Verkhnyi Yalovets

Verkhniy Yalovets is a village in the Chernivtsi region, Putyla district, Ukraine. To the east of the village is the Dzhohil Pass. In the village, the Tornykivskyi stream flows into the Yalovychera river. Population (according to the last census): 218 people. Distance to Chernivtsi city: 150 km. Traditional folk crafts: wood carving, artistic embroidery, weaving.

The descent from the Dzhogol Pass is even more terrible than the ascent. Gravel and large piles of stones, especially in rainy weather, make the descent very dangerous. After descending from the pass, you will find yourself in the small village of Verkhniy Yalovets. The road is crossed every hundred meters by the Yalovychora River. The bridges are not designed for cars, but if you are careful, you can cross each of them.

In the center of Verkhnii Yalovets there are some hints of civilization: a shop and a small church (strangely, not a wooden one). There is also an equipped place for tourists to rest with benches and a spring cultivated by a wooden structure. Next is Nyzhnii Yalovets.

Not far from the confluence of two mountain rivers is the real pearl of the Bukovyna Carpathians - Mountain Eye.

Lake Mountain Eye (another name - Bukovynian Eye ) lies one kilometer east of the center of the village of Nyzhniy Yalovets on the slope of Mount Dvorelets. Located at an altitude of 1028 meters above sea level, the lake really resembles a big eye. Mountain Eye can be safely called the "Bukovinian Synevyr".

Indeed, the height of its location and the fir trees surrounding it with a green wall make it a kind of copy of the famous Carpathian high-mountain lake Synevyr, which is inferior to it only in area. The nature of the lake's origin is currently unknown. At least, this is what a few tourist sources say.

A small stream flows out of the lake and into the Yalovychora. The stream is separated from the lake by a dam, which may be an indication that the Bukovynian Eye is of artificial origin. The lake can be reached on foot or by off-road vehicle on a dirt road that rises along the stream.