Na Beskidzie (863 m a.s.l.) is a forested summit on the main ridge of the Łamana Skała Range in the Beskid Mały mountains of southern Poland — a place where quiet woodland trails lead past dramatic rock outcrops and centuries-old stories. It may not be the highest peak around, but it is one of the most atmospheric.
Sitting between Smrekowica (885 m) and Góra Potrójna (883 m), with the saddle Pod Potrójną (approx. 830 m) separating it from the latter, the summit is entirely cloaked in forest. Along the whole ridge section from Łamana Skała to Potrójna you will encounter striking rock outcrops several metres tall — which is why hikers have long nicknamed this route the 'rock trail'. In autumn, the beech forest turns vivid gold and red, making for some of the finest colours in the Beskid Mały. A short side ridge called Turoń branches off from Na Beskidzie, dividing the valleys of the Pracica and Ryta streams near the village of Rzyki.
How to reach the summitThe forests on the northern slopes of Na Beskidzie have a dramatic past: in the late 18th century, a German merchant bought them from the local landowner intending to clear-cut the timber for a nearby ironworks. The desperate villagers of Rzyki set the ironworks ablaze to save their forest — and the trees have been standing ever since.