Potrójna (883–887 m a.s.l.) is a twin-summit massif in the Beskid Mały mountains of southern Poland, and one of the finest viewpoints the entire range has to offer. Its treeless ridges and open pastoral meadows reward hikers with sweeping panoramas that stretch across a huge arc of the Carpathians.
Because both summits are completely free of forest, the views are unobstructed in every season. On a clear day you can pick out Babia Góra, Pilsko, the Żywiec Basin, the Gorce range, the Policy massif, and the full sweep of the Silesian Beskids all the way to Skrzyczne. A charming old shepherd's chapel with a figure of the Virgin Mary stands on the lower summit, while the higher one features orientation panels naming all the peaks in sight. Summer brings green meadows buzzing with life; autumn turns the grass golden; and winter clear spells offer some of the longest sightlines in the region.
How to reach the summitThe name Potrójna is actually a 19th-century cartographic mistake — Austrian mapmakers accidentally transferred the name of a nearby hamlet onto the mountain. The locals have always called it simply Czarny Groń, and that name still appears alongside the official one on modern maps.