Králický Sněžník
Králický Sněžník or Śnieżnik Kłodzki is a mountain in Eastern Bohemia, located on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The name Sněžník or Śnieżnik derives from the word for "snow"; the mountain has snow cover for up to eight months a year. In Czech the adjective Králický is added to distinguish it from the mountain called Děčínský Sněžník. An alternative Polish name is Śnieżnik Kłodzki, from the town of Kłodzko. In German the mountain is known as Glatzer Schneeberg, Grulicher Schneeberg, or Spieglitzer Schneeberg.
The mountain is the highest peak of the Śnieżnik massif. It lies between the town Králíky and the Kłodzko Gap that separates it from the Golden Mountains.
The massive was formed during the Tertiary. Sněžník lies on the water divide for the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. Klepáč, the water divide for the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea lies south of Sněžník.
Between 1899 and 1973 a stone view-tower stood on the Silesian side of the mountain top. A statue of a young elephant was put in place of a former chalet.
On the Czech side a state protected natural reservation was established in 1990. On the Polish side is the protected area of Śnieżnik Landscape Park.
The mountain and neighbouring areas are equipped for ski recreation.Photogallery
