• 48°09′37″ N · 24°30′00″ E
  • Chornohora · Carpathians
  • Summit 2061 m

Forty
kilometres.

Chornohora — the highest massif of the Ukrainian Carpathians. A 40 km spine of alpine meadows and glacial lakes carrying all six of the country's two-thousanders, crowned by Hoverla at 2061 m.

2061 m
Hoverla · highest peak
6
Two-thousanders
~40 km
Main ridge length
30+
Glacial lakes

Routes

Where to go in Chornohora

Proven routes — from a day walk to the full ridge traverse. Difficulty, time, elevation gain and map points for each.

Conditions now · autumn

Should you go today?

Better not to go today

Snow on the ridge — crampons and winter experience needed · Heavy precipitation through the day

Weather for the week →
Weather by elevation live
Dzembronya · village
1070 m · Rain
6°
13 km/h
Pip Ivan
2028 m · Rain
5°
9 km/h
Hoverla
2061 m · Rain
4°
8 km/h
Russet grass and blueberry on Pozhyzhevska, Breskul and Hoverla behind

September – November

Photo: Mykola SwarnykCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons

Season · Autumn

Gold and quiet

Less rain than in summer, and porcini in the woods. The light is shrinking: start a long route at dawn.

  • Porcini season
  • Less rain than in summer
Seasonal guide →

Gear

What to take up the ridge

Tick off the essentials — the full interactive checklist picks the rest for your kind of day and works out the water.

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