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Rajtopiky Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/21/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


SK
NPR Rajtopiky sa nachadza na hrebeni pohoria Branisko. Uzemim rezervacie prechadza turisticky znaceny chodnik, ktory spristupnuje mnohe prirodne krasy, ukryte na tejto malej ploche. Vrchol Rajtopiky dosahuje nadmorsku vysku 1036m a v jeho okoli vystupuju na povrch skalne formacie triasovych bridlic, kremencov a dolomitov. Tie vytvaraju na pomerne dlhom, vyse kilometrovom useku zaujimavy, clenity, miestami exponovany skalnaty hrebienok s viacerymi pozoruhodnymi formami reliefu. Najznamejsim z nich je skalne okno, jedno z najkrajsich svojho druhu na Slovensku, cez ktore vedie spominany turisticky chodnik. Vyska otvoru je cca. 3m.

Z hrebena Rajtopikov padaju smerom ku obciam Dubrava a Harakovce prikre svahy, tzv. Harakovska stran, na ktorych sa vyskytuju viacere vzacne druhy rastlin a zivocichov, ako aj povodne lesne spolocenstva. Tieto strane boli spolocne so spominanym hrebenom Rajtopikov vyhlasene v roku 1982 za NPR. Predmetom ochrany v tejto NPR je o.i. aj rys ostrovid a vlk dravy.

Keska je pristupna JEDINE po zelenom turistickom chodniku zo sedla Branisko na ceste medzi Levocou a Presovom. Trochu casu sa da usetrit vyvezenim svojho geozadku az k budove vysielaca Rudnik :) Odbocka na tuto uzku klukatu cestu je tesne za sedlom, v smere z LE do PO doprava hore. Jej suradnice su medzi Additional Waypoints.

Pozor! Keska sa nachadza v NPR s 5.stupnom ochrany. Preto prosim vsetkych keserov o maximalnu ohladuplnost voci tunajsej krehkej prirode. Na najdenie kesky NIE JE NUTNE opustit turisticky znaceny chodnik. Cely vylet od vysielaca ku keske a spat trva zhruba 2 hodiny.

Zdroj: www.sopsr.sk, www.cassovia.sk, chu.enviroportal.sk

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EN
Natural reservation Rajtopiky is located on Branisko mountain ridge. Lots of natural beauties, concentrated in relatively small area, are accessible by green-marked path. Rajtopiky peak is reaching altitude of 1036m and is surrounded by many rock formations. Those formations created very interesting, occasionally hard-passable terrain. There’s also famous stone window, one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. Marked path is crossing this window. The hight of opening is approx. 3m.

From Rajtopiky mountain ridge steep slopes are falling down to two small villages down under – Dubrava and Harakovce. This is a home of many protected plants and animals (for example lynx or wolf) and that’s why this area was declarated as natural reservation already in 1982.

Cache is accessible from Sedlo Branisko (Branisko saddle) on road between Levoca and Presov. Just follow green marked path. If your time is tide, you can drive your car further to the white building of TV, radio and GSM transmitter. Turn to this narrow and zigzag road is nearby saddle – check Additional waypoints.

Attention! Cache is placed in Natural reservation with highest level of protection. I asked all geocachers for maximal tactfulness to this delicate piece of nature. YOU DON’T NEED TO LEAVE green marked hiking path to find this geocache. Whole trip from transmitter to the cache and back takes approx. 2 hours.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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