Lazeshchyna — Petros · out and back
- Distance
- 36.5 km · out and back
- Elevation gain
- ↑ 1490 m
- On the trail
- 15 h
- Highest point
- 2020 m
- Trailhead elevation
- ~713 m · Lazeshchyna
- Max steepness
- ≈54% over 200 m
- Difficulty
- Hard
ROUTE OVERVIEW
A Chornohora peak above 2000 m: 9.6 km of road to Kozmeshchyk, then a path up to the Holovcheska meadow.
An ascent of Petros (2020 m) from the village of Lazeshchyna. The first 9.6 km are a road to the Kozmeshchyk clearing, which has a hut and a spring. From there the trail climbs to the Holovcheska meadow, joins the red trail — the Transcarpathian Tourist Trail — and follows it to the summit. Back the same way.
Sources disagree on the waymark colour up to Kozmeshchyk: Wikipedia has it green, with the blue starting at Kozmeshchyk; in OpenStreetMap the blue trail runs from the village itself. According to karpaty.rocks, the waymarks may be missing or partial.
According to Wikipedia, it is 8 hours up and 7 down. It is a very long day: set off at first light. Mountain weather changes fast, so carry a rain shell and a warm layer, and turn back in a thunderstorm or fog.
In autumn daylight shrinks from 13.4 hours in early September to 8.7 at the end of November — all season it is shorter than the 15 hours of walking. So in autumn part of the way will be walked in the dark: carry a headlamp.
- Petros is 2020 m
- The first 9.6 km are a road from Lazeshchyna to the Kozmeshchyk clearing
- On the Holovcheska meadow the trail joins the red one — the Transcarpathian Tourist Trail
Elevation profile
36.5 km · ↑ 1490 m
Route map
All routes on the mapSTAGE BY STAGE
- 0 kmLazeshchynaStart in the village, 0.5 km from the centre
- 9.6 kmKozmeshchykA clearing with a hut and a spring; the gravel road ends here, then a dirt track, higher up a path
- 16.8 kmHolovcheska meadowThe blue trail joins the red one; together to Petros from here
- 18.3 kmPetrosThe summit; back the same way2020 m
- 36.5 kmLazeshchynaBack the same way
BEFORE YOU GO
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.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS
- 101State Emergency Service — mountain emergency call
- 112Single emergency number: goes through any network in range, even without your carrier’s coverage
- Rescue in the MountainsThe rescue service’s app, install in advance — it sends your coordinatesApp StoreGoogle Play
- Zaroslyak postRescue post · ≈ 15.1 km in a straight line from the start
OTHER APPROACHES
Hard, entry feeHoverla and Petros in a Day
Two Chornohora summits above 2000 m from the Zaroslyak base: Hoverla (2061 m) and Petros (2020 m), out and back over Hoverla.
Hard, entry feePetros from Kvasy
An ascent of Petros (2020 m) from the village of Kvasy on the red trail over the Menchul and Shumneska meadows, out and back.
HardPetros from Yasinia
An ascent of Petros (2020 m) from the town of Yasinia on the blue trail over Mount Petrosul, out and back.