Bieszczady

Bieszczady · Bukovské vrchy · Бещади

All countries 93🇵🇱 Poland 25🇸🇰 Slovakia 10🇺🇦 Ukraine 55

The Bieszczady are the borderland of Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine, with treeless mountain meadows: Połonina Caryńska, Połonina Wetlińska, Wielka Rawka and Tarnica. Bieszczady National Park and Uzhanskyi National Park protect primeval beech forests with bears, wolves and bison. The red Main Beskid Trail ends here, in Wołosate.

Elevation
236–1,405 m
Highest summit
Pikui, 1,405 m
Area
≈ 1,838 km²
Countries
Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
Part of
Outer Eastern Carpathians
Zemplén MountainsLow BeskidsBieszczadyVihorlat MountainsSvydovetsBorzhavaKrasna PolonynaRivna PolonynaSkole BeskidsUpper Dniester BeskidsWatershed Ridge

On the map

Waymarked trails · 68

Transcarpathian Tourist TrailHardMulti-dayMarkedTranscarpathian Tourist TrailElevation profile202–2 054 m393.2 kmascent 16 874 mBilasovytsia village – Mount PikuiEasyOne-dayBilasovytsia village Mount PikuiElevation profile594–1 334 m5.3 kmascent 747 m≈ 3 h walkingBilasovytsia village – Mount PikuiEasyOne-dayMarkedBilasovytsia village Mount PikuiElevation profile594–1 380 m4.5 kmascent 754 m≈ 2.5 h walkingShcherbovets village – Mount PikuiModerateOne-dayMarkedShcherbovets village Mount PikuiElevation profile511–1 390 m6.1 kmascent 857 m≈ 3 h walkingSianky village, via the Verkhovyna Watershed ridge and Mount Pikui to Bilasovytsia villageHardMulti-dayMarkedSianky village to Bilasovytsia villagevia the Verkhovyna Watershed ridge, Mount PikuiElevation profile557–1 392 m40.9 kmascent 1 242 m≈ 12.5 h walkingSianky village, via Mount Starostyna, Mount Pikui, Shcherbovets village, Mount Ostra Hora and Runa polonyna to Turychky villageHardMulti-daySianky village to Turychky villagevia Mount Starostyna, Mount Pikui +3Elevation profile277–1 477 m80.2 kmascent 2 944 mLybokhora village, via Mount Velykyi Verkh and Mount Pikui to Bilasovytsia villageModerateTwo-dayLybokhora village to Bilasovytsia villagevia Mount Velykyi Verkh, Mount PikuiElevation profile593–1 396 m21.1 kmascent 811 m≈ 7 h walkingBilasovytsia village – Mount Pikui – Bilasovytsia villageModerateOne-dayMarkedBilasovytsia village loopvia Mount PikuiElevation profile622–1 395 m8.9 kmascent 706 m≈ 3.5 h walkingSianky village, via Mount Drohobytskyi Kamin, the Ruska Put Pass and Mount Pikui to Bilasovytsia villageHardMulti-dayMarkedSianky village to Bilasovytsia villagevia Mount Drohobytskyi Kamin, the Ruska Put Pass +1Elevation profile557–1 393 m38 kmascent 1 497 m≈ 12.5 h walking

Peaks · 15

Mount PikuiPeakMount PikuiShcherbovetsaltitude 1 408 m · Watershed Ridge range1 trail to the topPikui is the highest peak of the Vododilnyi (Verkhovyna Watershed) Ridge of the Ukrainian Carpathians.Mount Velykyi Verkh (Vododilnyi Ridge)PeakMount Velykyi Verkh (Vododilnyi Ridge)Perekhresnyialtitude 1 309 mVelykyi Verkh is a 1,309 m summit on the Vododilnyi (Verkhovyna Watershed) Ridge, on the border of Lviv and...Mount ZelemenyiPeakMount ZelemenyiShcherbovetsaltitude 1 304 m · Watershed Ridge rangeZelemenyi is a 1,304 m summit on the Vododilnyi (Verkhovyna Watershed) Ridge of the Ukrainian Carpathians.Mount NondahPeakMount NondahPerekhresnyialtitude 1 303 m · Watershed Ridge rangeNondah is a 1,303 m summit on the Vododilnyi (Verkhovyna Watershed) Ridge, on the border of Lviv and Zakarpattia...Mount Hostryi VerkhPeakMount Hostryi VerkhLybokhoraaltitude 1 294 m · Watershed Ridge rangeHostryi Verkh (also Ostryi Verkh) is a 1,294 m summit on the Vododilnyi (Verkhovyna Watershed) Ridge.Mount Kinchyk BukovskyiPeakMount Kinchyk BukovskyiVolosiankaaltitude 1 251 mKinchyk Bukovskyi (Polish: Kińczyk Bukowski) is a 1,251 m summit in the Bieszczady, right on the state border between...

What to see

LatorytsiaRiverLatorytsiaRoztokaLatorytsia River - Latorytsia and its surroundings are a popular destination for eco-tourism.Church of St. Michael, UzhokChurchChurch of St. Michael, UzhokUzhokOne of the most striking sights of the Carpathians is undoubtedly the wooden church of the Holy Archangel Michael,...

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