Furkaska, Tatra National Park
Facts and practical information
Furkaska - a fragmented, forest ride in the northern ridge of Wołowiec, rising above the valleys: Chochołowska, Jurania and Furkaska in the Western Tatras. Located on the Polish-Slovak border, the top falls west and south west with a height of 40 m high, covered with dwarfs.
The Furkaski peak is a keystone for the following ridges: the forest laste is leaving the south, in which the Pod Furkaska Pass, Czuba Piebiechczak and Jurania Pass, separating the entire massif from the Bobrowiec massif, east an intermediate ridge separating the valley covered from the Długa Valley, northeast, a long ridge coincides with the Molkówka Polana; It rises in it: Zamczysko, Koryciańska Czuba, Little Furkaska and Siwian Turnie; From the ridge between Furkaska and Koryciańska, he goes to the east of the side shoulder with the tyrava czub and covered with the czub, it separates the valley covered from the Great Korycist, northwest grows the arm of the jurane -ended jurane poemary; From this shoulder, the ridge goes north, in which Turek rises. This arm separates the Jurassic Valley from two regulated valleys: the Czaplówka Valley and the Furkaska Valley.
The former name. In the document from 1775 there is Furkasowa Scala. In the border files of around 1790, the symbol of the Western end of the Polish Tatras. From the Orava slopes of Furkaski, from the Jaworzynka Juranian Valley, the ore of iron was mined in the 19th century. In the past, the eastern slopes were grazed, belonged to Hala Kryta and Hala Jaworzyna near Furkaska. On the intermediate back there was a clearing of Jaworzyna near Furkaska.
There are no designated tourist routes in the entire Furkaski massif. Interesting flora. Among others There are such rare species of plants in Poland as the thistle of the head and the vertebrae.
Tatra National Park
Furkaska – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Volovec, Baníkov, Klin Mountain, Bystrá Mountain.