Cichoń is a modest but charming peak in the Beskid Wyspowy range, tucked away within the Ostra ridge. Interesting fact: you won't find this name on official Geoportal maps — instead two summits, Tokań and Księża Góra, are marked there, while Cichoń actually refers to the forest on their slopes, a name locals now use for the whole mountain.

The summit is almost entirely forested — beech woods (Carpathian beech forest) lower down, giving way to spruce and fir forests higher up. Farmland only reaches the mountain from the southwest, near the Piechotówka and Szlagi hamlets. From the trail running along the upper edge of the forest here, wide views open up toward Gorc, Turbacz, Jasień, Krzystonów, nearby Mogielica, Łopień, and Śnieżnica in the distance. On the northern slopes, it's worth checking out the forest educational trail that winds through an area famous for its mushrooms, especially saffron milk caps — it ends at a bivouac with benches and tables offering views of Jabłoniec, Kamionna and the Łososina Range.

How to reach the summit

• Ostra Pass – Cichoń, continuing to Słopnicka Pass and Mogielica — 3:45 h (3 h descent), 580 m total ascent, demanding route
• Modyń – Cichoń — 1:05 h (1:15 h descent), 130 m total ascent, easy route, good for a shorter trip

Practical information

• The educational trail on the northern slopes starts at the Limanowa–Kamienica road and crosses the bed of the Stara Wieś stream
• The area is well known for abundant mushroom foraging, especially saffron milk caps

Locals once called the mountain Tokoń, supposedly after the mating grounds (toki) of capercaillies that used to gather here. Today, though, everyone simply calls it Cichoń.