Skałka (1163 m a.s.l.) is a quietly rewarding summit in the Radziejowa Range of the Beskid Sądecki mountains — a forested, multi-topped ridge steeped in local legend and shepherd history. It may not be the most dramatic peak in the range, but it has a distinct character all of its own.
The massif forms an east-west ridge with four summits, the highest reaching 1163 m. Dense forest covers most of the terrain, offering cool shade in summer, vivid colours in autumn, and a serene snowy trail in winter. Centuries ago, the ridge was lined with pastoral meadows stretching roughly 2 km along its crest — today the forest has reclaimed almost all of them, though a few small remnants still survive.
How to reach the summitLegend has it that St. Kinga rested here in 1285 while fleeing the Tatar invasion toward the Pieniny mountains — a commemorative plaque installed in 2004 marks the spot. The mountain also has a colourful human past: a famous local shepherd, Tomasz Guszkiewicz 'Gruś' (1824–1910), grazed his flocks here and was regarded by the villagers as a sorcerer.