Pasecká skála, Natural monument in Studnice, Czech Republic
Pasecká skála is a gneiss rock formation whose summit, at 823 m, is the highest point of the Pohledeckoskalská vrchovina. Frost weathering split the marginal ridge into three blocks up to 18 m high, named Vyhlídka, Omšelý hřeben and Pernštejn, with honeycomb weathering, an 8.5 m long and 4 m high tunnel and two smaller cavities.
The summit rocks and surrounding forest were declared a protected natural monument in 1979, within the Žďárské vrchy protected landscape area. Protection covers the frost-weathered migmatite and biotite gneiss outcrops formed in Pleistocene periglacial conditions, together with the lichen-covered boulders and adjacent forest stands.
The summit's three rock blocks carry standardised names: Vyhlídka, the northernmost block with the lookout and the trigonometric point; Omšelý hřeben, a rock wall whose crag is called Pecen; and Pernštejn. The name Pasecká skála is an official toponym for the hill, its summit and the protected area.
The final stretch from the Pasecká skála trail signpost climbs steeply over a boulder field on bare rock, with chains and a worn step to help. A blue-marked route reaches the summit block Vyhlídka, while a green-marked route runs Kadov – Pasecká skála – Studnice. The summit lies about 1.3 km northwest of Studnice chapel.
The summit's three rock blocks are named Vyhlídka, Omšelý hřeben and Pernštejn; the northernmost, Vyhlídka, holds a cast-iron bolt set into the rock marking a trigonometric point at 818.62 m. The highest point actually lies on the southern block.
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