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Fog over a spruce forest in the Jizera Mountains

Jizera Mountains · 50°50'N 15°19'E · outdoor escape game

The Jizeras are full of stories. Go out and uncover them.

Five games in the mountains where the answers are held by the landscape: vanished settlements, peat bogs, old trails, and the border zone.

  • Jizera Mountains
  • 5 games
  • 2–4 hours
  • just a phone

Five stories, five parts of the mountains

Pick your story

Each game has its own tone, its own landscape and its own ending. Choose based on what draws you in: history, legends, espionage, nature, or a head-to-head against another team.

Smugglers
Team game Multiplayer

Smugglers

One side knows the way. The other knows they're coming.

  • approx. 2 hours of pure play
  • 4–7 km depending on tactics
  • 4–12 players, two teams
  • More physically demanding

Hejnice – Ferdinandov · 390 m

Shadows of Jizera
History

Shadows of Jizera

Some stories from the mountains vanished from the maps. Not without a trace, though.

  • approx. 3 hours
  • 7.5 km
  • 2–6 players
  • Medium

Bílý Potok – Smědava · 425 m

The Mountains' Curse
Legend / Medieval

The Mountains' Curse

The legend was supposed to stay buried. Someone woke it up again.

  • approx. 3–4 hours
  • 9 km
  • 2–6 players
  • Harder

Jizerka – Bukovec · 860 m

Operation North
Espionage

Operation North

1984. Someone who knew too much has gone missing in the mountains.

  • approx. 3 hours
  • 8 km
  • 2–5 players
  • Medium

Nové Město pod Smrkem – Smrk · 460 m

Secret of the Peat Bog
Nature

Secret of the Peat Bog

The forest speaks. Most people have just forgotten how to listen.

  • approx. 2–3 hours
  • 6 km
  • 2–6 players
  • Easy

Jizera peat bogs · 890 m

The Playground

Jizera Mountains
as a game board

The mountains are here on purpose. Peat bogs, old trails, boundary stones and houses that no one ever rebuilt. Each game chose a piece of the mountains that truly belongs to its story.

The routes follow marked trails and can be handled in regular footwear. Starting points are accessible by car and bus.

  • 5 areas
  • 4–9 km
  • 300–1,124 m a.s.l.
  • year-round
Stylized topographic map of the Jizera Mountains with game areas marked

Areas

  • Bílý Potok – Smědava northern slopes, forgotten settlements
  • Jizerka – Bukovec old trails, boundary stones
  • Nové Město pod Smrkem – Smrk border zone, patrol paths
  • Jizera peat bogs water, wetlands, boardwalks
  • Hejnice – Ferdinandov the Smědá valley, patrol paths

Four steps

How it works

  1. 01

    Pick a story

    Each game takes you to a different piece of landscape and has its own tone. You'll get your ticket via a link by email.

  2. 02

    Arrive at the start

    You know the starting point in advance, coordinates and how to get there. The game unlocks only once you're there.

  3. 03

    Your phone guides you

    You get the story, tasks, a map, and new clues. You set the pace, a snack break won't hurt anyone.

  4. 04

    The rest is up to you

    Observe your surroundings, think it through, and make it to the end. The landscape doesn't hide the answers, it just doesn't say them out loud.

Reviews

How it went

After twenty minutes we'd completely forgotten we'd originally just gone for a hike.
Tereza a group from Liberec Shadows of Jizera
Places we'd walked past for years suddenly meant something completely different.
Martin weekend away with his girlfriend The Mountains' Curse
The best part was realizing the other team was just a few hundred meters away from us.
Ondra company team-building, 10 people Smugglers
The kids ran around for three hours straight without a single complaint. That's never happened to us before.
Lucie family with kids aged 9 and 12 Secret of the Peat Bog

Frequently asked

Before you ask

All questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. The game runs in your phone's browser. After purchase you get a link, open it at the start, and play. Nothing to download from the App Store or Google Play.
Do we need mobile signal?
Yes, at the start, to load the game. After that the app keeps the content offline and only needs signal occasionally. We've accounted for weak-signal stretches in every game.
How many people can play?
Two is enough. Most games work best with three to six people, and one phone per team is plenty. Smugglers and Štvanice Island are played in two teams, so from four to twelve players.
What if it starts raining?
You keep playing, outdoors doesn't work any other way. Tickets never expire, so if the weather is truly against you, reschedule for another day at no charge.
Is the game suitable for kids?
Secret of the Peat Bog is built for families and works for kids from age eight. Shadows of Jizera, In Žižka's Footsteps and Štvanice Island suit ages twelve and up. Operation North, The Mountains' Curse, The Clockmaker's Will and Smugglers are more demanding, we recommend age fourteen and up.
Can we bring a dog?
Yes, on most routes. In Secret of the Peat Bog a leash is required, as the route runs through a protected area. For Smugglers we don't recommend it, it's fast-paced and covers a larger territory.
A group of four in outdoor gear examining a stone on a misty mountain trail

The landscape is already waiting for you.

Pick a story, charge your phone, and head outside.

Choose a game