It is separated from the Bialskie Mountains by the Morávka Valley and the Ploszczyna Pass. From the east it closes the Klodzko Basin. The climate is very harsh, the top parts of the mountains should be classified as high mountain climate.

The highest peak – Sněžník (1,425 meters above sea level), from which six flattened mountain arms spread out in all directions, is covered with snow for more than half the year. Hence its name. Black Mountain (1206 m) is also a significant elevation – steep, lofty, with a black cap of spruce forest and a wooden observation tower on top. The entire massif, with the exception of the summit, is covered with uniform forests, mostly spruce (19th-century plantings), although there is also beautiful mixed forest. The forests are cut by dozens of kilometers of beaten paths built in the mid-19th century for industrial logging, and today used for walking. In the narrow gloomy valleys lie the two most important villages of the Śnieżnik Massif – the isolated, charming Międzygórze, with its large tourist base, and the once-mining tiny Kletno.

Major tourist attractions include: The Bear Cave in Kletno, the Maria Śnieżna Sanctuary on Igliczna above Międzygórze, the Wilczki Waterfall, the Fairy Tale Garden in Międzygórze, Trójmorski Wierch and Marian Rocks. In addition, it is worth visiting the area around the Płoszczyna and Puchaczówka Passes, the shelter on Hala pod Śnieżnikiem, Bolesławów (an extinct, but with an amazing climate town in the heart of the mountains) and the Suszina and Podbelka ranges, where there are remnants of wartime fortifications from 100 years ago. In 1997, a large ski complex “Czarna Góra” in Sienna was launched on the Śnieżnik Massif.

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