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Winter hiking in the Carpathians: safety, gear and easy routes12 Nov 2026 · 8 min readWinter hiking in the Carpathians: safety, gear and easy routesThe Carpathians are beautiful in winter, but they don’t forgive mistakes: short days, ice, wind on the ridges and avalanches up high. Here is whether to climb Hoverla in winter, what to put in your backpack, how to let rescuers know your route — and 8 easy routes below 1,400 m that people walk...