Mountains

Heart-breaking video of lost bear cub goes viral as viewers warn of dangers of being attacked by mother bear

The 20-second-long clip filmed around 200 metres beyond the Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy (Black Pond) near the border with Slovakia, shows a small dark creature sliding through the snow emitting loud cries. Tatromaniak/Piotr Łaś/YouTube

Local man Piotr Łaś from Zakopane had been out hiking on one of the mountain trails in the Tatra National Park when he spotted the small bear rolling down the snow-covered slope.

Happy Birthday! Kasprowy Wierch, one of Europe’s oldest cable cars, turns 85

Located in the Western Tatras and one of the longest in the world when it opened, the cable car line runs from Kuźnice, part of the town of Zakopane, to the Kasprowy Wierch peak, up to an altitude of 1,959 metres.

Song and dance group revive traditions of Lemko ethnic minority in Poland

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several ethnic minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

Unseen pictures reveal historic boat wreck discovered… in the mountains

Dating from the early 20th century, and resting at the bottom of Morskie Oko, the Syrena has been pictured for the first time since sinking.

Girl who lost her leg to cancer climbs one of Poland’s highest peaks to raise money for charity

It took Ewa Harapin and her friend days to reach the 2,172-metre peak of Szpiglasowy Wierch in the Tatra Mountains.

Award-winning family firm liked by Kim Kardashian on new mission to save Poland’s bees

From their small family-run business high in the Beskidy mountains, Gosia and Wiesiek Borowy’s products are sold in New York's MoMA and Vitra in Germany, Kim Kardashian buys their toys for her children, and they are the recent recipients of the international BuyMeOnce Excellence Award in London for their aesthetic and eco-friendly designs. Now they plan to save bees with their ‘Help the bees! (Be)e your friend’ initiative.

Eurasian hoopoe spotted in Polish mountains for first time in 50 years

Local highland dwellers in the Tatras have now taken the sighting as a good sign as the plural for the birds in Polish, “dudki”, sounds similar to the word for money in their dialect, “dutki”.

Four decades ago today, two Polish climbers made history with first ever winter ascent of Mt. Everest

Supported by a 20-person strong team, alpinists Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki climbed to the height of 8848 meters, despite the extreme wind and deadly conditions.

Ukraine uses Polish development aid to build mountain rescue station

Polish development aid funds have been used to construct a rescue station on the Pip Ivan mountain in Ukraine's Chornohora range, said panelists at the 13th Europe-Ukraine Forum that started in Jasionka near the south-eastern city of Rzeszów on Tuesday.

Ready, steady, dig: workers get burrowing on record-breaking tunnel down south

Once completed the tunnel near the Czech border will be the longest in Poland.

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