Mountains
a hut from 1937 on the meadow below Rysianka, a trail junction in the Żywiec Beskids
Mountains
the highest peak of its group in the Żywiec Beskids, with a wooded summit and mountain meadows below it
Viewpoints
a ten-metre rock step on the Sopotnia stream, a natural monument in the centre of the village
a former Silesian University of Technology student hut in a clearing above Sopotnia Wielka
What to do alone in Sopotnia Wielka? Walk to the waterfall, climb Romanka and spend the night in the Rysianka hut or the AKT cabin.
The four places in the Żywiec Beskids can be spread over several days. Two of them offer overnight accommodation.
A warm-up is the Waterfall in Sopotnia, ten metres high, in the village itself, right under the bridge; it is said to be the biggest waterfall in the Polish Beskids. Above the village stands the AKT Dobrodziej Hut with thirty places in shared rooms, and further up the PTTK Mountain Hut on Hala Rysianka, set at 1,290 m above sea level, which opened in 1937 and has fifty places.
Romanka (1,366 m above sea level) has several approach trails, and forest without views grows on the top, so the reward is the walk itself. Romanka tops the whole Lipowski Wierch and Romanka group.
In the AKT Dobrodziej cabin on the Witasówka clearing or in the PTTK hut on Hala Rysianka.
It opened in 1937. Today it has 50 beds and stands at 1,290 m above sea level.
No, the summit is covered by forest. You will find more ideas for a trip alone in the Solo section, while the village itself is covered at Sopotnia Wielka.
