Toczek

🌲🌲🌲 Toczek - a climbing crag, takes its name from the stream that begins nearby. It is located in the southeastern part of the Table Mountains, near the village of Szczytna. The rocks of interest to us are sandstone, which has been mined here for years in quarries. Toczek is one such quarry, which is why climbing here is different than at nearby Szczytnik. Of course, the quarry is just one sector; there are also classic rock towers and turrets. The sandstone is of good quality, especially where we're dealing with natural, untouched rock. However, where the rock was chipped during extraction, it can be brittle in places. Helmets are recommended for both the climber and the belayer.

👍👍👍The most interesting sector of the crag is Toczek, is an old quarry, where around 40 climbing routes have been marked out. Together with the neighboring sectors with natural rock formations—Królik i Budda and Bambułki—there are over 60 routes. Strength climbing on small holds and with less friction prevails here, and overhangs require great endurance. 💪💪💪 Here you will find the most difficult options such as Pandora 8c and Mandragora 8c, as well as slightly easier but still very demanding ones: Akrofobia 8a, Rege 7c+ or Nemezis 7c. ⭐⭐⭐ Other gems are Elijah 7c, Terra Mirabilis 7a, Dysbalans 7a, Makapaka 6b+.

The Szczytna region in the Table Mountains long remained unpopular with climbers, giving way to the more famous Hejszowina. Only at the beginning of the 21st century did more intensive exploration of the local crags begin, with real development occurring after 2008, when the first sport routes appeared on Szczytnik. Over time, increasingly difficult routes were created, reaching grades VI.5 and higher, and in 2014, a new wave of exploration began, involving local climbers and visitors from the Czech Republic.

In 2021, a new area – Toczek – was opened, quickly becoming one of the most active locations in the area. More than 100 routes with a wide range of difficulty have already been climbed there, and some, like Michał Górski's "Pandora" (VI.7), are among the most difficult in the entire Sudetes. The development of the Toczek climbing region, with its enormous effort, is thanks to a large team of local climbers and the help of visitors. Among those who deserve special mention are Sylwester Maki Górecki and Marek Freus, as well as Grzegorz Płoska, Monika Szyrmer, Łukasz Gruszczyński, Marcin Sokół, Łukasz Świerczyński, Agnieszka Kupiec, Łukasz Niewęgłowski, Michał Polaszczyk, Darek Mielczarek, Robert Kapsel Grabowicz, and Michał Górski.