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čadca - Husarik - Chotarny Kopec - čadca
Map: No 109 Javorniky 1:50 000
Circular walk - easy, (tarmac road, waymarked trail) First leg RED, 2nd leg GREEN
Distance: 15km
Caution: Be aware that logging operations may take place in the forested area.
(1:20 hrs) Centre - Husarik, 3kms on tarmac road - ascent. Caution: traffic. You pass through the village of Butovci, where at the end the road splits in 2, take the left hand road up to the hotel Husarik.
(2:00 hrs) Husarik - Črchl'a, 3kms on paths. Continue past the hotel following the track down for 15 mins, on the way you will see on your left a small chapel. After 15 mins walking, you will see a junction and on your right there is a cross and information post. Take the left hand side path that leads to a small hamlet. As you pass through the hamlet you will see typical Slovak country houses made from wood. Contine straight on, on the way you will encounter another information post with another hiking trail (yellow mark). [Note: This yellow route will shorten the walk by 2 hrs and takes back down to Rieka and back to Cadca]. Carry on following the red mark on the track until you get to open ground, take the left track across the field,(half way there is a telegraph with a waymark). Continue straight until the woods ahead of you where the track veers to the left and ascends once more. Continue along this track, past another modern house on the left, where the track turns sharply to the right. As you ascend the track, ahead of you is another typical Slovak wooden house, where the track goes to the left. Continue to go uphill, past another chapel on your left and further up, another house. Past this house, the track becomes a path and gets steeper. CRCHL'A. At the top, there is another information post and a wonderful viewpoint over the surrounding countryside,where in good weather you can see the Mala Fatras in the distance.
You have now reached the half way point of the walk.
(1 hr) Crchl'a -Kýčera - 3 kms
Now you are joining the GREEN waymark trail, so at the information point, turn back to head back the way you came,but after 20m, join the right hand side path that descends steeply towards the east. Again, you are in open countryside. After 250m, you will see on your right, a picnic area, together with an information board. There is a well in the adjacent small wooden hut. This location has wonderful views to the south.
Follow the track, past a farmhouse to your right until you reach the woods. Continue strainght down through the woods on the main track, (green waymarks), heading due north. Just before the village of
Kýčera, the track road veers to the right. As you pass through the village, you will see on your right, a wooden chapel. Follow the road through the village, then take a left turn at the information post. Walk to the next chapel and the next information post, where the track becomes a path that goes to the right.
Continue pass the small cemetery on your left, descending down into woods once more.
Kýčera - Cadca
Continue down until you reach open fields once more, carry straight on to reach the adjacent woods on the opposite side, take note that the next section of the trail is slightly to the left of the woods, where you will reach the top of the old ski area. Once at the top of the ski area, keep to the right hand side, where the path restarts. This path takes down to a group of flats, where you will join a pedestrain path, go right and continue straight down until you reach Bila supermarket.
