Kołowa Czuba, Tatra National Park

Name: Kołowa Czuba
Address: Tatra National Park, Poland

#63 among attractions in Tatra National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Kolowa Czuba - the peak with a height of 2105 m in the southern ridge departing from the Small Goat Peak, which separates the upper floor of the Valley of Five Polish Lakes into Dolinka pod Kolem and Dolinka Pustą. From the top of Mt Mały Kozie Wierch it is separated by the Stairway Pass. The name of the pass is associated with the horizontally arranged, small terraces from the side of Pusta Dolinka. According to Stanislaw Lencewicz during the last glaciation Kolowa Chuba was a nunatak.

It was also formerly known as Kolowa Turnia or Kol...

Kolowa Chuba is easily accessible from the northwest. Its slope up to the summit was a pastoral area and the first ascent to the summit cannot be determined. The remaining walls form cliffs. The most difficult route leading to the summit was marked out on the middle part of the eastern wall. It was first climbed by Marian Gotkiewicz, Adam Niesiołowski and Antoni Stolfa on 23 July 1931.

The first known ascent from the Schodki Pass - Janusz Chmielowski, Michal Kulikowski July 12, 1895.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°12'54"N, 20°1'13"E

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Kołowa Czuba – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Orla Perć, Wielki Staw Polski, Świnica, Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy.

0.4 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Orla Perć, Tatra National Park
11 min walk • Orla Perć is a tourist path in the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland. It is considered one of most difficult and dangerous public paths in the entire Tatras and is therefore a suitable route only for experienced climbers. The path is marked with red signs. Since it was established, at least 112 people have lost their lives on the route.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wielki Staw Polski, Tatra National Park
25 min walk • Wielki Staw Polski - is a tarn located in the High Tatras, at an elevation of 1,665 metres above sea level in the Valley of the Five Polish Lakes, by the slope of the Miedziane.
0.6 miNW
Peak offering a marked path for climbing
Świnica, Tatra National Park
15 min walk • Świnica or Svinica is a mountain in the main crest of the High Tatras, on the Polish-Slovak border. The main peak is at 2,301 m AMSL. A marked trail leads through the summit. The Polish name Świnica was given to this summit in the mid 19th century. It probably refers to the resemblance of the peak to silhouette of a swine.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy, Tatra National Park
35 min walk • Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy is a tarn in Poland, part of the Gąsienicowe Ponds in the High Tatras. The lake is located at an elevation of 1,672 metres in a corrie of the Skrajna pyramidal peak. The tarn was formerly named Suczy Staw. Zielony Staw Gąsienicowy is the largest lake in the Zielona Gąsienicowa Valley.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kurtkowiec Lake, Tatra National Park
33 min walk • Kurtkowiec is an oligotrophic lake part of the Gąsienicowe Ponds, located in the Tatra Mountains in Poland. The lake is located in the western part of the Gąsienicowa Valley, at an elevation of 1,686 metres.
0.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kościelec, Tatra National Park
20 min walk • Kościelec is a mountain in the High Tatras in the Gąsienicowa Valley of Poland.
1.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mały Kościelec, Tatra National Park
29 min walk • Mały Kościelec - a multi-topped ridge being the end of the Kościelców Ridge, which at the height of Zawratowa Turnia deviates in the northern direction from the main ridge of the High Tatras and separates the Czarna Gąsienicowa Valley from the...
1.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hrubý štít / Szpiglasowy Wierch, Tatra National Park
39 min walk • Szpiglasowy Wierch - a peak of 2172 m above sea level in the main ridge of the Tatra Mountains.
0.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kozie Czuby, Tatra National Park
10 min walk • Kozie Czuby is a peak with three peaks in the long eastern ridge of Świnica in the Polish High Tatras, in the Kozie Wierch massif. The author of the name Kozie Czuby is Rev. Walenty Gadowski.
0.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Zawratowa Turnia, Tatra National Park
11 min walk • Zawratowa Turnia - a crag in the eastern ridge of Świnica in the High Tatras. It is located in this ridge between the Blue Turnia, separated by the Blue Pass, and Small Kozie Wierch, from which it is separated by the Zawrat Pass.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Miedziane, Tatra National Park
40 min walk • Miedziane - a massive peak in the long northeastern ridge of Szpiglasowy Wierch in the Polish High Tatras. It rises to a height of 2237 m between Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich and Dolina Rybiego Potoku.

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Nearby attractions include Mały Kozi Wierch, Tatra National Park (7 min walk), Zmarzłe Czuby, Tatra National Park (8 min walk), Zamarła Turnia, Tatra National Park (10 min walk), Kozie Czuby, Tatra National Park (10 min walk).

Kołowa Czuba, Tatra National Park

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Kołowa Czuba – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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