Trip: Pilzen 2026

Bambule was the last summit of my eight-peak day, and by then the logic had narrowed to something very simple: finish cleanly, find the actual high point, and do not let fatigue or fading light turn the final stop into a lazy near-miss. On paper Bambule is modest, at 661 m with 136 m of…

Stramchyně was the seventh summit of the day, reached straight after nearby Tuhošť and just before the final stop on Bambule. On paper Stramchyně is modest: 543 m, with 119 m of prominence and about 2.67 km of isolation. In practice that is enough to make it a real P100 objective rather than just another…

Tuhošť was the sixth summit in my eight-peak day, and by then the logic of the day was fully settled: drive as high as reasonably possible, walk only what still needed to be walked, and make sure the actual summit was handled properly rather than waved away just because the outing was short. Tuhošť fit…

Běleč was the fifth summit of the day and one of the cleaner stops in the sequence. At 712 m with 210 m of prominence, it has enough independence to matter, and after the slightly fussier summit reading on Říčej it was refreshing to reach a top that proved straightforward on the ground. I managed…

Říčej was the fourth peak on my eight-summit day, and by then efficiency mattered. Still, this was not just a filler stop. At 697 meters, with 133 meters of prominence and 2.86 kilometers of isolation, Říčej has enough independence to count as a real collecting summit rather than a nameless wooded rise. It also sits…

Doubrava was the third summit on my eight-peak day and one of those objectives whose value comes less from raw altitude than from clean topographic independence. At 727 meters it is not a giant, but with 199 meters of prominence and 8.57 kilometers of isolation it earns its place on the Czech P100s and stands…

Velký Bítov was the second summit in my eight-peak day, and it was a good reminder that a peakbagging objective does not need big altitude to be worth the stop. At 713 m, this is not a giant hill by Czech standards, but its 117 m of prominence give it just enough independence to matter…

Koráb was the first summit of the day after the drive down from Prague, and it made sense as an opener. At 776 m with 240 m of prominence, its importance lies more in independence than in absolute height. What makes it especially worth doing carefully is the summit structure: the tower and restaurant sit…