Volovets, via Mount Temnatyk, Mount Plai, Mount Velykyi Verkh and Mount Hemba to Mount Zhyd-Mahura
About the route:
Route Volovets, via Mount Temnatyk, Mount Plai, Mount Velykyi Verkh and Mount Hemba to Mount Zhyd-Mahura. Warning! This route is unmarked (it may be partially marked)! Unmarked routes are not equipped with: information boards; signposts; auxiliary signs (water, campsite, etc.). The decision to take the route is entirely your own responsibility! Trail length 20165m. Lowest point - 499m., highest point - 1589m. Total elevation gain 1502m. Along the route you will see: Holy Ascension Church, Volovets, Mount Veliky Verkh, Mount Gemba, Mount Zhid-Magura.
What to see along the route:
The Orthodox community in Volovets and Kanora was founded in 1925 by Father Lev Tyblevych, an emigrant from Russia (or possibly Ukraine, since he spoke Ukrainian), who became the first Orthodox priest there. The initiator of the Orthodox movement among local people was Andrii Betsa.
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Mount Velykyi Verkh is a 1,598-meter peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians, located within the Borzhava Polonyna. It is located on the border of two districts of Zakarpattia region - Mizhhirya and Volovets, in the southeast direction from Volovets.
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Hemba (also known as Hymba) is a very popular mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians, located on the border of two districts of the Zakarpattia region - Mizhhiria and Svalyava. Hemba is one of the highest peaks of the Borzhava valley.
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Zhyd-Magura (also called Magura-Zhyd) is a 1517-meter peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is located within the popular tourist destination, the Polonyna Borzhava mountain range.
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