Ascent to Sedlo with a visit to Levín
The majestic mountain resembling a horse saddle is the fourth highest mountain in the Bohemian Central Highlands.
There are several possible ascent options to the top of Sedlo, which is also the highest mountain of the geomorphological unit of the Vernerice Central Highlands. Sedlo was formed like other peaks by volcanic activity, it has a sharp summit ridge with a number of rock outcrops and large debris fields on both sides. There are two viewpoints on the summit ridge.
The wooded hill forms the National Nature Reserve Sedlo, which is covered with natural deciduous forest. For example, the Alpine starflower, the leafless iris, the leafy ringwort and the golden-headed lily grow here. There is also a wide variety of animals, such as the protected shoebill, the little owl or the white-banded poplar butterfly.
Route
You can start the trail from the village of Horní Vysoké pod Levínem or directly from Levín from where you will follow the blue trail to the crossroads where you will connect to the green trail. Follow it up steeply to the top to the cross. The saddle with a height of 726 m above sea level is the 4th highest in the Czech Central Highlands.
Continue along the green "ridge" which descends steeply to the Srdovská hájovna, past the mausoleum of the industrialist Schroll back to Vysoká or Levín.
Distance: from Horní Vysoká 7,5 km - 3 hours, from Levín 9 km
Nature of the route: dirt and forest roads, moderately difficult
Stops
Levín
Between Úštěk and and Verneřice an ancient town of Levín stands on a mountain with an unmistakable and unique atmosphere.
A very atypical building stands in the middle of the town square. That is the big church of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The church was founded in 1788, burned down three years later and rebuilt in the year 1798. It is a circular centre, from the inside made as an open central dome space with an ambulatory on the ground floor and matroneums on the first floor. Relatively far from the church, at the top, where the medieval castle once stood, there is a visible bell tower from 1699, modified gradually until 1899.
Contact
Address
Městys Levín
Levín 58
Phone Contact
+420 416 797 036
Email
oulevin@seznam.cz
Website
www.mestyslevin.cz