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Březník wetlands
Hike to Třístoličník / roundtrip by train
8 h: 27 km 872 m up 872 m down (5.6 h moving)
Train Nová Pec – Nové údolí (either way) 30 min.
The steam train is just occasional, mostly served by modern trains.
Třístoličník rocks!
Only places on the trails are permitted to access: Březník & Cikánská slať. The area of Luzenský potok is forbidden to visit independently. You need to book a guide (web in Czech language).
The evening is aspecially beautiful to be there.
Březník & Cikánská slať
5.2 h: 24 km 413 m up over 1276 m 413 m down (4.5 h moving)
Unmarked and marked trails of Šumava wetlands.
Quick way back on a paved road.
The walk around Luzenský potok is forbidden (without an explicit permission) to protect wild grouses.
We were extremely lucky to see an otter. It just silently and curiously swam to look who's there when I was photographing around Březník, and before I managed to switch a telephoto lens, it was gone.
What's nearby:
Chalupská slať
Easy and short 1 km walk on a wooden footway to the most beautiful peatbog around. It's a biggest peatbog lake in Czechia. Accessible even by a wheelchair. Chalupská slať.
Lynx enclosure
Best time for seeing lynx is very early morning or late evening .
Biking: Kvilda – Polka – Borová lada – Chalupská slať – Lynx
4.8 h: 61.8 km 993 m up over 1259 m 993 m down
Peatbog Soumarské rašeliniště
1 h: 3 km 18 m up (0.7 h moving)
Easy walk around a peatbog with an outlook tower.
All the way around the river Teplá Vltava up to Nová Pec is beautiful and picturesque.
Best time for seeing wolfs is very early morning or late evening .