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Ścieżka edukacyjna przez Dolinę Potoku Jaszcze

Educational trail through Jaszcze Creek Valley

Obiekt przyrodniczy

34-453 Ochotnica Górna Tourist region: Gorce i Beskid Wyspowy

The trail forms a loop starting and ending in Ochotnica Górna. There are 13 stops along the eight-kilometre route. It is very interesting and varied. The trail takes about 3–4 hours.

Initially, the path leads along the Jaszcze Creek, passes through the Łonna Glade, then, using comfortable bridges, crosses a mid-forest meadow and reaches the Pańska Przehybka Pass through the forest. It where a US B-24 Liberator 4-engine heavy bomber named 'California Rocket', shot down by the Germans, crashed in late 1944. There is a comfortable hut to rest in and a memorial to the crash site. Further on, via a scenic meadow through the Pańska Przehybka Pass and a forest, you can reach Mt Magurki (1108 metres above sea level). There is a large clearing with a magnificent view of the Tatra Mountains.

A viewing tower has been built there.

Later, partly through clearings (from which there are also beautiful views, including of the Tatra Mountains), partly through the forest we return to Ochotnica Górna. Along the way we pass old shepherd's huts. 

Themes of the educational trail stops:
1.  Valerian-sedge bog spring
2.  Cirsium meadow
3.  Amphibians
4.  Lower montane fir and spruce woodland
5.  Mid-forest bog spring
6.  Carpathian Beechwood
7.  Bomber crash site
8.  Hay meadows
9.  Panorama of the Tatra Mountains
10. Matgrass meadow (psiara)
11. Settlement history
12. Forest succession on former agricultural land
13. Old-style wooden shelters.


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