Keprník (1423 m a.s.l.) is the fifth-highest peak in the Hrubý Jeseník range and one of the most recognisable summits in the Eastern Sudetes. Its exposed rocky crown, rising above open alpine meadows, stands out from kilometres away — and the views from the top are nothing short of spectacular.
Above roughly 1300–1390 m the slopes open up into wide subalpine meadows dotted with dwarf pine. Lower down, dense spruce forests take over, occasionally mixed with deciduous woodland. The summit is a place of real contrasts: lush and breezy in summer, colourful in autumn, and genuinely wild in winter — snow cover lasts an average of 180 days a year and the mean annual temperature is just 2.2°C. On a clear day the rocky summit offers views stretching to the Krkonoše with Sněžka, the Králický Sněžník massif, the Beskydy, Malá Fatra, and even the Slovak Tatras.
How to reach the summitA small stone monument called Kámen stands on the rocky summit, with compass lines etched into it pointing to the surrounding peaks — a charming old-fashioned summit feature that still helps visitors put names to the distant mountains on the horizon.