The best running trails around Bielsko-Biała

Mandatory place to rest and replenish drinks. You can get hot meals and cold drinks.

It's a pleasant ride up through Szyndzielnia, with a consistent, moderate incline and a few steeper sections before the Szyndzielnia summit. Only behind the refuge do you have to push the bike for a short distance, then it's back to a pleasant and wide trail towards Klimczok, where pushing the bike may be necessary near the summit depending on your strength. At the very top is a large meadow, and a refuge a little lower down. In good weather, you can see the Tatras from the summit.

During the Stations of the Cross in 2000 in the Colosseum in Rome, Pope John Paul II expressed the following thoughts, which may also be of interest to passersby here in front of this small sacred monument, which stands here in the form of a simple wooden cross: "Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?" (Luke 24:26). At the end of the traditional Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum, we ask ourselves the same question. (...) Dear sisters and brothers! The people of today need an encounter with the crucified and risen Jesus! Who, if not the divinely condemned One, can fully understand the suffering of the one who is unjustly condemned? Who, if not the mocked and humiliated King, can answer the expectations of the many men and women who are without hope and degraded? Who, if not the crucified Son of God, can understand the pain and abandonment of the many people who despair of life because they have no future ahead of them? (Pope John Paul II)

The President Ignacy Mościcki Dam – a concrete and earth dam built in 1929–1932 on the Wapienica River and the Barbara stream in the town of Wapienica (today a district of Bielsko-Biała). The reservoir created by damming the water is called Wielka Łąka Lake. Due to the purpose of the reservoir (water collection for consumption purposes), its banks are inaccessible to the public (the reservoir is covered by a direct sanitary protection zone), while the catchment areas of the Wapienica, Barbara and Żydowski streams constitute a strict protection zone. The water in the reservoir meets the standards for Class I water purity in terms of physicochemical and bacteriological parameters. This condition has been maintained since 1993. There is no fishing economy here in any form and there is a ban on practicing water sports. There are also filter stations that purify water for municipal purposes.

To set off down the mountain on the famous "Twister" route, you need to take the Szyndzielnia cable car. You can definitely take your bikes onto the cable car - there are even passes for cyclists that you can buy. Then it's just downhill on Twister! Good luck!

The ascent to Nowy Świat (659 m above sea level) is 2.3 km long and has an elevation gain of 280 m. It is quite a steep ascent, with an average gradient of 12.5%, and in some places it reaches 17%. At the top, there is a beautiful view of the Tatras.

It is the highest peak of the Beskid Mały, at 931m. Although the entire Czupel ridge is covered with forest, there will be views, especially of Góra Żar, with the power plant building at the top, but not from the very top, only a few dozen meters from it.

Kołowrot Peak, located in the Mikuszowice region near Bielsko-Biała, is located on the border of the Silesian and Little Beskids and reaches a height of about 798 m above sea level. The trails leading to Kołowrot are quite gentle, and along the way you can come across numerous viewpoints with a panorama of Bielsko-Biała and the surrounding mountains. It is worth taking comfortable shoes, especially if you plan to extend the trip to further trails towards Klimczok or Szyndzielnia.