Przełęcz Karkonoska
One of the hardest road climbs in Poland: 10.5 km at 8% from Podgórzyn via Przesieka to 1198 m on the Czech border. The first half is gentle; the second climbs at double-digit gradients, with pitches near 20% and a broken surface near the top.
- Start: Podgórzyn (via Przesieka)
- Length: 10.5 km
- Elevation gain: 840 m
- Average gradient: 8%
- Max gradient: 20%
- The Polish road to the pass is closed to motor traffic, so cyclists have it almost to themselves.
- The PTTK Odrodzenie mountain hostel stands just above the pass.
- After 1945 the pass was called Przełęcz Szpindlerowska in Polish; its Czech name is Slezské sedlo.
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