Mount Vykhid

Vykhid is a 1,471 m mountain (some sources give 1,474.9 m) on the ridge linking Chornohora with the Marmarosh Massif, which runs from Pip Ivan Chornohirskyi to Mount Stih. The summit lies on the border of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia oblasts, west of the village of Zelene (Verkhovyna district) and south-east of Luhy (Rakhiv district). It is the first distinct high point south of the Shybene Pass (1,342 m).

The summit is treeless and the slopes are steep except on the north-east. The crest is a watershed: streams from the western slopes feed the Bila Tysa, those from the eastern slopes the Chornyi Cheremosh.

How to get there

Twenty-six of our routes cross Vykhid or pass within a few dozen metres of it — most of the big traverses between the Marmarosh Massif and Chornohora. The shortest is Shybene – Mount Shchavnyk – Mount Vaskul – Mount Pip Ivan Chornohirskyi – Mount Smotrych – Dzembronia (29.7 km). For a ridge walk try Mount Pip Ivan Chornohirskyi – Mount Stih – Mount Mala Neneska – Mount Pip Ivan Marmaroskyi (36.6 km), and for a multi-day traverse Dilove – Pip Ivan Marmaroskyi – Mika-Mare – Stih – Pip Ivan Chornohirskyi – Shybene (74.9 km). The Transcarpathian Tourist Trail also runs over the summit. About 1.5 km to the south lies Mount Shchavnyk.

Water, shelter and safety

Our map shows picnic shelters and a weather shelter just a few dozen metres from the summit, and several springs below Mount Shchavnyk about 350 m away, at roughly 1,390 m. The rest of the ridge is exposed: there is no protection from thunderstorms and strong wind, and in fog it is easy to take the wrong path, as many spurs branch off the crest. Check the forecast, carry an offline track, warm clothes and a rain jacket. In an emergency call 112 or 101 — contacts of the nearest units are on our mountain rescue page.

Interesting facts

• The ridge of Vykhid once carried the border between Galicia and Hungary and, between the world wars, the Polish–Czechoslovak frontier; a border post on the summit is a reminder of those times.
• Water from both sides of the mountain ends up in the Danube — via the Tysa in the west and via the Cheremosh and Prut in the east.
• The view takes in all of Chornohora from Petros to Pip Ivan, the Hryniava pastures, the Chyvchyn Mountains and the Marmarosh Massif.