Sport and recreation
a ski resort on the slope of Mały Rachowiec with a chairlift and a floodlit run
Mountains
tourist hut in Zwardoń, next to the Skalanka Student Hut
Mountains
wooden student hut below Skalanka, on the border trail to Wielka Racza
What to see in Zwardoń? The Zwardoń Ski resort on Mały Rachowiec and two mountain huts in the Żywiec Beskids: Chata Pod Skalanką and Skalanka.
Zwardoń lies close to the state border and is a gateway to the Żywiec Beskids. The resort draws skiers in winter, and the huts will interest hikers looking for a place to stop in the mountains.
The Zwardoń Ski Resort is on the western slope of the hill Mały Rachowiec, at 840 metres above sea level. The main lift is a four-person chairlift, 860 metres long with a capacity of 2,400 people per hour, which opened on 27 December 2012. The run is artificially snowed.
The Chata Pod Skalanką Mountain Hut is a tourist hut at about 772 metres, with the address Zwardoń 211a. In November 2019 a plaque was unveiled beside it, dedicated to Lt Stanisław Kopik, nom de guerre “Zemsta”, and his soldiers from a National Armed Forces unit.
The Student Tourist Shelter “Skalanka” stands right next to it, below the peak of Skalanka in the border ridge south of the Zwardoń Pass. It is a wooden building, probably from around 1930, run as a students' hut and not as a commercial mountain lodge.
No. They are two separate huts standing side by side, so they are easy to confuse.
On the western slope of Mały Rachowiec, which is 840 metres above sea level.
