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Dolina pod Zakosy is the upper branch of the Goryczkowa Valley in the Western Tatras, a place best known to skiers descending from Kasprowy Wierch. In summer it reveals a wide, open landscape stretching right up to the main ridge of the Tatras.
The valley lies at an altitude of roughly 1350–1700 m, squeezed between the slopes of Kasprowy Wierch and the ridge descending from Pośredni Goryczkowy Wierch. Its highest section, called Goryczkowy Kocioł, sits directly beneath the Zakosy Pass, and below it the valley narrows into a section known as the Szyjka (the Neck). A small stream, the Goryczkowy Potok, runs along the valley floor, occasionally disappearing underground. Sheep grazing once shaped this landscape, but today dwarf mountain pine is slowly reclaiming the grassy, partly rocky slopes, while in winter the valley turns into one of the busiest ski runs in the Tatras.
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The valley's name recalls the old sheep tracks, called zakosy, once trodden along the ridge, though folk tradition sometimes links it instead to the gentian flowers that used to grow here.
