Bula pod Rysami, Tatra National Park
Facts and practical information
Bula pod Rysami - according to W.H. Paryski, a bula, according to W. Cywiński, a plateau lifted towards the north-west with several dominant piles of stones limiting the Kocioł pod Rysami in the Polish Tatras from the north. The left boundary of the wall, separating the Rysami Mountain from the Low Rysy Mountains massif, is the steep Orlovsky Gully. The distinctive features of the wall are: the northern rib, consisting of three faults, the highest of which is the largest and steepest; the lower spur of the rib is the lowest point of the entire wall, and the Virgin Gulch, also called the S-Gulch, with an elevation difference of 240 meters, finished at the bottom with a vertical 30-meter sill; the gulch was completely conquered by mountaineers as late as in March 2002 The middle of the wall is trapezoidal in shape; the lower part is made of steep slabs interspersed with grasses, above it there is a spacious lawn, and above it a 30-meter vertical wall, the western rib, called the Vigil Pillar, with an elevation difference of 200 meters and its base in the Rysy Gully.
The plateau, which is the top of the Rysy Mountain, narrows from the south-eastern side and forms a protuberance, growing into the Rysy Mountain perch at 1/3 of its height. It divides the Rysy Mountain Dome into the larger western part and the smaller eastern part. Both these parts are hydrologically distinct - the western one is drained by Żleb pod Rysami, the eastern by Żleb Orłowski. This terrain proves that Bula pod Rysami is located in the Rysy Mountains massif, not in the Nizhne Rysy Mountains massif, as it was erroneously reported in older literature.
At a distance of about 10 metres from the edge of the terrace there is Szpara pod Rysami at an altitude of 2047 m, a slot cave 16.5 m long and 7 m deep. According to W.Cywiński, the shape of the crack indicates that a huge rockfall will occur here in the future.
The flat top of Bula pod Rysami is a convenient landing site for TOPR helicopters, used during rescue operations in the area.
Tatra National Park
Lesser Poland