Western Sudetes, Mountain range complex in Czech Republic and Poland.

The Western Sudetes are a geomorphological macroregion stretching from the Bóbr River in the east to the Elbe and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the west, on the borders of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany. They include the Giant Mountains, whose Sněžka reaches 1,603 m, the highest peak of the whole Sudetes.

The Western Sudetes are a geomorphological macroregion on the borders of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, stretching from the Bóbr river in the east to the Elbe and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the west. Jerzy Kondracki's Polish geomorphological division places the Giant Mountains, Jizera Mountains, Kaczawa Mountains and Jelenia Góra Valley within it, while a separate geological division extends the West Sudeten structure east to the Ramzová thrust in Czech territory.

The Giant Mountains, called Karkonosze in Polish and Krkonoše in Czech, hold Sněžka at 1,603 m, the highest point of the Western Sudetes. The range's name appears in Polish, Czech and German forms across the border region, and the same peaks are marked in each language on trail signs.

The region is well connected by rail and regional roads, with stations in towns like Szklarska Poręba and Harrachov. From these starting points, visitors can reach hiking trails and ski runs with ease.

The Giant Mountains within the Western Sudetes hold the range's highest summits, topped by Sněžka at 1,603 m, the highest point in the Czech Republic. Every one of the Western Sudetes' highest peaks lies in this single range, not in the Jizera or Kaczawa Mountains.