Czech
Republic: Mountains: Within the Krkonose National Park lies the mountain peak of Snezka (1,602 meters) which sits right on the Polish-Czech border. The park is located in the Giant Mountains, or Riesengebirge (in German) which is part of the larger Sudeten Range. As the chair lifts rises in elevation the forest cover becomes more and more "arctic" -- trees get shorter and are severely damaged by snowfall and avalanches, and gradually give way to moss and lichen and bare rocks above the tree line.
The international marker has CS carved into the
stone, which identified
the country of Czechoslovakia. In 1993 it became the smaller Czech
Republic, shown here with a black C. On the backside,
Poland is represented with a P.