What to do nearby
The ridge is an hour and a half on foot from our door, the first cake at a mountain hut a little further. Pick how much time you have and how you want to travel.
9 ideas
A valley ride for cake, or a full-day loop into the Jizera Mountains.
The flattest ride on offer – along the Jizera Greenway to the Rautis workshop, where UNESCO-listed blown glass bead ornaments are still made by hand.
Duration
3 h 30 min
42 km · +1100 m
A valley ride to Harrachov for coffee and cake at the Vokřínek bakery, with a detour to the Mumlava Waterfall.
Duration
2 h 20 min
23.2 km · +810 m
A half-day loop to the scattered mountain cottages and the Museum of Forgotten Patriots, returning down the Jizera valley on the Greenway Jizera trail.
Duration
2 h 10 min
22.3 km · +550 m
An afternoon loop to the southern side of the valley, with a view of the whole Krkonoše ridge from the other side.
Duration
2 h 5 min
25.8 km · +640 m
A loop to the eastern side below Zlaté návrší, returning down the Jizera valley on the Greenway.
Duration
2 h 40 min
31 km · +880 m
A full-day loop on the boundary of the Krkonoše and the Jizera Mountains, with the best panorama in the area.
Duration
3 h 25 min
40.2 km · +1130 m
A full-day ride to the Polish side over the Jakuszyce border pass, dropping into Szklarska Poręba below Szrenica.
Duration
3 h 35 min
43.6 km · +1140 m
A full-day loop via Harrachov and Kořenov to Jizerka and back through Paseky nad Jizerou.
Duration
5 h
50.8 km · +1200 m
The longest loop on offer – over the Rezek saddle to Benecko, down to Jilemnice and back along the Jizera valley.
Duration
5 h 5 min
62 km · +1580 m
The distance matches the route planned in Mapy.com; elevation gain and time are approximate. For hiking routes Mapy.com assumes a slower pace, so it may show a longer time.