Královecký Špičák, Mountain summit in Královec, Czech Republic
Královecký Špičák is the highest summit of the Vraní hory and the Broumovská vrchovina, reaching 880.6 m. It is a dome-shaped mountain with steep slopes, built mainly of porphyry, with sandstone and conglomerate at its foot. A telecommunications mast stands on the top.
The mountain's German name, Königshaner Spitzberg, refers to the village of Královec (Königshan) at its foot, and both the Czech and German names describe the peak's pointed shape. The summit lies in the Vraní hory, the Czech section of the Góry Krucze, southeast of the Lubawka Pass.
The Czech name Královecký Špičák and the German Königshaner Spitzberg both mean 'pointed peak of Královec', after the village at its foot; Polish calls it Kralowiecki Szpicak. The mountain lies in the Vraní hory, the Czech section of the Góry Krucze, southeast of the Lubawka Pass.
The summit is reached on foot via the blue marked trail from Bernartice and from Královec; a branch of the blue route from Žacléř climbs to the top in a spiral. The summit carries a telecommunications mast, and the open top serves as a launch point for hang gliding and paragliding.
The summit mast is not the only sign of human use: the porphyry that builds the mountain is still quarried in the Dlouhá Voda valley north of the peak, where an active quarry works the rock. The branch of the blue trail that reaches the top spirals up the slope rather than climbing straight.
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