Mountains
a hut just below the summit of the highest peak in the Silesian Beskids, with a history dating from 1933
Viewpoints
a rock pulpit of conglomerate beside the trail just below the summit in the Silesian Beskids
Churches and monasteries
brick neo-Gothic church from 1897 with a Gothic-Renaissance triptych from the 16th century
Mountains
range with Skrzyczne and Barania Góra, the sources of the Vistula and over 415 caves
Things to do in Lipowa: a mountain hut below Skrzyczne, the Malinowska Skała rock and a neo-Gothic church in one Silesian Beskids village.
Lipowa lies in the Żywiec county and suits a day in the mountains with a short stop at a historic building. Four places stand out: a mountain hut, a rock outcrop beside the trail, a brick parish church and the wider Silesian Beskids range.
The mountain part of the day belongs to the PTTK Mountain Hut on Skrzyczne, standing just below the summit at 1,250 m above sea level, and to Malinowska Skała. For a change you can step into the village church and set it all against the landscape of the whole range.
The hut has a history going back to 1933, when Rudolf Urbanke built a wooden lodge for thirty guests. The summit of Skrzyczne is easy to reach from Szczyrk, because a two-stage chairlift runs up to it. Malinowska Skała is a conglomerate outcrop about 60 m north of the summit of the same name, a protected natural monument since 1977.
The Church of St Bartholomew is a neo-Gothic brick building from 1894-1897 with a triptych from the second half of the 16th century. For the bigger picture of the mountains see the Silesian Beskids, topped by Skrzyczne (1,257 m) and Barania Góra, on whose slope the Vistula springs.
Yes. The summit is easy to reach from Szczyrk, because a two-stage chairlift runs up to it. The hut stands just below the top.
The summit is 1,152 m above sea level and is set in the main ridge between Barania Góra and Skrzyczne. The outcrop itself is beside the trail, just below the summit.
Construction took place in 1894-1897, and Bishop Anatol Nowak consecrated it in 1904.
