Volovets – Mount Velykyi Verkh – Volovets
About the route:
Route Volovets – Mount Velykyi Verkh – Volovets. 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 21951m. Lowest point - 486m., highest point - 1591m. Total elevation gain 1362m. Along the route you will see: Holy Ascension Church, Volovets, Mount Veliky Verkh.
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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