Polonyna Krinta (Krenta)

"Polonyna Krynta is a place where you can taste the authentic taste of Hutsul cheese, various museums, rafting on the Cheremosh, Prut, and Black Tisza rivers, mountain hiking, horseback riding, biking, and trips to meadows.

The Krenta (Krynta) meadow is located at an altitude of about 1300 meters above sea level in the Hryniavsky Mountains on the Krynta-Skupova mountain range. It offers breathtaking views of the Montenegrin ridge, where snow lies on the top in early summer. On the way to Mount Krenta, wild berries, medicinal herbs, and porcini mushrooms are abundant.

Here, on a high meadow, shepherds live during the summer and graze cows, whose milk is used to make organic dairy products. Here, in the Krynta meadow, the tradition of Hutsul cheese-making has been preserved.

From late spring to early autumn, in the Krenta meadow, real Hutsul cheese, vurda and budz, is cooked over an open fire in a large cauldron. And then they put it under the roof to rest, smoke, and acquire the flavor for which it is so appreciated by its fans.

The owner of the meadow and author of the cheese eco-tour to the meadow: Vitaliy Spasskyi, who owns the Zatyshok estate in Verkhovyna and manages the estate of Dmytro Spasskyi (his father).

When you climb the Krynta meadow, you can:

• taste real Hutsul cheese;
• take part in cheese making;
• get acquainted with the life of shepherds;
• learn interesting information about the Chornohora ridge;
• enjoy the views of the Carpathians and the clean mountain air.