Głęboka Cave in Stołów

Głęboka Cave in Stołów lies on the south-western slopes of Mount Stołów, which descend to the Brennica valley in the Silesian Beskids, in Brenna municipality. It is a landslide cave, discovered in 2003.

Discovery and structure

It was found on 26 April 2003 by the caver Czesław Szura of the Bielsko Cave Climbing Club. It consists of several chambers, passages and side branches with a total documented length of 554 metres, and its depth reaches about 25 metres. In length it is the sixth cave in the Polish Flysch Carpathians. It formed in sandstones of the middle Godula Beds as a result of landslide movements.

Life inside

Bats have been recorded in the interior: the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) and the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis), as well as the herald moth (Scoliopteryx libatrix).

Practical information

• The available descriptions do not say whether the cave is open to visitors. Data on it is kept by the Polish Geological Institute in the Jaskinie Polski service; check there and with the local authorities whether entry is permitted before heading out.
• The surroundings are trails towards Klimczok and Szyndzielnia, a few kilometres away.