Mount Munchelyk

Munchelyk is a 1,299 m summit in the Pokuttia-Bukovyna Carpathians, in the Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. The nearest village is Volova (about 4.5 km), with Shepit (about 9 km) and Kosmach (9.3 km) further away.

Munchelyk is surrounded by the best-known summits of the area: the cone of Versalem (1,407 m) rises about 1.9 km to the south-west, Khorde (1,479 m) 2.5 km to the west, and Rotylo (1,483 m), the highest peak of the Pokuttia-Bukovyna Carpathians, 3.4 km to the south. North of Munchelyk lie Munchel (1,389 m, 1.2 km), Pozheretul (1,413 m, 2 km) and Lysyna Kosmatska (1,465 m, 3.3 km). The Munchelyk pasture spreads below the summit.

How to get there

Six of our routes pass within 300 m of Munchelyk. The shortest is To Mount Rotylo (8.5 km). Right over the summit, about 10 m from it, runs Verkhovyna – Bila Kobyla – Khorde – Tatariv (38.3 km). Also close by are Mykulychyn – Khorde – Rotylo – Kosmach (39.7 km), Kosmach – Rotylo – Hrehit – Bila Kobyla – Bukovets (40.2 km) and the long traverse Verkhovyna – Bila Kobyla – Makovytsia – Dovbush Rocks – Yaremche (63.8 km). From Kosmach to Rotylo leads Kosmach – Mount Rotylo (9.6 km), passing about 750 m from Munchelyk.

Water, shelter and safety

Munchelyk is well provided with water and shelter: on our map a hut on the Munchelyk pasture stands about 110 m to the north-east, with a spring next to it (at about 1,285 m). About 350 m to the north there are the “Foresters’ Hut” and a hut below Khorde, 470 m to the north-west a picnic shelter and a spring below Khorde, and another spring 590 m to the east. A hut on the Pozheratul pasture stands about 840 m to the north. The condition of the springs is unknown, so carry some water just in case. The nearest summit with our forecast is the weather on Khomiak (about 21 km). In an emergency call 112 or 101 — contacts of the nearest units are on our mountain rescue page.

Interesting facts

• Neighbouring Versalem is an almost perfect cone: only its western slopes merge into a ridge leading to Rotylo.
• Rotylo (1,483 m), 3.4 km from Munchelyk, is the highest peak of the Pokuttia-Bukovyna Carpathians.