Little Beskid Trail

The Little Beskid Trail (Mały Szlak Beskidzki) is a red-marked walking trail 137 km long. It begins at Straconka in Bielsko-Biała and ends at Luboń Wielki in the Island Beskids. It used to be called the Northern Trail, and in terms of length it is the fourth trail of the Polish Carpathians.

Route

The trail leads through areas that the Main Beskid Trail bypasses: the Little Beskids, the Makowski Beskids and the Island Beskids. In the Little Beskids, that is the Silesian part of the route, it leads from Straconka through Chrobacza Łąka, the dam in Porąbka, Kiczera, Potrójna and Łamana Skała to Leskowiec (John Paul II Grove). It then passes Żurawnica, Krzeszów and Zembrzyce. The remaining sections, through the Makowski and Island Beskids, lie outside the Silesian Voivodeship.

Practical information

• Start of the trail: Straconka in Bielsko-Biała.
• Waymarking: red; in several places the trail crosses yellow, green, blue and black routes.
• Before setting out, check the current route and the state of the waymarking on a tourist map or with the trail's maintainers.