Łomnicka Równia (897 m a.s.l.) is the highest point of the northern Bystrzyckie Mountains — a quiet, forested summit in the Central Sudetes that rewards hikers with peaceful spruce forests and a genuine sense of being on top of this part of the range. If you are looking for somewhere off the beaten track, this is it.
The summit forms the high point of a long ridge running along the north-eastern edge of the range's plateau. To the east the ground drops away sharply along a tectonic fault into the Upper Nysa Graben, giving the landscape a raw, dramatic edge. The mountain is built from crystalline schists and granite-gneisses, and is almost entirely covered by spruce monocultures interspersed with open clearings left by logging. Those clearings burst into colour in spring and summer, the whole ridge glows with autumn tones in October, and in winter snow-laden spruces create an atmospheric, almost Scandinavian scene.
How to reach the summitThe old German name for this peak — Grosse Kapuziner-Platte — refers to the characteristically flat, table-like shape of the summit, said to resemble a monk's hood. A small but charming historical footnote that adds an extra layer to this quiet hilltop.