7 tips for a winter trip to Brda
The Brdy Mountains, the highest mountains in the interior of Bohemia, were often so covered in snow that the inhabitants of the local villages were cut off from the world. But the snow-capped peaks also attracted the first tourists and skiers. Take a trip to the most beautiful places in Brdy in winter.
1. Carvana
A trip through the winter Brdy Mountains can begin nowhere else than where the Carvánka grove used to stand.It was the highest dwelling inside the Bohemian basin and the snow regularly cut the inhabitants off from the world. "The outside door sometimes got so stuck and smelled that we struggled to get out," recalled Růžena Bučková, the last resident of Carvanka. In 1931, the grove had to give way to the newly built military shooting range at Tok. "At that time, skiers, mainly from Příbram, used to come to Carvanka. The most frequent guests were a group of doctors and nurses from the local hospital. And so, whenever a nice Sunday was expected, I baked a big rubbed cake and made tea, and they loved it."
2. Three Pipes
Winter has often delighted the youngest visitors to the Three Pipes hunting lodge in the valley of the Padrty and Three Pipes creeks. "The children of the foresters and gamekeepers living at the Americe grove, the chateau and the Tři trubky grove used to go sledging on the slopes of the hills," told Brda forester Josef Šefl. "Almost from the top of this ridge, it was down to the valley of the Reserva River. More than one sledge broke in these places and tore its trousers."
3. The Padre
Cruel winters also plagued the inhabitants of the - now defunct - villages of Hrachoviste, Velci, Kolvín, Padrť and Zaběhlá. One of the hardest winters hit the local villages in 1929, when continuous frosts reached -36°C. "A continuous layer of snow measured 150 cm and drifts reached two metres," writes Václav Rothko from Kolvín. "The Kolvín people knew absolutely nothing about the world and the world about them. People at least shoveled their paths from cottage to cottage and cleared the way for their children to go to school. The wells were rapidly running out of water, the starving forest animals were dying in droves, and the effects of the terrible winter were most evident in the gardens - almost all the fruit trees froze."
4. Above Marásko
An endless view of the snow-covered Podbrdsko region, nearby Šumava and - with a lot of luck - also the pointed Alps. Some places offer the most interesting views in winter, when the surrounding vegetation stops blocking them for a while. The Třemšínforests have been and still are a favourite place for skiers and winter hikers, and onesuch place that cannot be missed is the peak of Nad Maráskem, the lowest Brda "eight" located in southern Brda. In its surroundings there are several nature reserves that hide the remnants of primeval forests.
5. Kitchen
"White sunny winter is a special time here. The forest spreads out and the feeling of being cooped up disappears. The smooth, slender trunks of the beeches turn into the columns of a vast cathedral and the branches into a ribbed vault. We can never get a better view of the architecture of the old storms," says Jan Čaka of winter on this prominent peak in the main ridge. With the saddle between Kuchyňka and Cold Peak, the Brdy Mountains end and the Hřebeny Mountains begin. The south-eastern slopes of Kuchyňka are a nature reserve with remnants of the original mixed rubble forests of Brda.
6. Stožec
The ridges above Dobříš, which include the peak of Stožec, are truly fabulous in winter. "The overall altitude and climatic conditions mean that the snow cover is usually permanent and quite high. That is why it is possible to make ski tours in winter even from lower elevations to the Brda core, an area that is a reliable skiing terrain. The most popular destination is Třemšín and some of the peaks of the Hřeben (Stožec, Písky, etc.)," wrote tourist guides in the 1950s. That is also why there is no mention of central Brdy, which at that time was already a guarded military area.
7. Hvíždinec
The snowy Hvíždinec was the destination of the first winter trip of the Czech Tourist Club. Thetrip took place on11 December 1892 and seventeen men and one woman made their way here, recalls Jan Čáka. The area, where the Brda Mountains meet the Bohemian Karst near Dobřichovice and Řevnice, has alwaysattracted romantics and the first tourists with its views of the Berounka Valley. "Such a typical place is Hvíždinec, a white rock made of Drabov quartzite, towering above the forest. In many places in the area, the quartz rock formations have been crushed by quarries, but here they have not been touched by human hands," writes Čáka.
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