CZ: Javorníky

Nový Hrozenkov

The community as well as neighbouring holiday resort  is placed at tributary of small rivers of Vanča and Vsetínská Bečva. This community was founded in middle of 17th century, in 1649, its original name was Rozinkov. Region of painter Antonín Strnadel is surrounded by marvellous sceneries of mountains and rough nature of Walachia. Nový Hrozenkov, where lived also ethnographist Josef Vranecký, offers ideal conditions for holiday relax all year round. It is suitable stzarting point for walking through Walachia region. You can start your excursions to Kohútka and Portáš areas. Anyway, the outskirts offer ideal conditions for summer as well as winter touring, its centre is Vranča. Its recreation resort-and ski area in winter- (its extention is 100 ha approx.). Here, ski lovers find six descent routes and a lot of free terrains.

Kohútka and Portáš   

These are two most popular holiday resorts and two mountain-cottages of the same name, situated on main Javorníky-mountain range. No problem, the cottages are easily to be reached by car, especially from Slovak part, as both buildings are placed on Czech-Slovak frontier. Kohútka cottage (913 m) is an ideal place for excursions and mountain-range walking tours and ski tours in winter. Just nearby, you find several training and four descent slopes in length from 300 to 1000 metres. Portáš cottage is similar, as far as the mode of use is concerned. Near is placed Stolečný Hill (962 m). In past, it was watch-point of frontiers-men (Portáši). They protected this eastern border. 

Leskové

It is lively tourist community, famous with its glass-industry in past. It is a stop on the way to National Nature Reservation Razula In winter, there is here ski-towage available, so this locality is popular especially with skiers. In a village, you find many buildings in originally people´s style, so this place looks like as a small skansen. Snow-tubing can be a pleasant variegation for you.

Nature reservation Razula

It is situated not far from Velké Karlovice, under northern slopes of Lemešná (950 metres of sea level) in spring-fan of Hanzlůvka brook. The reservation area was declared in 1949 - its extention is 23,52 ha - for protection of original fir-oak overgrowns of ancient forest with addition of pine-trees (Picea abies) and mapple-tree (Acer pseudoplatanus). Both plants are typical for Javorníky mountain-range. This reservation is characteristic for its high share of declined wood ( dry wood, breakages, fallen trees). However, the reservation is not open for public. Anyway, you can see at least a little of these scenery from rest-summer-house at northwestern edge of National Preserve Reservation. It is places´d along marked cycloroute No. 6020/4 from Velké Karlovice to Leskové, throughout Malá Hanzlůvka Valley (you can find here big pool with amphibians), further to col under Lemešná and to Pod´tadé Valley, where you find several preserved people´s buildings.

Malý Javorník (Small Javorník)

Malý Javorník - or Chotárńa - is, with ist 1019 m of height, the biggest peak of Czech part  of Javorník Mountain Range. Javorník forms cupola-hill  in a range, in distance of 6 kms in southern direction from Velké Karlovice. On a top, you find emergency penthouse, and a stop of educational-path Javorníky-Družby. It is marvellous view around. State frontier with Slovakia  breaks on top and leaves range path. Overgrowns on slopes are formed  by mixed forests, with prevailing quantities of pine-trees at present. On southern slopes, there is placed nature reservation Adamkov, with preserved original plant-communions.

The access to the top is possible along red marked tourist path, marking range-path on Javorníky. A peak could be found in 5 kms distance from Kohútka (via Stolečný Hill and Frńovské Col). Red marked path continues  in direction to Slovakia across Stratenec and Velký Javorník (Great Javorník). The orientation is easy. We recommend to everybody, who would like to know more from local beauties, to follow education path Javorníky-Družba, turning in length of 25 kms through Czech-Slovak Frontier area, and it is bordered with Portáš cottage and Bumbálka from the other part.

Bumbálka

It is a col with mountain holiday resort and well-know border-crossing to Slovakia. The community is an important ski-resort as well and popular skiers´ target where it is to be found a lot of ski-traces. Red and yellow marked tourist trails cross in this point. Red marked path forms montain-range walking, and its route leads along frontier with Slovakia. In northern direction, we reach mountain community of Salajka, and if we continue  along yellow marked path in south direction, we reach Slovakian mountain community of Trojačka. In western direction, we find Čarták Hill (952 m) where it was built look-out-tower.

Stanovice Water Reservoir

This water basin supplies with drinking water practically whole Vsetín area. It is situated near to holiday resort of Karolinka in a valley of mountain community of Stanovice and a torrent of the same name. Its pier offers marvellous views to a group of peaks of Malý Javorník (Small Javorník).

Text: Jan Chaloupka

Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Kadlec, č. 2, Kocour86, Dodoni, č. 2