A Winter Pilgrimage to Říp

A short 19.2 km winter pilgrimage to Říp. Red waymark from Mlčechvosty past the Jevín earthworks and village pubs, over the mountain, blue down to Roudnice.

This is the short winter version of the národní pouť. You approach Říp from the south in half a day, with pubs spread through the villages and trains at both ends. January suits the mountain. The orchards are bare, the views are long, and the summer crowds are gone.

From the Mlčechvosty stop the red waymark climbs gently through Jeviněves, past the Jevín earthworks in the woods above the village. The medieval moat is thirty seconds off the trail. The route continues through Černouček and Ctiněves, both with village pubs for a warm-up stop, and Říp fills more and more of the view ahead. The final climb starts from Ctiněves, in local legend the burial place of Čech himself.

On the summit you find the rotunda and the ring path, with the whole of central Bohemia around you. The blue waymark then goes down the north side through Vesce into Roudnice nad Labem, where the station is a short walk past the square.