User:Wikidofex/Červený kámen (Podbeskydská pahorkatina)

Červený kámen (695 m above sea level) is a dominant peak in the Podbeskydská pahorkatina. It lands 2 kilometres southeast of Kopřivnice in the district of Nový Jičín. The peak is partially deforested and allows views of Kopřivnice, Štramberk, Příbor and more distant surroundings. The eastern part of the peak is used as a starting area for paragliding. On the northern slope there is a ski area.

Protection of the Nature
The whole hill is the part of natural park Podbeskydí. Northern slopes of Červený kámen were announced as SCI (Sites of Community Importance). There are many of protected forest stands, flowering beeches and the beech with a mosaic of meadows and calcareous rock vegetation.

In the western part of the northern slope there is a Celtic settlement from the 2nd century BC, named Šutyrova studánka after the local spring.

Access
Červený kámen is accessible by The educational trail Lašská, which goes from Kopřivnice around ruins of Šostýn Castle, Kopřivnické buky, Janíkovo sedlo and the top point of the Červený kámen up to Štramberk. The easiest way is around the water park Kopřivnice, under the Šostýn Castle and across Janíkovo sedlo to the mountain top. It is 2.5 km long and with 320 metres high difference.