In the Jizera Mountains, in a picturesque area, there is a large hill called High Stone, reaching a height of 1,058 m above sea level and constituting an excellent viewpoint and an attractive destination for the expedition. At the top there are erratic rocks and a private shelter with the same name - Wysoki Kamień.

Anyone who reaches the summit of Wysoki Kamień can enjoy a wonderful panorama of the Jizera Mountains, the Jelenia Góra Valley, the Karkonosze Mountains, Rudawa Janowicka and the Kaczawskie Foothills. The most convenient way to get to the mountain is from the center of Szklarska, following the red trail (1.5 hours) or from Zakręt Śmierci along the yellow trail (45 minutes).

The first mountain shelter in this place stood in the first half of the 19th century - in 1837, the Schaffgotsch family from Świeradów-Zdrój ordered the construction of a wooden building for tourists. Similar to the one built in Śnieżne Kotły. At one time, the High Stone was visited by Frederick William IV himself, the reigning King of Prussia. To make this corner of the Jizera Mountains even more attractive, in 1875 an observation tower was built next to the shelter.

Unfortunately, in 1882 the shelter burned down completely, and Wysoki Kamień began a period of further modernization, destruction and reconstruction. In 1996, the Gołb family from Szklarska Poręba purchased the devastated area around the mountain peak in a tender. Soon, the first cleaning works and the painstaking construction of the new Wysoki Kamień shelter began.

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