47 pm


	yatsek	Re: Is
	Hasn't voted	Thanks! Pretty hard to get enough light. Not bad, anyway, and the scenery is similar to that of Mt Washington (played by Mt Śnieżka/Snezka here) and its ravines on the East Coast: winter scenery There's a tiny moraine lake (actually two) I hope, 'craggiest' is a word, sounds fine, even kind of exciting, to me but you should know better, I think:) And thanks, Larry, for your questions, which prompted me to extend the description.
		Posted Jan 9, 2009 11:50 pm


	Tomek Lodowy	great place
	Voted 10/10	I visited it only once in summer 1996, I remember I really enjoyed the area. Tomek
		Posted Feb 25, 2009 8:21 am


	yatsek	Re: great place
	Hasn't voted	I've been many times and hope to go again - it's like a tiny piece of the Tatras - but I've never been to the Bieszczady:)
		Posted Feb 25, 2009 10:26 am

Nanuls

Stunning

Voted 10/10

What time of year was this taken?

Posted Nov 30, 2010 5:02 am


	yatsek	Re: Stunning
	Hasn't voted	Makes me think of Cwm Cywarch.:-) AFAIR 'twas the 1st half of a June. Here's a set of photos taken by those who have climbed the walls of the cwm in the past two decades. (The finest crags are often referred to as "wardrobes" since they're anything but stable.)
		Posted Dec 1, 2010 6:35 am