The Suché skály (the ‘dry rocks’) are a unique ridge of uplifted and hardened sandstone. From a distance the exposed ridge looks like the back of some monstrous dragon, sleeping in the forest.

In fact the dragon’s back lies directly on the Lusatian fault, which runs from close to Dresden to just southeast of the Suché skály. At some point in the last geological era, the fault was activated, causing a layer of gravelly sandstone that was laid down some 95 million years ago, to be raised up to the surface and even pushed vertically. At the same time, the huge pressure of the uplift caused the sandstone to be considerably hardened.

The consequence today is that this rock ridge is tremendously resistant to erosion, and is the hardest sandstone in the whole region. It and has therefore become a favourite spot for rock climbers. For more information, see here.