Rysy Mountain

Mount Rysy is a granitic mountain located on the Polish-Slovak border and is part of the Tatra Mountains. The mountain's three main summits rise to 8,114 feet in the southeast, 8,199 feet in the northwest, and 8,213 feet in the middle. The highest point in Poland is in the northwest, while the other two are on the Slovak side of the border. Rysy is thought to have originated from a succession of ravines on the mountain's slopes and is informally translated as stripes or fissures.

Ede Blasy and his guide Jan Ruman-Driecny made the first documented ascent in the year 1840. Jacob Horvay and Theodor Wundt, on the other hand, made the first winter ascent in 1884. Climbing attracts a large number of tourists and hikers to the mountain. The Polish path is difficult and steep, and many people choose to ride on the Slovak side. The Schengen Agreement, ratified by Poland and Slovakia in 2007, established a border crossing at the foot of the mountain.

Location: the Polish-Slovak border

Elevation: 2,501 m
Parent range: High Tatras