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Poland
Silesian Voivodeship
powiat żywiecki
gmina Czernichów

Porąbka Dam – Lake Międzybrodzkie loop from Porąbka

Hard

93

runners

Porąbka Dam – Lake Międzybrodzkie loop from Porąbka

06:50

47.7km

2,180m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Park Krajobrazowy Beskidu Małego

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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17.2 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

21.1 km

Rogacz

Peak

3

22.6 km

PTTK Mountain Shelter Magurka Wilkowicka

Highlight • Mountain Hut

They open at 8:00. Cross-country skiing station nearby. More information -> magurka.beskidy.pl

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26.6 km

View of Lake Międzybrodzkie

Highlight • Viewpoint

This view will blow you away - not far from Rogacz Mountain, here from this path there is a brilliant view of Lake Międzybrodzkie below through the green hills. You can also see, of course, Międzybrodzie Białe and the surrounding towns below, and the panorama of the hills and mountains is fantastic.

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34.7 km

Jaworzyna

Peak

36.5 km

Przełęcz Cisowa

Mountain Pass

39.1 km

Przełęcz Isepnicka

Mountain Pass

8

44.0 km

Beskid Mały Landscape Park

Highlight • Forest

9

47.2 km

Porąbka Dam

Highlight • Monument

The dam in Porąbka, on the Sola River, looks both impressive and elegant. In the interwar period, when it was created, it was considered the pinnacle of technological advancement. The future president of the Republic of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, worked on the design of the dam. It was built with enormous effort to prevent catastrophic floods in the Soła Valley. After World War II, a small hydroelectric power plant was built at the dam.
Works were supposed to start in 1914, but World War I thwarted these plans.
The subject of construction returned immediately after its completion. The dam design was consulted with Gabriel Narutowicz, the creator of the dam on the Aar River in Mühlenberg, Switzerland. The narrowing between the Żaru and Zasolnica massifs was chosen as the site of the Soła dam. Construction began in 1921. However, due to scarce funds, it was repeatedly discontinued. Soła was also not idle and was destroying the effects of human efforts. The work started again from the hoof in 1934. The project was supervised by an outstanding specialist - engineer Jerzy Skrzyński. The company Frankopol was building. For the purposes of the investment, a small power plant was opened nearby. The latest technological achievements were used - e.g. waterproof cement from Goleszów. 2,500 workers and several hundred juniors passed through the construction site. The dam is 260 m long and 37.4 high; throughput - 1690 cubic meters. The capacity of the Międzybrodzkie Lake was calculated at 32.2 million cubic meters. The cost of the project was over PLN 20 million at that time! The construction site was visited by President Ignacy Mościcki himself. The opening ceremony in December 1936 was attended, among others, by Deputy Prime Minister Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski and Cardinal Adam Sapieha. In the 1950s, a hydroelectric power plant was commissioned at the dam. Currently, it has a capacity of 12.6 MW.
zabytkitechniki.pl/culturalheritage/3129/zapora-w-porabce
porabka.net/budowa-zapory.html

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47.2 km

Porąbka Dam

Highlight • Structure

11

47.3 km

Lake Międzybrodzkie

Highlight • Lake

Stunning view of Miedzybrodzkie lake from water dam.

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12

47.4 km

Soła River Dam

Highlight • Monument

13

47.4 km

Porąbka Dam

Highlight • Monument

The Porąbka dam built in 1928–1937 in Międzybrodzie Bialskie in the Beskid Mały. It dams up the waters of the Soła River, creating the Międzybrodzkie Lake. It is a heavy-type water dam built on a bedrock according to the design of prof. Gabriel Narutowicz. On the way of the red MSB trail.

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47.7 km

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Bus stop

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31.5 km

4.77 km

4.45 km

4.27 km

2.69 km

113 m

Surfaces

22.4 km

15.2 km

4.83 km

4.20 km

1.09 km

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