Mount Bila Kobyla – Verkhovyna
About the route:
Route Mount Bila Kobyla – Verkhovyna. 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 9505m. Lowest point - 619m., highest point - 1466m. Total elevation gain 35m. Along the route you will see: White Horse Mountain, Museum of Hutsul Life and Art "At the Trembitard", Verkhovyna, House-museum of the movie "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", Verkhovyna.
What to see along the route:
Mount Bila Kobyla is a peak in the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is located within the Pokutsko-Bukovyna mountain range. It is located in the Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, in the northern direction from the village of Verkhovyna and in the western direction from the village of Berezhnytsia. The height is 1477 m (according to other information - 1479 m). From here you can see a panorama of the list of ridges that would take almost half a page.
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At the Museum of Hutsul Life and Art "At the Trembitard" in the Verkhovyna village of Shveykovo, you will learn about the origin of the Hutsuls, their life, mountain life, rituals and traditions. Here, you will be able to play and take part in a master class on various musical instruments. You will be greeted with the sound of trembita. The museum's owner Mykola Ilyuk always greets guests with a trembita.
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The museum was founded and opened in 2000 in the Hutsul hut of Petro and Yevdokiya Soriuks, where the famous film director Sergei Parajanov lived for seven months during the filming of his 1963-1964 movie. The main activities of the museum include screening the film and learning about the history of filming the movie masterpiece Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. The house is located in the village of Zhabievskyi Potik on the outskirts of Verkhovyna.
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