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Carpathian Guide: what our AI chat can do — mountain weather, trails, places to stay6 Oct 2026 · 6 min readCarpathian Guide: what our AI chat can do — mountain weather, trails, places to stayOn every page of Karpaty.rocks there is a round blue button in the bottom right corner. Behind it is the Carpathian Guide, our assistant powered by artificial intelligence. You can write to it in plain words, as you would to a friend who knows the mountains well: “What will the weather be like on...The best maps of the Carpathians: trails, 3D terrain and places to stay on one map4 Oct 2026 · 6 min readThe best maps of the Carpathians: trails, 3D terrain and places to stay on one mapFor years we have been piecing the Carpathians together: trails, springs, mountain meadows, guesthouses, waterfalls. Now it all sits on one map. More than...The Carpathian Pearl of Kosiv was once called the "Hutsul Davos"23 Jul 2026 · 12 min readThe Carpathian Pearl of Kosiv was once called the "Hutsul Davos"Про цей феномен Карпат бодай краєм вуха чув кожен шанувальник народного мистецтва та промислів. І не лише в Україні, але й далеко за її межами."Life and Death in Hutsulshchyna" (2016). Documentary film by Bohdan Kutyepov23 Jul 2026 · 2 min read"Life and Death in Hutsulshchyna" (2016). Documentary film by Bohdan KutyepovТроє братів Череміських живуть у горах, де не мріють про iPhone7, бо щоб заробити на половину його вартості, ціле літо треба лягати опівночі і вставати о 3-й...The team of Karpats.Rocks sincerely wishes you a Happy New Year 2017 and Merry Christmas!23 Jul 2026 · 2 min readThe team of Karpats.Rocks sincerely wishes you a Happy New Year 2017 and Merry Christmas!Любі українці та україночки, друзі, колеги та партнери! Команда інтернет порталу Кarpaty.Rocks від усього серця вітає Вас з наступаючими Новим 2017 роком та...A Joke about an Old Hutsul with a Machine Gun23 Jul 2026 · 1 min readA Joke about an Old Hutsul with a Machine GunСидить старий гуцул біля дороги з кулеметом. Проїжджає одна машина: - Вуйку, може, підвезти?Chuhayster – myth or reality?23 Jul 2026 · 3 min readChuhayster – myth or reality?Про Чугайстера, карпатського лісового волохатого велета, жодних наукових праць немає, якщо не рахувати декількох записів фольклористів, що були опубліковані...A Joke about a Hutsul from Verkhovyna23 Jul 2026 · 1 min readA Joke about a Hutsul from VerkhovynaВерховина. Радянські часи. В центр міста привезли бочку квасу. Продавець відчіпає її, готується торгувати. Підходить старий гуцул і питає:12 ecstasies of a New York-based filmmaker from traveling around Ukraine4 Dec 2025 · 9 min read12 ecstasies of a New York-based filmmaker from traveling around UkraineArthur Wei, a traveling filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York, spent 45 days traveling around Ukraine.Festival "Bukovel Open. The mountains are calling!" - opening of the 2017/2018 season in Bukovel4 Dec 2025 · 3 min readFestival "Bukovel Open. The mountains are calling!" - opening of the 2017/2018 season in BukovelFinally, real winter has arrived in the Ukrainian Carpathians, and with it a new season at Ukraine's largest ski resort, Bukovel. This means that from now...Bloody deforestation in the Carpathians... Who is so indifferent?4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readBloody deforestation in the Carpathians... Who is so indifferent?And now we will talk about the worst thing that can be done to the Carpathians. No, it's not the garbage, which is a whole sea of garbage there. We are...Cycling within the framework of the Velokraina project4 Dec 2025 · 6 min readCycling within the framework of the Velokraina projectCycling has its advantages over other types of tourism. A bicycle is a very convenient means of transportation. It gives travelers the opportunity to cover...XVI International Jazz Festival "Jazz Bez"4 Dec 2025 · 4 min readXVI International Jazz Festival "Jazz Bez"One of the biggest jazz events of the year - the XVI International Jazz Festival "Jazz Bez" - will take place on December 2-11!International annual Transcarpathian festival "Red Wine-2017"4 Dec 2025 · 2 min readInternational annual Transcarpathian festival "Red Wine-2017"We would like to inform you in advance that from January 11 to 15, 2017, on the Old New Year, the XXII festival-competition "Red Wine - 2017" will be held in...Snow-covered St. John of Montenegro4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readSnow-covered St. John of MontenegroPip Ivan Chornohirskyi (Black Mountain or simply Pip Ivan) is one of the highest peaks of the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is located at the southeastern end of...On January 13-14, the Bukovyna Carnival "Malanka in Vashkivtsi" will be held4 Dec 2025 · 6 min readOn January 13-14, the Bukovyna Carnival "Malanka in Vashkivtsi" will be heldVashkivetska Malanka 2017 is a unique phenomenon in Ukraine. Once a year in the town on the Cheremosh, Malanka is celebrated in a way that amazes the whole...There hasn't been such a snowfall in the Carpathians for 5 years4 Dec 2025 · 1 min readThere hasn't been such a snowfall in the Carpathians for 5 yearsIn Prykarpattia, a snowstorm happened on November 12-13, 2016. For some people, the morning of the 13th was very pleasant, while for others it was a...Iguana vs. snakes - BBC: Planet Earth 24 Dec 2025 · 1 min readIguana vs. snakes - BBC: Planet Earth 2Planet Earth II is the future of nature documentaries, produced by the BBC as a follow-up to the highly successful Planet Earth series that aired about a...Additional trains will run to Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv during the New Year and Christmas period4 Dec 2025 · 2 min readAdditional trains will run to Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv during the New Year and Christmas periodTo maximize the demand for transportation, Ukrzaliznytsia increased the number of additional trains for the winter holidays on the eve of the New Year and...