Rozštípená skála, Natural monument in the Vysočina region, Czech Republic

Rozštípená skála is a gneiss rock wall at 560 m elevation, split in its lower part by a weathered crevice about 10 m long and 2 m wide. The dark grey and brown stone rises in two facing sections with horizontal layering and vertical cracks, leaving a narrow shaded passage between them.

Rozštípená skála is a natural monument (ev. no. 914) in the Žďár nad Sázavou district, managed by the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area administration. The name comes from the 10-metre-long, roughly 2-metre-wide weathered fissure that splits the gneiss wall at its base. A historical Czech-Moravian border ran close to the rock.

On the meadow beneath the rock, by the Sázava, stands a stone Mammoth Head about 2.5 metres tall by local sculptor Michal Olšiak, carved so it seems to grow out of the slope. The name Rozštípená skála refers to the weathered fissure, 10 m long and some 2 m wide, that splits the gneiss wall.

The monument is reached on foot: by the red trail from Žďár nad Sázavou toward Velká Losenice, or by the yellow trail from the junction to the Česká Mez settlement. The rock stands at 560 m above sea level above the Sázava, which flows beneath it; the ground at the foot of the crevice is dark, uneven soil with loose debris.

The historical Czech-Moravian border runs right beside the rock, and the Sázava flows below it. On the meadow beneath the cliff stands a stone Mammoth Head about 2.5 m tall by local sculptor Michal Olšiak, made to look as if it grows out of the rock.