Winter hike to the VARTOVNA lookout tower

February 2010 and our tourist group goes to the cottage near the Sirákov motor station. We have cross-country skis, but we don't know yet that we'll be walking. This time we are going by car because we are packed for 5 days and we will be cooking. We are going with cross-country skis and we think we will cross our old cross-country trails in the vicinity of Syrákov. But hey. It was freezing after the rain, so we didn't want to go on the icy trail at all. Cross-country skis remain throughout…