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Rysy
- Prominence
- 163 m535 ft
- Tonight
- -5°CFair · Wind 10 km/h SW
Rysy is a 2,501 m (8,205 ft) mountain in the Tatra Mountains, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,501 m · 8,205 ft
- Range
- Tatra Mountains
- Region
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park
- Coordinates
- 49.1726° N, 20.0946° E
Rysy 3D map
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Rysy topographic map
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Štrbské Pleso. 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 Rysy
2 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Road end near Štrbské Pleso
- Distance
- 9.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,251 m−151 m (4,104 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Rysy weather
Tonight · Fair · -5°C (23°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h SW
Rysy forecast for the summit, about 2,501 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,359 m.
- Tonight-5°0.2 mm10 km/h SWBase 0°
- Today-5°-2°–8 km/h SWBase 1 / 5°
- Sun-6°-1°4.7 mm18 km/h SWBase 0 / 5°
- Mon-10°-4°1.9 mm17 km/h NWBase -4 / 4°
- Tue-9°-2°–4 km/h NEBase -2 / 6°
- Wed-6°1°–4 km/h NBase -1 / 8°
- Thu-6°-3°1.7 mm6 km/h NBase 0 / 6°
- Fri-8°-2°0.1 mm5 km/h NEBase -2 / 6°
- Sat-7°-5°0.5 mm3 km/h NBase -1 / 3°
- Sun-7°-4°0.5 mm2 km/h SBase -2 / 3°
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 Rysy
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Rysy, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Chata pod Rysmi
Nearest campsite
Táborisko na poľane pod Vysokou
Nearest parking
4.7 km NNW
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chata pod RysmiHut | 0.6 km WNW |
| Horský hotel Popradské plesoHut | 2.2 km SSW |
| Táborisko na poľane pod VysokouCampsite | 2.4 km NE |
| Schronisko PTTK Morskie OkoHut | 3.6 km NNW |
| SzałasiskaCampsite | 4.6 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.7 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.9 km ESE |
| Parking | 5.4 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Rysy?
The easiest mapped route, 9.6 km from 1,359 m to 2,501 m. Steepest stretch: 28°.
- 0–15°8.6 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 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 Rysy summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Rysy2,472 m 0.8 km NW
- 2Končistá2,538 m 2.2 km SE
- 3Malá Litvorová veža2,547 m 2.6 km E
- 4Lavínová veža2,581 m 2.7 km ESE
- 5Lavínový štít2,606 m 2.7 km ESE
- 6Zadný Gerlach2,616 m 2.8 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 302 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Roseroot43
- Alpine Accentor39
- Hedge-leaved adenostyle35
- Alpine avens33
- Common bistort31
- Northern firmoss29
Where Rysy sits
- Region
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship12Poland47Slovakia39Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park3
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Czarny Staw pod RysamiLake · 1,583 m↑2.2 km NW
KončistáPeak · 2,538 m↑2.2 km SE
Popradské plesoLake · 1,494 m↑2.4 km SSW
Large Hincovo Lake1,946 m↑2.6 km WNW
Mengusovská dolina↑3.1 km SSW
More in the Tatra Mountains 6
How accurate is this?
31 m low This 3D map reads 2,470 m at the summit; the official height is 2,501 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 37 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,501 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,470 m | -31 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,464 m | -37 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