Stezka Valaška Beskydy Pustevny

About the trail

Explore the stunning beauty of Pustevny and the surrounding area

Skywalk

  • The longest skywalk without steel handrails in Europe
  • Weight of used glass is 839 kg
  • Overhanging is 7 meters long
  • Glass part is 2500 x 1600 mm large
  • Height above the ground is 30 meters
  • It can hold up to ten persons in ideal case smiley
  • Do you know that it is not allowed to jump on the skywalk? smiley
  • Do you know that if you jump and the glass breaks, you will fall as fast as your mobile phone? smiley
  • Do you know that installation of glass itself took only four hours?

Tower

  • Height of the tower is 22 m
  • Length of the walkway inside the tower is 220 m
  • 1099 meters above the sea level
  • Distance from the core of the earth is around 6 371 km 🙂
  • Distance from the statue of Radegast is 1,5 km, from Ostrava 38 km, from Praděd 99 km, from New York 6 840 km and from Mars 55 mil. km smiley
  • Do you know that we have used almost 2 tons of glue?
  • A cave was found during digging of the foundations
  • 850 meters of pilots have been drilled
  • It would be possible to produce 140 Škoda cars from all the used steel
  • You make around 750 steps before you climb to the top

Nine trampolines

  • 12 meters above the ground
  • The highest placed trampoline playground in the Czech Republic
  • Trampolines were produced abroad as we had not been able to find a company in the Czech Republic which would have been able to supply and install them
  • They are accessible in snow as well, but they are veeeery slippery, and mainly you jump for free smiley

The starscape

  • The starscape (or starry sky) is the hearth of the skywalk Valaška

  • you can find here a refreshment stand for replenish fluids and there is a ball ice cream for kids

     

Skybike

Experience the Beskids like never before and pedal between heaven and earth on our unique Skybike! Safely float high above the treetops and let yourself be carried away by the breathtaking panoramas of Valašsko. An unforgettable adventure awaits, with views that will take your breath away.

Himalayan walkway

  • Length 150 m
  • Each rope can hold 35 tons
  • Length of all steel wires is 136 km
  • Slackness of the rope with loading is max 50 cm
  • Content of four concrete agitators fitted inside the concrete foot which holds the walkway
  • Yaks carry up to 150 kg of load on similar walkways in Himalayas
  • The rail has been tied by hands for two months
  • The colours on the praying flags on the walkway have these meanings: sky, water, fire, earth and air

About the walkway

 

  • we have worked for 1945 days
  • the highest point above the ground is 15,2 m
  • length of 660 m
  • overall length of all used wooden profiles – 15935 m
  • number of screws, bolts and other joints is around 21 000 pieces
  • length of drilled pilots 1120 m
  • do you know that the skywalk is not visible from space?
  • do you know that a snail would cross the skywalk in two and a half days?
  • Usain Bolt would make it in 37 seconds.
  • A cheetah in 11 seconds
  • And your voice in 1 second

Playground

  • The playground has 3 floors full of fun

  • It is available for kids 4–14 years old

  • The playground includes a climbing wall, a rope ladder and many others climbing frames

The walk of fame

There are important people born in Moravian-Silesian and Zlín regions

  • Concrete slabs with handprints and footprints embedded directly into the trail
    Every year, new imprints are added, featuring famous personalities such as Richard Konkolski, Karel Loprais, Helena Zeťová, Milan Baroš, and Richard Krajčo.

Entrance

  • Distance from Pustevny is 300 m
  • Super elevation from the cable car is 30 m
  • Entrance platform is 6-9 m above the ground
  • Entrance platform can hold up to 500 kg for a square meter
  • Tourniquet was produced in Turkey smiley
  • Average declination of the entrance platform is 6%