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Wieś Karłów
Skały Puchacza is a sandstone cliff at about 730 m above sea level in the Stołowe Mountains National Park, near Karłów in the Kłodzko district. The wall, several dozen metres high, is not entirely natural — it is what remains of a quarry opened in the second half of the nineteenth century and still worked after the Second World War.
The upper edge of the excavation now serves as a viewing terrace. The outlook takes in the Kłodzko Valley, the neighbouring ranges and the flat, table-like ridges covered with spruce forest. The drop is steep and not secured along its whole length, so care is needed near the edge, especially with children and when the sandstone is wet and slippery.
East of the quarry stand a small historic wayside shrine and a stone cross from 1818. The rocks are reached by the blue trail from Duszniki-Zdrój (about 6 km, 2 hours) and from Karłów via Lisia Przełęcz (about 5 km), and from Batorów by the green trail. The walk is easy to combine with Szczeliniec Wielki or Błędne Skały.
