Skośny Żleb is a wild, little-known gully tucked into the northern slopes of Długi Giewont in the Western Tatras. It's a place for those seeking something beyond the marked trails - raw terrain, silence, and traces of old mountaineering routes.

The gully forms the upper extension of Dolina Sucha, rising south-eastward toward the wall of Turnia nad Białem and Wyżnie Wrótka. Its right-hand side is bordered by the forested Suchy Grzbiet ridge, separating it from Potargany Żleb, while its left side is flanked by the slopes of Turnia nad Białem, from which two grassy traverses descend: the narrower Górny Zachód and the wider Dolny Zachód, over 100 meters wide in places, once used for sheep grazing until the 1930s. The upper section of the gully is grassy, and its two branching channels form a characteristic funnel-shaped widening. In winter, avalanches sweep through here, giving the place a raw, formidable character.

In the past, one of the mountaineering routes to Długi Giewont led along Skośny Żleb, described by Mariusz Zaruski in his work Na bezdrożach tatrzańskich. Giewont - he wrote of a path that broke off at a grassy, marshy clearing, from where a wide corridor opened up leading to the ridge near Szeroki Karb.

• The area lies within the Regle Zakopiańskie strict protection zone, closed to tourists and mountaineers
• Avalanche-prone terrain in winter

On Geoportal maps, the gully appears under the name Świstówka, a reminder of this place's wild, untouched character.