Główny Szlak Beskidzki (Main Beskid Trail)

The Kazimierz Sosnowski Main Beskid Trail (Główny Szlak Beskidzki, GSB) is a red trail about 496 km long, running from Ustroń in the Silesian Beskids to Wołosate in the Bieszczady. It is the longest trail in the Polish mountains and is managed by PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society).

Lesser Poland on the route

In Lesser Poland the trail leads through the Żywiec Beskids and Makowski Beskids from Węgierska Górka to Rabka-Zdrój, then through the Gorce and the Sącz Beskids. The highest point of the Żywiec-Maków part is Babia Góra (1,725 m above sea level).

In the Gorce the route leads, among others, through Polica and Turbacz, and then through Lubań and Radziejowa.

Sącz Beskids

The eastern stretch in Lesser Poland leads through Przehyba and Jaworzyna Krynicka to Krynica-Zdrój. By the trail also stands the PTTK shepherd's hut above Wierchomla.

History

The western part was designed by Kazimierz Sosnowski and completed in 1929. The eastern part, to a design by Mieczysław Orłowicz, was completed in 1935. After the two were joined, the trail was named the Main Carpathian Trail.

Practical information

• Waymarks: red
• PTTK mountain huts on the route: Markowe Szczawiny, Hala Miziowa, Hala Rysianka, Hala Boracza
• Plan stages using PTTK maps