THE ROUTE1 DISCRIPTION

Sivula,1818m This route takes us to the highest summit of Ukraine along with visiting others places of interest. The route takes 12 days. Average time for everyday walking is 5h.

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DAY 1: Arrival to L,viv, sightseeing, overnight.


DAY 2: Train/coach to Yaremcha(550m), distance 180km, overnight.
DAY 3: After breakfast a climb to the summit Yavornic(1467m), having lunch on the way. Ascent takes 4.5h, descent 2.5h. The route is very picturesque in any season. The track leads us trough different types of woods which change with picking height. A great illustration of changing the geographical belts in the mountains, in this particular place from leaf-tree woods to alpine pine-tree bushes and bare rocks covered with moss. The top uncovers a won-der-ful view over Yaremcha and mountain ranges, low ridges remindpetrified waves, since woods have dark blue & green colours, andand higher ridges stand as rocky islands in the stormy sea. On the way back we choose another path. The rest of the day is devoted to exploring the town. It boasts unique wooden architecture and an attractive souvenir market, where are available a vast pool of hand-made things composed from wood and other materials. Overnight.
DAY 4 : Transfer to Rakhov(400m) by train/coach, along the very fascinating road trough the Main Carpathians Range(50km). Rakhov is a small town on the other side of the Carpathians, which lies on the river Tissa, the biggest tributary of Danube. The way leads uson the southern spur of the Svidovets massif, the second highest massif in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The mountains look quite different from those near Yaremcha. A beach tree forest predominate over a fir-tree forest. We meet more open places covered with grass which is called "polonina" by locals.The top part of the ridge is opened and covered by grass. From the ridge we can observemany mountain massifs, including the Transilvanian Alps in Romania and the Chernogora range, the highest in the Ukrainian Carpathians. This day we finish in the Perelesok lodge(1200m). Overnight. (5h walking).
DAY 5 : The lodge Prelesok is situated very convenient, in fact it stays exactly on the southern spur of the Svidovets massif. It means we do not have to lose and gain height, instead of it just walking gradually up. The path goes trough alpine meadows to the summit Bliznitsa(1880m), which is thehighest in the whole massif. The north-eastern slope consist of very picturesque rocks.The unique, endemic plant & animals dwell in these rock for-mations. From the top we can sea the most part the Ukrainian Carpathians and the Transilvanian Alps. The horizon is blocked by steep ranges of the Gorgany massif, the east horizon is completely filled by the Chernogora range, with the most attractive and conspicuous summits Petros(2020m) & Hoverla(2061m). The range lies just across a deep valley of the Tissa river. Small lakes are observed a little below our path. Their origin is traced back to the glacial epoch. They were formed on the places of ancient glaci-ers. Passing the summit we keep on going to the north direction, loosing al-titude and eventually we reach the Dragobrat chalet(130-0m). The skilifts around working up till the late May, therefore they are the latest closed in the region. Overnight. (5h walking).
DAY 6: Our last day in the Svidovets massif. We descend to the small town Yasinya, which conveniently lies between two of the highest massifs: the Chernogora & Svidovets. The town offers many tourist facilities hotels, skilifts etc. We pass the town either on foot or by coach/train, since in spite of the small population it is rather long. At the village Lazeshchina we leave the valley of Tissa and walk along a stream with the same name as the village. Walking trough a beautiful fir-tree forest and passing a small First World War cemetery we come eventually to the lodge Kozmeshchik(900m). It stands very close to the beautiful summits: Hoverla & Petros. Overnight. (5h walking).
DAY 7: This day is devoted to an ascend on the mount Hoverla, which is the highest in Ukraine. The path goes trough the fir-treeforest, then we go higher the natural border of forest and face bush covered terrain which gradually transforms to alpinemeadow.Finally we get the top which unfolds the terrific panorama. Now our way is down to the north. Our path passes by the sources of the river Prut(900km), we can see small but very beautiful waterfalls. All surroundings are protected by the Carpathian nationalpark. Finally we reach the hotel Zaroslyak(1200m),which stands in a glade and the forest encircles it. Overnight. (6h walking).
DAY 8: A short transfer to Vorokchta (20km). The town(750m) is verysmall in the population, but occupies enormous territory since the houses are scattered in the valley and the slopes. We walk to the west direction, to the village Yablohitsa, the path takes usto the summit Magura(1288m), which belongs to the Gorgany massif. The top part is covered by big stones, that is typical for the massif. In Yablonitsa we stay in a tourist hotel. Overnight. (3.5h walking).
DAY 9: First we walk along a brook(down-stream), but we soon start to ascend to the summit Khomyak(1544m), which has very right geometrical form (cone). We pass a coniferous forest and overgr-own bushes of alpine pine-tree in succession, the final part of the path leads us trough the rough rocky face. Although the way becomes more hard, the view and the colours of the rock-plant combination pay back twice. From the top the scenerical view allows us to see all the summits where we have been before. Descending to the north slope. Walking trough different kind of woods we even-tually reach the chalet Zhenets(700m). Overnight.(6h walking).
DAY 10: Transfer to the village Manyava by coach. Near the village is situated a small beautiful monastery, sur-rounded by woods. Our path leads us along a stream, on the stream there is a nice waterfall situated in a canyon. We ascend on therange Chortka(1266m),which is covered by a virgin coniferous forest. Passing the range we descendto the hotel Huta(700m). Overnight. (5h walking).
DAY 11: This day we chose between two options: strolling around in the beautiful surroundings or ascending on the mount Igrovets(1805m). The ascent takes 4h, the descent 3h. First we walk along a mount road, then by the trail. The top looks as a big air-field since it is quite smooth & flat. The mount is the second highest in the Gorgany massif. The view covered the most part of the mas- sif. We return back to the same hotel.
DAY 12: Transfer to L,viv. Sightseeing & shopping. DAY 13: Flight back.
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