A cave open to visitors in the Organy massif in Dolina Kościeliska, 773 m long, visited without a guide with your own torch.
Jaskinia Mroźna (Frosty Cave) lies on the eastern slope of Dolina Kościeliska in the Tatras, in the Organy massif, about 120 m above the valley floor. The cave is open to visitors. The entrance is at an altitude of 1,100 m above sea level, and the exit opening at 1,112 m above sea level. The whole cave is 773 m long.
The cave is practically a single passage with a horizontal development, with a vertical range of 41.6 m (from minus 5.5 to plus 36.1 m). The route passes through nine main spaces: the artificial tunnel, Cmentarzysko Nacieków (the Dripstone Graveyard), Zwalisko, Biały Chodnik, the Great Chamber measuring 25 by 10 m and up to 10 m high, Ogródek, the Sloping Hall and the Entrance Chamber. Inside there is a constant temperature of about 6 degrees Celsius.
The cave was discovered in May 1934 by Stefan Zwoliński and Jerzy Zahorski. They named it the Frosty Grotto as a counterpart of the nearby Jaskinia Zimna (Cold Cave), with which it was probably once connected. Exploration was resumed in 1950, widening the passages, and in 2000 the Hanging Passage was discovered, which added 60 m. A new survey in 2013-2014 increased the length of the cave from 560 to 773 m.
The cave was opened to tourists on 12 July 1953, and the artificial northern entrance was cut in connection with this. From 1959 to 2020 it was lit by electricity. After closing in 2020, the cave was reopened in 2023 without artificial lighting, so you need your own torch. The season runs from the beginning of May to the end of October, and visits are made without a guide and take 20-40 minutes.
The entrance to the cave is about 300 m from Dolina Kościeliska. Nearby are caves not open to tourists, among them Jaskinia Zimna and Jaskinia między Żleby. About 1.7 km further on is Wąwóz Kraków.
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