Wilczyna (665 m a.s.l.) is a broad, dome-shaped hill in the central part of the Sowie Mountains (Góry Sowie) in south-western Poland, easily recognisable by its characteristic rounded silhouette. It may not boast a dramatic rocky summit, but its forest-covered slopes and the scenic valley that frames it to the west make it a genuinely rewarding destination for anyone who loves quiet Sudeten woodland walks.
The hill rises at the end of a long lateral ridge running northward from Słoneczna peak, separated from its neighbours — Wrona (692 m), Kawka (705 m) and Żebrak (716 m) — by the beautiful Kamienna Valley, through which the Brzęczek stream flows. The valley sides occasionally break into small rocky outcrops, giving the surroundings a pleasantly wild feel. The entire hill, summit included, is covered by lower-montane spruce forest that offers welcome shade in summer and a snow-dusted fairy-tale atmosphere in winter. At the foot of the hill to the east lies the town of Bielawa, and nearby is the Bielawskie Lake district of Kamieniczki.
How to reach the summitThe hill is built from Precambrian gneisses and migmatites, making it part of one of the geologically oldest massifs in the Sudetes — you are quite literally walking on billions of years of Earth history.