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Pustevny–Radhošť

Ridge route • blue → red • moderateOn foot

The Pustevny–Radhošť section is 4.5 km long and takes about 1 hr 25 min.

Part of a long-distance routeCyrilometodějská stezka, the Beskids route

Whole route
  1. PustevnyPustevnystart • 1 018 m a.s.l.At the Pustevny saddle, you can visit Libušín and Maměnka. You can get help with anything you need at the Brána Pusteven information centre. The car park is beside it, and scheduled buses stop there.

    blue waymarks • just under 2 km

    From the Pustevny saddle follow the blue waymarks towards Radhošť. The gently undulating ridge track passes the turning to the Cyrilka lookout pavilion and after just under 2 km reaches the Radegast statue.

    detour • 500 m from the saddle

    The Cyrilka lookout pavilionThe Cyrilka pavilion (a short detour)A short path branches off the ridge track just beyond the saddle and leads to the Cyrilka lookout pavilion of 1894. The pavilion is a protected cultural monument and the oldest building of the Pohorská jednota Radhošť mountain association on the ridge; in good conditions the view reaches as far as Slovakia.
  2. The Radegast statueThe Radegast statue1,5 km from the start • 1 105 m a.s.l.The statue was made in 1931 by Albín Polášek, a native of Frenštát. The one on the ridge is a granite replica from 1998 - the original is in the entrance hall of the town hall in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.

    blue waymarks • 2.5 km

    From the statue carry on along the blue waymarks towards Radhošť. A few hundred metres below the summit, at the spot called Zaryje, you pass an information panel and a metal memorial plaque. They mark the place from which the foundation stone of the National Theatre in Prague was quarried. Together with a stone from Říp it stood for the unity of Moravia and Bohemia.

  3. Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and MethodiusRadhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius4,5 km from the start • 1 129 m a.s.l.This stone chapel from 1898 is Czechia's highest religious building. A pilgrimage comes here in July, around the feast of the Slavic missionaries Cyril and Methodius.