Up Klíč for the View
Lužické hory , CHKO Lužické hory , Point to point , hiked 2 March 2019
A short 7.3 km hop over Klíč (760 m), the bare phonolite cone above Nový Bor. A big summit view for little effort, from Svor down to Nový Bor.
Railway stations at both ends make this an easy half-day, an add-on to a day in the region or a short winter outing. The single goal is Klíč. Nearly all the walking is either the way up its cone or the way down.
From Svor the route climbs steadily west through forest. All of the day’s ascent is packed into this first stretch. The final rise to the summit is a rocky zig-zag. The top itself is an open rock platform, exposed to the wind, with a full-circle view from Ještěd across the Lužické hory to the České středohoří. In late winter there can be icefalls on the rock wall on the south-west side, and the summit path may be icy. Early March can still be full winter up here.
The descent runs south-west, dropping through the woods with Nový Bor in view most of the way, and ends at the Nový Bor railway station. The town’s glassmaking museum and pubs are a natural finish if you have time left.
Practical info
| Start | Svor, by train, bus |
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| End | Nový Bor railway station, by train, bus |
| Terrain | forest path |
| Links | Open route on Mapy.com |
| GPX | Download track |
On the way
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Klíč
A bare phonolite cone above Nový Bor, fourth highest of the Lužické hory and a nature reserve since 1967. From its rocky summit platform you see from Ještěd to the Krkonoše.
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Nový Bor
The glassmaking capital of northern Bohemia at the foot of the Lužické hory, with a glass school since 1870, a glass museum and the trailhead side of Klíč.