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The Gežov saddle–Stratenec

Ridge route • red (E3) • demanding (a full day on the ridge with no facilities, over 700 m of climbing)On footOn cross-country skis

The The Gežov saddle–Stratenec section is 2.5 km long and takes about 50 min.

Whole route
  1. The Gežov saddlestart • 1 040 m a.s.l.

    red waymarks • 2.3 km

    The red waymarks take you over meadows with views to the Moravian side to the summit clearing of Stratenec.

  2. StratenecStratenec2,5 km from the start • 1 055 m a.s.l.Three concrete crosses on the Javorníky ridge, one for each of the soldiers of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps who fell here on 3 May 1945 during the liberation of Velké Karlovice. Two of them 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 KarloviceFrom 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.