Dzielec (792 m a.s.l.) is a quiet but rewarding summit in the western part of the Low Beskids, sitting right on the main Carpathian watershed ridge — and right on the Polish-Slovak border. It is the kind of peak that surprises you with wide-open views after a gentle forest walk.
The summit plateau is flat and relatively open, with meadows and clearings stretching all the way to the top on the Polish side — formerly used as pastures by local state farms. From here you get a sweeping panorama: to the west lies the Huzary ridge and the Jaworzyna Krynicka massif, to the south the basin of Tylicz, and to the east the prominent peaks of Lackowa and the Slovak Busov. The Slovak slopes, by contrast, are entirely forested. About 650 m to the northeast along the same ridge sits a secondary summit called Czerteż (760 m a.s.l.), separated from Dzielec by a shallow saddle. A triangulation tripod marks the highest point.
How to reach the summitThe open summit meadows of Dzielec are a legacy of Wallachian pastoral culture that shaped the Low Beskids landscape for centuries — a reminder that this seemingly wild hillside was once busy with shepherds and their flocks.