Ridge conditions

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment: Brebeneskul is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one (spelled «Беребенскул» in the order; order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026). Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. The road to Bystrets passes a border-guard checkpoint, which checks an application to the 31st detachment and documents: by posts of 31 July and 1 August 2023, a group that arrived without waiting for an answer was turned back, and in the words of the guard on duty the permit is required of men who are Ukrainian citizens, not of women and children. By a review of 31 July 2026 the checkpoint checked the application sent and military registration documents. So do not set out without an answer to your application.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment: Brebeneskul is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one (spelled «Беребенскул» in the order; order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026). Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. Zaroslyak lies in the Carpathian National Nature Park: the visitor fee is charged at the park checkpoint on the way in, in Zavoiela.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment: along the ridge the traverse crosses summits on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one — Breskul (spelled «Берскул» in the order), Pozhyzhevska, Turkul and Pip Ivan, and Vukhatyi Kamin on the way down; it skirts Brebeneskul («Беребенскул») and Menchul (most likely «Мергул») on their slopes (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026). Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. Zaroslyak lies in the Carpathian National Nature Park: the visitor fee is charged at the park checkpoint on the way in, in Zavoiela.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment. Dantsyzh itself is not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one, but every waymarked trail to it from Zaroslyak crosses summits that are: by the lake, Turkul; over Hoverla, Breskul and Pozhyzhevska (spelled «Берскул» and «Пожижевська Мергул» in the order; order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026). Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. Zaroslyak lies in the Carpathian National Nature Park: the visitor fee is charged at the park checkpoint on the way in, in Zavoiela.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment: the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one names «Беребенскул» (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026) — the name of both the summit and the lake below it, and the order does not say which it means. The lake lies in Zakarpattia, while para. 1.11 covers Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, but the way from Zaroslyak follows the ridge along the oblast border and passes 180 m off the summit, so the route is marked as needing a permit. Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. Zaroslyak lies in the Carpathian National Nature Park: the visitor fee is charged at the park checkpoint on the way in, in Zavoiela.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment. Menchul is not named word for word on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one, but among the main-ridge peaks the list has «Пожижевська Мергул» — most likely Pozhyzhevska and Menchul written without a comma, as Vikna read it too (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026); Smotrych and Vukhatyi Kamin, which the ridge trails cross, are on it. Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. According to 2025 accounts, the checkpoint before Dzembronya checks the application to the 31st detachment and documents. The Carpathian National Nature Park's price list has no fee for this approach.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment: Pip Ivan, Smotrych (spelled «Смотрин» in the order) and Vukhatyi Kamin are on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026). 24 Kanal wrote in 2025 that the climb is possible with the detachment's permit; do not set out without an answer to your application. Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document.

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment. The order bans entry into the border zone, tourism included, and names the Pohorilets tract, the Vesnarka meadow, Lake Maricheika and Pip Ivan — every place on this trail (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, paras. 1.1, 1.11, checked 26 October 2026); its exceptions are residents, workers and landowners with a permit. 24 Kanal wrote in 2025 that the climb is possible with the detachment's permit; do not set out without an answer to your application. Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. The trail runs through the Carpathian National Nature Park: by the park's prices an excursion visit to the «To Mount Pip Ivan» eco-trail costs 100 UAH for an adult and 50 UAH for a child; the park does not say whether, or where, those walking on their own pay (checked 20 October 2026).

The permit comes from the 31st Border Guard Detachment: Turkul is named outright on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without one (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 26 October 2026); Lake Nesamovyte needs no permit and has a route of its own, «Lake Nesamovyte». Apply in advance: an application is decided within 10 working days; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document. Zaroslyak and the lake lie in the Carpathian National Nature Park: the visitor fee is charged at the park checkpoint on the way in, in Zavoiela.

The waterfalls, the Smotrych meadow and Dzembronya are not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 13 October 2026). The peaks above the waterfalls, Smotrych and Vukhatyi Kamin, are on it: above the waterfalls the blue trail goes on to Vukhatyi Kamin, and going there needs the detachment's permit. According to 2025 accounts, the checkpoint before Dzembronya checks an application addressed to the head of the 31st detachment and ID documents, and for men aged 18–⁠60 a military registration document; some hikers have been turned back; in June 2026, as nfront.org.ua retold it, a checkpoint before Chornohora turned back even a group with a permit, because the application could not be found in the database. After filing, make sure the application has reached the checkpoint. The Carpathian National Nature Park's price list has no fee for this trail.

Zaroslyak and the northern slope of Hoverla lie in the Carpathian National Nature Park: a visitor fee is charged at the park entrance.

