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Groń Jana Pawła II

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Lesser Poland Voivodeship

powiat suski

Stryszawa

Groń Jana Pawła II

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Groń Jana Pawła II

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Location: Stryszawa, powiat suski, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

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June 26, 2022

It is located in the main ridge of the Little Beskids between the nearby Leskowiec (922 m above sea level), from which it is separated by the shallow Midowicz Pass, and the more distant Magurka Ponikiewska (817 m above sea level). Two side ridges extend from it. In the north-west direction, the ridge goes to Gancarz and further, in the south-east, initially a small ridge just below the summit, transforming below into a ridge with the peaks of Jaworzyna (662 m above sea level) and Harańczykowa Góra (624 m above sea level). From the valleys between these ridges, the source streams of the Rzyczanka, Ponikiewka, Tarnawka and Targoszówka streams flow.
There are two clearings on the top of Groń Jana Pawła II; in the north it is Polana Beskid, in the south it is Polana Bargłowa (there is a tourist shelter on it).
Initially, this peak was called Jaworzyna. During his childhood and adolescence, John Paul II reached the summit many times - later also as a bishop. In summer he covered the trail on foot, in winter he went skiing here. The last time he climbed Leskowiec and Jaworzyna as a cardinal was in 1970, after a mass celebrated on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his priesthood in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
In 1995, at the initiative of PTTK activist Stefan Jakubowski from Andrychów, a chapel was erected under the summit (in Polana Bargłowa), and a steel cross from 1991, dedicated to "people of the mountains".
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C5%84_Jana_Paw%C5%82a_II

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Mariusz Fendrych

November 3, 2022

A unique place where you can rest both physically and spiritually.

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2. Schronisko PTTK Leskowiec – Leskowiec Summit loop from Rzyki

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