Sokola Perć - Sokola Perć

View to the Sokolica summit

The Sokola Perć (German Hawk path) is a high route in the Pienines in Poland. It is the most exposed part of the Pieninenkammweg, which in turn is part of the approx. 170 km long marked in blue Long-distance hiking trail from Tarnów to Wielki Rogacz is. It takes two to three hours to get from Bajków Groń (Fairytale Comb) to Orlica hut.

Route

route on map

Coming from the south (Drei Kronen) the Pieninenkammweg has the blue and the yellow markings. At the Bajków Groń (Fairytale Comb) branches off the blue Hawk path to the east, right
one happens Białe Skały (White Rock)
and the 700th summit Ociemny, Czerteż and Czertezik
over the pass Przełęcz Sosnów
we reach the Sokolica peak (seasonal fee)
in the original sources the ends here Hawk path
the more recent descriptions count the descent to the Dunajec and the Raft trip (May to October)
as well as the path on the bank Orlica hut or until after Szczawnica added

background

The Sokolica pine before the branch broke

The idea of building a path here dates back to the early 20th century. The trail was built by the Polish Tatra Society in 1926.

getting there

By train

You can arrive by train Krakow. The terminus is Nowy Targ. From there you have to go by bus Sromowce Niżne drive where to go in the Three-crown hut can stay overnight. From there you can climb the Falkenpflad in about an hour, which begins at the summit of the Three-Crowned Peak.

In the street

The journey by road is also usually done from Krakow and in Sromowce or Niżne Szczawnica end up. In Szczawnica you have to take the ferry Dunajec cross and can then start the ascent to the Sokolica from the left bank of the Fluff, where the falcon path begins for the second time.