Šilinkův důl - Šilinkův důl

Not recommended for a visit due to the construction of the polder.

The valley visited in autumn, which has its charm in this place with a river and rocks. A small part using ladders and chains.

Šilinkův důl is a local name for a part of the valley of the gorge type (gorge) flowing through the river Krounka in the section from the locality Na Volavkách (on the map see Šilinkův důl, accommodation) to the road bridge under Rychmburk Castle (in river km 5.9). The romantic valley is a part of the Krounky and Novohradky Valley Nature Park in this locality (see map and reviews for Nature Park, Krounky Valley). The passage through the valley is along the tourist route of the Czech Tourists Club, but about 1.5 km long with rock walls equipped with retaining chains and metal ladders (the so-called secured path, also known as the Italian name Via Ferrata). In the part of the secured route, the passage for tourists is more demanding or difficult, certainly unsuitable for small children and less mobile people. With a larger flow of water in the river Krounce or a larger blanket of snow, the place is dangerous and impassable. The rock formations are listed in the catalog of the Czech Mountaineering Association as climbing with the names Hlavní, Jílkova and Vodní skála, PCý stěna and Saxifrága, in some places the rocks are about 20 m high. The Krounka riverbed is bouldered in the whole valley, the geological subsoil here consists not only of sediments but also rocks (fine-grained conglomerates) and phyllite shale in the so-called clay zone. I recommend access to the valley from the Na Volavkách locality (downstream, access from road II / 358 in the Předhradí - Kutřín section, dirt road towards Šilinkův důl), attention, access from the original route from Kutřín along the river is not possible for construction work. In the opposite direction, against the flow of the river Krounka, access is possible from the road bridge under the castle Rychmburk, but for smaller children and less mobile people it may be a problem to cross the rock step only a few tens of meters from the entrance. The passage along the hiking trail to the rocky part is on both sides of the valley along a forest path with a marked hiking trail and otherwise quite a comfortable walk. CZ211120

A nice walk from Kutřín around the river Krounka to the castle Rychmburk. Around the river are local ferratas, which are a pleasant diversion (4 ladders and chains. The way there and back about 11 km. Unfortunately, everything is closed, Covid's time.