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title: "Horní Bečva–Kotlová: a walking route"
description: "A climb (4.6 km) on the green waymarks from the Horní Bečva dam to the Pod Kotlovou saddle. Map, height gain and onward ridge routes."
url: "https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/horni-becva-kotlova"
lang: "en"
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# From Horní Bečva to Kotlová

Walking route • green • moderate (a steady climb) 

On foot

From the Horní Bečva signpost (545 m) the green waymarks climb through the wood to the Pod Kotlovou saddle (820 m), where two surviving cottages of the lost settlement of Jezerné stand. From there the red ridge route leads on in both directions, or the yellow waymarks drop to Karlovské jezero.

- **Length:** 4,6 km
- **Time:** 1 h 45 min
- **Elevation:** ↑ 285 m · ↓ 28 m

Route along the waymarks

**The line follows the waymarked paths from OpenStreetMap.** In the field, still follow the waymarks, which can change.

### Take the route with you on your phone

Mapy.com shows the way between the points along waymarked paths. It also offers navigation and an offline map.

[Open in Mapy.com](https://mapy.com/fnc/v1/route?mapset=outdoor&routeType=foot%5Fhiking&start=18.3164%2C49.4224&end=18.2779627%2C49.4039065)

1. [The Horní Bečva dam](https://zpusteven.cz/horni-becva-reservoir) - start • 545 m a.s.l.  
The only one of dozens of reservoirs planned between the wars to be completed. You can walk right round it, there is a large children's playground by the water, and a waymarked path leads from the dam to Kotlová and on to Karlovské jezero.  
green waymarks • a steady climb  
From the signpost by the dam follow the green waymarks towards Kotlová. The forest track climbs 285 metres to the Pod Kotlovou saddle, where the green waymarks join the red ridge route.
2. Pod Kotlovou 4,5 km from the start • 820 m a.s.l.  
detour • red waymarks • +0,6 km one way • 870 m a.s.l.  
[Kotlová (a short detour)](https://zpusteven.cz/en/kotlova) - The last two cottages of the lost mountain settlement of Jezerné stand in the saddle - in season refreshments are served from a serving hatch in one of them. From there the red waymarks climb through the wood to the wooded summit of Kotlová (870 m), which has no view; you return the same way.

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