Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains (Czech: Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina) is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains
Hostýnsko-vsetínská hornatina
Vsetínské vrchy with the Klenov massif on the right and Bystřička Dam on the left
Highest point
Peak	Vysoká
Elevation	1,024 m (3,360 ft)
Coordinates	49°24′14″N 18°21′40″E
Dimensions
Width	55 km (34 mi) West-East
Geography
Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín Region
Subdivisions	Hostýnské vrchy and Vsetínské vrchy
Parent range	Western Carpathians
Geology
Rock type	flysch

The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce plantations. Most visited are the bordering Rožnovská Bečva river valley in the north (with Valašské Meziříčí and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm towns and Dolní, Prostřední and Horní (i.e. Lower, Middle and Upper) Bečva resorts) and the southern Vsetínská Bečva river valley starting in the town of Vsetín with the resort of Velké Karlovice.

The Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains are part of the Western Carpathians, it is divided by the Bečva River valley into the lower eastern Hostýnské vrchy and the higher western Vsetínské vrchy which are a part of the Beskydy Landscape Protected Area. They are built mainly of flysch deposits and their high sediments in both Bečva rivers valleys. The flysch slopes are rather unstable and thus small landslides are typical for this area. The highest point is Vysoká (i.e. High Mountain), at 1,024 m (3,360 ft), in the easternmost part of the range.

Resources

• Rohlík, Jiří (2001). Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Soubor turistických map 1:50 000. Prague: TRASA, s.r.o. ISBN 80-85999-29-3.
• Ludvík, Marcel (1987). Beskydy, Turistický průvodce ČSSR. Prague: Olympia. 27-031-87.