Some days are built around one mountain. This one was built around rhythm. On 7 March 2026, I linked eight short peaks around Ústí nad Labem and the Elbe valley, starting on the broad plateau of Děčínský Sněžník and finishing in the evening quiet of Vaňovský vrch. None of the individual walks was especially long,…
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Vaňovský vrch: A Short Prominent Hill Above the Elbe
Vaňovský vrch was my last summit of the day, which gave it an automatic advantage: by that point I no longer needed a grand expedition, just a hill that still felt worth climbing. This one did. At 561 m it is not especially high, and its isolation is fairly modest at about 2.85 km, but…