Our route starts in Kouty nad Desnou, where you can conveniently park your car at the Resort Kouty.
From the parking lot, start by following the road briefly toward the train station. After the first buildings on the right, turn between them to join the green hiking trail.
The trail leads into the forest, where a steep climb takes you onto a forest path.
The Suchostranska Trail starts at the signpost Pod Suchou horou. This roughly five-kilometer forest path runs along the slopes of Sucha and Sindelna Mountains. Along the way, beautiful views open up toward the Koutsky zleb, where the roaring of the Cascades of Divoky Stream can be heard. You can also catch glimpses of Praded.
At the signpost Pod Sindelnou, the trail ascends along the green hiking trail and continues along the ridge of Sindelna Mountain. You pass through a beautiful, almost fairytale-like forest until reaching the signpost Bily sloup.
At the signpost Bily sloup, join the busy red hiking trail, which you will follow for only a few meters. Then, switch to the yellow trail, which leads you through the Snezna kotlina Nature Area toward Cervena hora.
On Cervena hora (1333 m a.s.l.), there are rocky formations offering a stunning view of the Keprnik Highlands, including Keprnik, Vozka, Klinova hora, and Spaleny vrch. From here, follow the yellow hiking trail toward Kamenne okno and then to the signpost Sedlo pod Vresovkou.
From Sedlo pod Vresovkou, follow the red hiking trail toward Keprnik. At the signpost Trojmezi, turn left toward Vozka. The trail first climbs along a path lined with roots and stones, then continues through the forest of the Serak-Keprnik National Nature Reserve, where a boardwalk partially accompanies you.
From the signpost Trojmezi, turn left onto the yellow hiking trail toward the summit of Vozka. The trail passes through a beautiful forest and crosses several wooden boardwalks.
Next, you will reach the signpost U Vozky, where you follow the green hiking trail. After a few meters, the rocks at the summit of Vozka come into view.
Trojmezi is the name of a flat saddle (1316 m a.s.l.) in the Keprnik Highlands of Hruby Jesenik, where the ridges of Cervena hora, Vozka, and Keprnik meet in the Jesenik and Sumperk districts. The name Trojmezi comes from the fact that the borders of the Velke Losiny, Kolstejn (today Branna), and Fryvaldov (today Jesenik) estates once converged here.
It is the eighth highest peak of Hruby Jesenik. The summit features 7-meter-high rocky formations that are both a natural and hiking attraction, which you can climb. On a clear day, the view extends to Vresova studanka, Praded, and Kralicky sneznik (which is not part of Hruby Jesenik).
A legend has been preserved, according to which the administrator was given the task of transporting a wagon full of bread over the Jeseníky ridge and thus helping the starving inhabitants on the northern side of the mountains. The administrator did not want to do it too much, he was in a hurry to do other work and did not like his serfs very much. He set out late, so that he would be at the castle by evening and shorten his way over the mountain ridges. However, he should not have done that, because he got stuck in a swamp. Night was approaching, the wheels were firmly stuck in the snow and mud, it was impossible to go forward or backward with it.
In a hopeless situation, the coachman got angry, and pulled down the tarpaulin and began to put bread under the wheels. He spurred the horses on with his whip, the loaves disappeared into the dug ground.
But then came a terrible storm that no one had remembered before. Torrents of rain, snow, thunder, lightning, gales! After it calmed down, a new rock appeared on the Jeseniky hills, which has the form of a loaded horse-drawn wagon with a coachman.
Next, continue along the green hiking trail downhill into the valley, where the Huciva Desna springs and where you can cool off. The steep trail is lined with roots.
From the signpost Sedlo pod Vresovou studankou, head downhill along the yellow hiking trail. Ahead of you is a seven-kilometer-long path with an elevation change of 650 meters down to the parking lot.
On June 1, 1921, severe storms with torrential rains swept over the Jeseniky Mountains, triggering massive landslides. The slopes of Cervena hora, Vozka, and Spaleny vrch looked as if they had been planed. Mud, rocks, and trees accumulated in the Huciva Desna Valley, forming a dam that created an artificial lake. However, the dam was soon breached by water rushing down the valley, killing four people and causing extensive material damage. The aftermath of this disaster is still visible in the terrain—particularly on the slopes of Klinova hora and Spaleny vrch, where a debris field can be seen.
From the Udoli Hucive Desne trail junction, the route continues first through the forest and later along an asphalt road. Along the way, you will be accompanied by the soothing roar of the Desna River. You will also pass through the area where the now-defunct settlement of Andelske Zleby once stood.
You will then arrive in the village of Kouty nad Desnou, where you will walk a few kilometers before joining the green hiking trail you followed earlier, which will lead you back to the parking lot.
