The pass is accessible by a road either from Špindlerův Mlýn, served by bus, or from Poland.

[1] Although road quality on the Polish side is relatively poor, the pass is much sought after by mountain bikers.

During World War II, the area was incorporated into Nazi Germany along with the Sudetes.

At that time, the Nazis held the Allied prisoners of war in the Špindlerova bouda mountain hut.

[2] Following the Fall of Communism, presidents of Czechoslovakia and Poland met at the Przełęcz Karkonoska in 1990.