Olczyska – Kopieniec Valley

The green trail starts at parking lot at Olczyska Valley outlet on Jaszczurówka, Zakopane. You can get there by your car, go on foot or use public transportation.

On the right side, the prewar thermal pool remains are visible. Currently, the Tatra National Park Amphibians and Reptiles Active Protection Center is located there. Before start, we must buy a Tatra National Park entry ticket at the nearby booth. Up the valley goes the forest path, often muddy after the rain. It takes about an hour of march to get to the Olczyska Clearing, passing Olczyskie Wywierzysko (1090 MASL). Up to this day, there are shepherd's huts on the clearing as traces of old times (Olczyska Clearing once was a part of Olczysko Hall).

The green trail turns left. At first the path goes up slightly, later becoming steep. After around 30 minutes of walk we get to the colorful Kopieniec Clearing edge. There is a group of antique shepherd's huts. From there it is only fifteen minutes of climbing on nearby Wielki Kopieniec peak, where the vast panorama of Kotlina Zakopiańska and Gąsienicowa Hall's surrounding peaks spreads out. We can turn, and go back the same way, or go further down with green and then red trail to Cyrhla.