Mount Kinska

Kinska is a 1,255 m summit in the Polonyna Borzhava massif in Zakarpattia Oblast. It stands on the spur that descends south from the highest summit of Borzhava, Stii (1,681 m, about 3.3 km to the north), over Ivolove (1,415 m, about 1.4 km to the north). The nearest of the villages on our site is Vovchyi (about 7.6 km); Potik, Podobovets and Rososh are 11–11.6 km away.

About 3 km south of Kinska you can see Shavyna (968 m), and 3.5 km to the south-west Mahura (1,076 m). To the west, about 2.7 km away, stands Zapodryna (1,170 m), and 3 km to the north-west Zeneva (1,365 m).

How to get there

Five of our routes cross Kinska or pass within 80 m of the summit — southern climbs to Stii and long traverses of the whole of Borzhava:

• Berezniky – Mount Ivolove – Mount Stii – Mount Zeneva – Vovchyi, 28.5 km, about 1,660 m of ascent, the shortest;
• Sasivka – Mount Ivolove – Mount Stii – traverse of Mount Velykyi Verkh – Mount Plai – Volovets, 36.6 km;
• Kerechky – Mount Stii – Mount Velykyi Verkh – Mount Hemba – Mount Zhyd-Mahura – Rychka, 48.3 km;
• Berezniaky – Mount Stii – Mount Velykyi Verkh – Shypit Waterfall – Mount Hemba – Mount Zhyd-Mahura – Berezniaky, 60.7 km, a loop back to the village.

Water, shelter and safety

On our map the nearest spring is about 1.1 km north-east of the summit, at about 1,190 m, and another one below Stii, 1.5 km to the north (condition of both unknown). About 2.8 km to the south a shepherds’ hut is marked (about 950 m), and 3 km away a hut on the Shchavyna pasture. Between Kinska and Stii you climb open slopes where thunderstorms and fog are dangerous. The nearest summit with our forecast is the weather on Mount Stii, about 3 km away. In an emergency call 112 or 101 — contacts of the nearest units are on our mountain rescue page.

Photos: ЯдвигаВереск, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons.