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title: "Kasárne–Ztracenec: hiking route | zPusteven.cz"
description: "The Kasárne–Ztracenec section is 5.5 km long and takes about 1 hr 50 min. Map, waypoints and itinerary for the section."
url: "https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/kasarne/ztracenec"
lang: "en"
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# Kasárne–Ztracenec

Ridge route • red (E3) • demanding (a full day on the ridge with no facilities, over 600 m of climbing) 

On foot

On cross-country skis

The Kasárne–Ztracenec section is 5.5 km long and takes about 1 hr 50 min.

- **Length:** 5,5 km
- **Time:** 1 h 50 min

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=18.3780594%2C49.3278155&end=18.334992%2C49.315137&waypoints=18.3678248%2C49.3190358;18.35902%2C49.318703)

[Whole route](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec)

1. [The Kasárne settlement](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne) - start • 950 m a.s.l.  
A settlement on the Javorníky ridge that Moravia and Hungary disputed for five centuries. It is named after the barracks of 1833, in which soldiers stopped people fleeing a cholera outbreak in Hungary; walks to Veľký Javorník (1,071.5 m) start here.  
red waymarks • 2.8 km • the highest point of the route  
From the settlement climb the red waymarks to Veľký Javorník (1,071.5 m), the highest mountain of the Javorníky, with its wooden double cross, benches and fire pit.
2. [Veľký Javorník](https://zpusteven.cz/en/velky-javornik) - 3 km from the start • 1 072 m a.s.l.  
The highest summit of the whole Javorníky range. A wooden double cross, benches and a fire pit stand on the summit clearing. The summit lies wholly in Slovakia, where the cadastres of Makov, Štiavnik and Papradno meet.  
red waymarks • 690 m  
From the summit follow the red waymarks towards Stratenec down to the Gežov saddle, where the ridge meadow carries on.
3. The Gežov saddle 3,5 km from the start • 1 040 m a.s.l.  
red waymarks • 1.9 km  
The red waymarks take you over meadows with views over the Moravian side to the summit clearing of Stratenec.
4. [Stratenec](https://zpusteven.cz/en/stratenec) - 5,5 km from the start • 1 055 m a.s.l.  
Three concrete crosses on the Javorníky ridge, one for each of the three soldiers of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps who fell here on 3 May 1945 during the liberation of Velké Karlovice. Two of the men got their names back only with a stone unveiled in 2022. A wooden lookout tower stands beside them.  
variant • green waymarks via Bukovina  
The descent from Stratenec to Velké Karlovice  
From the summit clearing the green waymarks lead over Bukovina down to Velké Karlovice; the other option is to go back to the Gežov saddle and drop to Podťaté. Both a bus and a train run from Karlovice.

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