Kotelnica is a quiet, forested peak in the Lubań Range in the Gorce Mountains, hiding one of the darker legends found among these hills. Covered in spruce forest, it won't dazzle you with sweeping panoramas, but it offers something rarer — an atmosphere of old, untamed wilderness and a story that lingers in the minds of local villagers.

The slopes of Kotelnica are distinctly different on each side: the northern flank drops steeply into the Ochotniczanka valley, while the southern side gently forms a ridge separating the Hubny Stream from the Szlembarski Stream, opening onto fields and farmsteads of the village of Huba. The spruce forest covering the summit creates a cool, shady retreat in summer and an eerily silent, snow-muffled world in winter. This is a peak for hikers who value the raw, mysterious character of the Gorce over postcard views.

• Via the Main Beskid Trail (section Knurowska Przełęcz – Wierch Lubania) — full section takes approx. 4 hours (13.7 km, 750 m ascent), with Kotelnica located between Studzionki and Runek (Hubieński); moderate difficulty
• Descent east of the summit — a forest road junction allows a southward descent to the village of Huba, or northward to Ochotnica Górna

• The administrative border between the villages of Szlembark and Huba (southern slopes) and Ochotnica Górna (northern slopes) runs across the summit
• Just east of the peak there's a forest road junction — a useful landmark for descending into either valley

The name Kotelnica comes from a dialect word referring to a place where ewes gave birth to lambs, a nod to the region's shepherding past. Local legends also claim that suicide victims were once buried here in unmarked graves, and nearby pastures were known as 'Ku wisielcom' (Toward the Hanged) — a chilling story still told around Ochotnica and Szlembark.