⚠️ Warning! Winter conditions in the mountains do not ease even in May. There is 10–30 cm of snow on the ridges.
You can leave your vehicle in the free parking lot on Videlske sedlo. From there, you will set off along a beautiful 4.5 km long cycle route, or along a forest path that leads to the right from the parking lot.
A decent climb awaits you on the way, nothing challenging.
Subsequently, you will appear at the signpost U Vysokeho Vodopadu. It is definitely worth walking down the blue tourist sign, downwards. You will walk through a beautiful landscape lined with wooden footbridges and railings. You will come across the Sokoli skala, walk across the Stribrny brook until you reach the Vysoky Vodopad itself.
You are in the Vysoky Vodopad Nature Reserve. Here you will find interesting plants on springs and rocks, where water is constantly dripping and rinsing them. This creates special conditions for species that would not grow on dry rocks.
The waterfall has a total height of 28 m. Before 1880 it had a height of 45 m and the water flowed down in free fall, today especially in the lower part, forms a waterfall of a small cascade. In 1880, during a flood, there was a landslide that collapsed to the point of impact of the waterfall, so its height was reduced to only 28 m. Nevertheless, it is one of the highest waterfalls in the Czech Republic and it is the highest waterfall in the Jeseniky Mountains. In the past, the presence of the Eurasian lynx has been proven here.
Then you will head back to the signpost U Vysokeho vodopadu. On the way back, you can go closer to the lookout, or to the Sokoli skala.
As soon as you appear at the signpost U Vysokeho vodopadu, you will continue over a small wooden footbridge towards the forest. Only a 2-kilometer long route through the magical forest, in the so-called Nad Vodopadem locality, awaits you.
Again, the route will not be difficult. Expect the biggest climb right after crossing the wooden footbridge and entering the forest.
Gradually, you will walk through the forest until the transmitter on Praded peeks out at you, in beautiful weather. After a few hundred meters, the tourist cottage Svycarna again.
Then you will set off, just behind the tourist cottage, at the outdoor seating area, to the left along the yellow tourist sign. Again, expect a slight climb to Maly Ded (1368 m above sea level).
As soon as you climb Maly Ded, there is a 2.5-kilometer descent to the parking lot itself. The terrain is rocky, in some places the path is lined with roots.
At the Cernik signpost, continue straight ahead, downwards, following the yellow tourist sign.
You will then appear at the parking lot, but you will arrive from a different direction than where you came from.
