Suchy Wierch Ornaczański, Tatra National Park

Suchy Wierch Ornaczański - one of the peaks of the Ornak mountain ridge in the Western Tatras, separating the upper part of the Kościeliska Valley from the upper part of the Chochołowska Valley. It is located in the northern ridge of the Siwy Zwornik.

The long ridge of Ornak has four peaks slightly rising above the main ridge. These are, counting from the side of Iwaniacka Przełęcz: Suchy Wierch Ornaczański, Ornak, Zadni Ornak and Kotłowa Czuba. Between Suchy Wierch Ornaczański and Ornak there is located shallow cut Wyżnia Ornaczańska Pass. In southern direction the slopes of Suchy Wierch descend to the deep Ivansk Saddle and two valleys descending from it in opposite directions: Ivansk and Ivanovska. From the western slopes of Suchy Wierch descend to the Starorobotynska Valley three couloirs: Pieklo, Banisty Żleb and Pośredni Żleb, from the northern and north-eastern to the Ivanowska Valley also three couloirs: Piszczałki and Żleb pod Banie.

Suchy Wierch Ornaczański, the lowest of Ornak's four summits and the northernmost one, is relatively mild and completely covered with low grass and clumps of dwarf pine. Excellent views of the nearby Kominiarski Wierch. The rusty shoots of situ skucina in the middle of summer color the slopes red. Apart from the situ, the turf is formed by the two-rowed boimka and the twospotted doggrass. The alpine bluebell, the forked crowfoot, the pasqueflower, and the living form of the alpine meadowgrass are abundant in the grasslands. Formerly, this was the pastoral area of Hala Ornak.