Two days: two ridges

The iconic ridge, with the lodges, Radegast and the chapel – that whole day has a page of its own.

1. A day at Pustevny and Radhošť

   5 h 40 min

   9 km · Places: 6

   The day's programme has its own page – stops, times and the alternative descent to Rožnov.

A circuit over the ridge meadows that the pasekáři cleared and where nine species of orchid now flower. Up on the blue waymarks, along the ridge on the red and down on the green.

1. Drive to Horní Bečva

   25 min
2. From Horní Bečva to Benešky

   1 h 55 min

   5 km · waymarks: blue

   The shortest way up to the ridge – a steady climb on the blue waymarks from the church.

3. 

   Benešky

   30 min

   Meadows brought back to life by mowing • nine species of orchid

4. A snack at the shelter on Benešky

   30 min
5. Kotlová se samotou Jezerné–Benešky

   45 min

   2,5 km · waymarks: red

   West along the red ridge route – the stretch between two junctions.

6. 

   Kotlová and the settlement of Jezerné

   30 min

   A wooded summit with Jezerné in the saddles below it • 870 m a.s.l.

7. From Horní Bečva to Kotlová

   1 h 45 min

   4,6 km · waymarks: green

   The green waymarks drop from the saddle to the dam, which is not where the morning started – the church is about another kilometre and a half through the village.