Smrk (1278 m a.s.l.) is the second highest peak in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids, surpassed only by Lysá hora. Wild, forested and free of mountain huts or cable cars, it offers an honest, back-to-nature hiking experience that feels a world away from crowded tourist spots.

The mountain is draped in spruce forest mixed with beech and fir, with rowan and maple appearing in places. The upper zones bear the scars of past industrial emissions — the slowly regenerating dead forest gives the summit area a raw, atmospheric feel unlike anything manicured. Summers bring waves of blueberry pickers, autumn sets the slopes ablaze with colour, and winter transforms the long ridgeline into a serene, snow-covered world. Several nature reserves protect the massif, including the Smrk and Malý Smrk reserves. Near the summit you can spot a frost-weathered rocky outcrop. Down in the valley of Bučací stream at around 800 m, the Bučací Waterfalls cascade roughly 40 m in total — among the largest cascade waterfalls in this part of the Carpathians, surrounded by a 35-hectare nature reserve established in 2004.

• Ostravice (bus and train stop, parking) — red trail, main route, moderate difficulty
• Čeladná (bus and train stop, parking) — red trail from the south, moderate difficulty
• Bílá / church at Bílá (bus stop, parking) — blue trail via Bobek to the junction Pod Malý Smrkem, moderate difficulty
• Šance-Řečice dam at Staré Hamry (parking) — yellow trail to Sedlo Smrku saddle, moderate difficulty
• Bridge over Bučací stream (parking) — unmarked paved and forest road past the Bučací Waterfalls, easy approach

• A summit register is kept at the highest point — sign in for a souvenir memory!
• No mountain huts or hotels in the upper massif — plan your return before dark.
• Nature reserve regulations apply across much of the massif — please keep to marked trails.
• On 25 January 2006 an avalanche on Smrk claimed a skier — the first recorded fatal avalanche in the Beskids. Exercise caution on steep slopes in winter.

On the ridge of Smrk you will find stone folk memorials to student Jan Palach, musician John Lennon and ice-hockey legend Ivan Hlinka — during the communist era this remote summit served as a secret meeting place for local dissidents seeking a little freedom in the hills.