Zaroslyak and the northern slope of Hoverla lie in the Carpathian National Nature Park: a visitor fee is charged at the park entrance. On the way to Petros, by Vysokohiria Karpat, stands a Carpathian Biosphere Reserve checkpoint: OpenStreetMap marks it as paid, and the reserve charges an entry fee for waymarked routes and eco-trails. Neither Hoverla nor Petros is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 1 November 2026); Mala Hoverla, whose shoulder the green trail crosses, is.

Hoverla is not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to hikers without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 15 October 2026). Mala Hoverla is on it, but the trail over the Kozmeska meadow only passes it, so no permit is needed. At the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve checkpoint, 4.4 km from the village, a visitor fee is charged.

Hutyn Tomnatyk, Rebra and Lake Nesamovyte are not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, para. 1.11, checked 14 October 2026). Neighbouring Brebeneskul (spelled «Беребенскул» in the order) and Turkul are on it: from the fork below Hutyn Tomnatyk the red trail runs on to Brebeneskul, and that is off limits without the detachment's permit. Zaroslyak lies in the Carpathian National Nature Park: the visitor fee is charged at the park checkpoint on the way in, in Zavoiela.

Kukul and Lazeshchyna are not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 26 October 2026). The valley road passes a Carpathian Biosphere Reserve checkpoint: OpenStreetMap marks passage through it as paid. The reserve charges an entry fee for waymarked routes and eco-trails; its route «На Говерлу через полонину Гропа» starts at this checkpoint, 100 UAH or 50 UAH concession (checked 20 October 2026). The reserve does not say whether those going only to Kukul pay.

Kukul and Vorokhta are not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 26 October 2026). A 2025 review says nobody asks for a border-guard permit.

Kukul and Zavoiela are not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 26 October 2026). The start is a Carpathian National Nature Park checkpoint: the park sells a ticket for its eco-trail «Урочище Завоєла – полонина Закукул» on the same line, UAH 100, UAH 50 for children (checked 16 October 2026). The park does not say whether those going only to Kukul pay; in 2021 they passed the checkpoint free of charge.

Zaroslyak and the lake lie in the Carpathian National Nature Park: a visitor fee is charged at the park entrance. Mount Turkul above the lake is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (23 May 2024); the lake itself is not named on it.

Neither Petros nor the Menchul meadow is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit. Para. 1.11 of the 31st Border Guard Detachment's order No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024 lists «Пожижевська Мергул» — most likely two main-ridge peaks written without a comma, Pozhyzhevska and Menchul (the 1998 m summit above Dzembronya, not the Menchul meadow on this route) — but that item covers routes in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, while Kvasy is in Zakarpattia. The border-strip restrictions of the 27th Border Guard Detachment's order of 18 June 2024, No. 110-ОД, do not cover the Yasinia community that Kvasy belongs to (checked 16 October 2026). According to a 2025 account, border guards at Kvasy station checked military registration documents and advised men without the detachment's permit not to take the route; a 2026 account says nobody checked anything. At the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve checkpoint, 1.1 km from the highway, a visitor fee is charged.

Petros is not on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 1 November 2026). The valley road passes a Carpathian Biosphere Reserve checkpoint: OpenStreetMap marks passage through it as paid, and the reserve charges an entry fee for waymarked routes and eco-trails.

Neither Petros nor Petrosul is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 1 November 2026). At kilometre 11 a sign by the trail reads «Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Protected by law». The reserve charges an entry fee for waymarked routes and eco-trails, 100 UAH or 50 UAH concession, and sells tickets «at the start of the route (checkpoint) or at the reserve's office» in Rakhiv. OpenStreetMap shows no checkpoint on this trail, and the reserve does not say whether those coming from Yasinia pay.

Zaroslyak and the slopes of Hoverla lie in the Carpathian National Nature Park: a visitor fee is charged at the park entrance.

Neither Shpytsi nor the Maryshevska meadow is on the list of places the State Border Guard Service closed to visitors without a permit (order of the 31st Border Guard Detachment No. 1663-АГ of 23 May 2024, checked 1 November 2026). The mountain lies in the Carpathian National Nature Park. Past Shpytsi the green trail goes on to the main ridge by Mount Rebra; Mount Turkul on the ridge is on the list. The route itself needs no permit, but the road to Bystrets passes a border-guard checkpoint, which checks an application to the 31st detachment and documents: by posts of 31 July and 1 August 2023, a group that arrived without waiting for an answer was turned back, and in the words of the guard on duty the permit is required of men who are Ukrainian citizens, not of women and children. By a review of 31 July 2026 the checkpoint checked the application sent and military registration documents. So apply to the detachment in advance to pass the checkpoint and do not set out without an answer; carry an ID document and, for men aged 18–⁠60, a military registration document.