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Kasprowy Wierch
- Prominence
- 41 m134 ft
- Isolation
- 0.5 km
- Tonight
- -2°CFair · Wind 10 km/h S
Kasprowy Wierch is a 1,987 m (6,519 ft) mountain in the Western Tatras, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,987 m · 6,519 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Beskyd (2,014 m)
- Range
- Western Tatras
- Region
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park
- Coordinates
- 49.2324° N, 19.9818° E
Kasprowy Wierch 3D map
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Kasprowy Wierch topographic map
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
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How to get to the top of Kasprowy Wierch
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 2.2 km ENE of Kasprowy Wierch
- Distance
- 2.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +480 m(1,575 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Kasprowy Wierch weather
Tonight · Fair · -2°C (28°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h S
Kasprowy Wierch forecast for the summit, about 1,987 m.
- Tonight-2°0.2 mm10 km/h S
- Today-3°0°0.2 mm8 km/h S
- Sun-3°1°5.4 mm19 km/h S
- Mon-7°-1°2.1 mm15 km/h NW
- Tue-6°1°–2 km/h N
- Wed-3°4°0.1 mm4 km/h N
- Thu-3°0°1.9 mm7 km/h N
- Fri-4°1°0.2 mm5 km/h NE
- Sat-4°-2°0.4 mm4 km/h NE
- Sun-5°-1°0.2 mm3 km/h SW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Kasprowy Wierch
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kasprowy Wierch, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Murowaniec
Nearest parking
4.2 km N
Nearest campsite
Pod Krokwią
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| MurowaniecHut | 2.2 km NE |
| Schronisko PTTK Hala KondratowaHut | 2.9 km NW |
| Parking | 4.2 km N |
| Parking | 4.2 km N |
| Parking | 4.2 km N |
| Schronisko PTTK w Dolinie Pięciu Stawów PolskichHut | 5.3 km ESE |
| Pod KrokwiąCampsite | 5.7 km N |
| Camper Park OlimpCampsite | 6.0 km NNW |
| SzałasiskaCampsite | 7.2 km ESE |
How steep is the route to Kasprowy Wierch?
The easiest mapped route, 2.7 km from 1,503 m to 1,987 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.
- 0–15°2.0 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Kasprowy Wierch summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Svinica / Świnica2,291 m 2.4 km SE
- 2Świnica2,302 m 2.5 km SE
- 3Świnicka Kopa2,298 m 2.5 km SE
- 4Gąsienicowa Turnia2,280 m 2.6 km ESE
- 5Niebieska Turnia2,262 m 2.7 km ESE
- 6Zawratowa Turnia2,247 m 2.8 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 477 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine Accentor80
- Fireweed58
- Alpine Bellflower54
- Willow gentian47
- Spotted gentian39
- Northern firmoss37
Where Kasprowy Wierch sits
- Region
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship12Poland47Slovakia39Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park13
Nearby places
ŚwinicaPeak · 2,302 m↑2.5 km SE
KościelecPeak · 2,155 m↑2.5 km ESE
Kopa KondrackaPeak · 2,005 m↑3.6 km W
Kozi WierchPeak · 2,291 m↑3.8 km ESE
NosalPeak · 1,206 m↑4.9 km N
More in the Western Tatras 4
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,984 m at the summit; the official height is 1,987 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,987 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,984 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,977 m | -10 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia