The noise of the waterfall and drops of water drown out the conversations of vacationers, among the tourists on the bridge there are wedding couples who attract all the attention. When the wedding couple parted ways to continue the next wedding ceremony, there are daredevils who jump from the bridge into the boiling water. Vacationers applaud them. Among the vacationers are many foreign tourists. After a while, there are fewer people, and I also swim in the waterfall. After bathing, taking the necessary tools from the car, I carve my initials in stone to return there again. At dusk, there are no vacationers left at the waterfall, we are the last to leave the waterfall. Everything around is lit up and the night Carpathians do not sleep. B5:00. We wash at the waterfall. Breakfast. Check and control inspection of the car and leave in the direction of Vorokhta. The route is almost empty. We approach the town of Vorokhta.
On the right side in front of Vorokhta near the river there is a tent camp. About 1 km after the tent camp, which is located on the left side, we collect drinking water, and drive to Vorokhta and stop at the base "Vanguard". There is a stage for artists to perform at the stadium near the base. The market of folk craftsmen of the Carpathians and Prykarpattia is located around the stadium. Beer, fish, vodka, mead-river. The official opening of the holiday was ski jumping. After the performance of the athletes, a real celebration began. Art groups from different parts of Ukraine and Russia performed. Before the evening, 2 fires were collected and set on fire. Which added even more excitement to the holiday. The celebration continued until dawn, which ended with fireworks. Rise in the morning at 9:00. While breakfast is being prepared, I conduct a control inspection of the car. After breakfast we leave in the direction of Hoverla, the highest point of Ukraine.
After registering at the checkpoint, we go on a winding road to the base under the mountain. 66 proved to be the best. Arriving at the parking lot near the base, choose a place to park. We are preparing to climb the mountain. Take a couple of photos before entering the forest, and choose one of the 2 routes with a smaller angle of ascent. The ascent to the mountain lasted about 3.5 hours. At the ascent we meet the tombstone of tourists (from Russia) who died on New Year's Eve 2009. Then we meet the border post before the war. Further along the trail meets the wreath of a tourist who died during a storm. Every km there is a check mark for orientation. The last 500m are given with hard work. There is a desire to sit and relax, but do not rest because tourists who came out later can overtake us. Here we are Hoverly. Tortured but happy as this is the first ascent to Hoverla. We take photos, have a rest.
After resting, we begin the descent on another route, for some reason it seemed that going down will be easier, but it's just at first glance. However, the time to descend from the mountain took 1 hour shorter. On the way we meet the source from which the river Cheremosh originates, drink water and return to the parking lot to 66. We share our impressions, have lunch. Control inspection of the car and Kalush with a stop and approach to the waterfall. We come to Kalush in the evening.
P. s next year we will definitely repeat this route, and on Hoverla we will go up another route, steeper. wedding restaurant feels wild. From the waterfall we go to 66 to get ready for bed. Morning rise 5:00. We wash at the waterfall. Breakfast. Check and control inspection of the car and leave in the direction of Vorokhta. The route is almost empty. We approach the town of Vorokhta. On the right side in front of Vorokhta near the river there is a tent camp.
About 1 km after the tent camp, which is located on the left side, we collect drinking water, and drive to Vorokhta and stop at the base "Vanguard". There is a stage for artists to perform at the stadium near the base. The market of folk craftsmen of the Carpathians and Prykarpattia is located around the stadium. Beer, fish, vodka, mead-river. The official opening of the holiday was ski jumping. After the performance of the athletes, a real celebration began. Art groups from different parts of Ukraine and Russia performed. Before the evening, 2 fires were collected and set on fire. Which added even more excitement to the holiday. The celebration continued until dawn, which ended with fireworks. Rise in the morning at 9:00. While breakfast is being prepared, I conduct a control inspection of the car. After breakfast we leave in the direction of Hoverla, the highest point of Ukraine. After registering at the checkpoint, we go on a winding road to the base under the mountain. 66 proved to be the best.
Arriving at the parking lot near the base, choose a place to park. We are preparing to climb the mountain. Take a couple of photos before entering the forest, and choose one of the 2 routes with a smaller angle of ascent. The ascent to the mountain lasted about 3.5 hours. At the ascent we meet the tombstone of tourists (from Russia) who died on New Year's Eve 2009. Then we meet the border post before the war. Further along the trail meets the wreath of a tourist who died during a storm. Every km there is a check mark for orientation. The last 500m are given with hard work. There is a desire to sit and relax, but do not rest because tourists who came out later can overtake us. Here we are Hoverly. Tortured but happy as this is the first ascent to Hoverla. We take photos, have a rest. After resting, we begin the descent on another route, for some reason it seemed that going down will be easier, but it's just at first glance. However, the time to descend from the mountain took 1 hour shorter.
On the way we meet the source from which the river Cheremosh originates, drink water and return to the parking lot to 66. We share our impressions, have lunch. Control inspection of the car and Kalush with a stop and approach to the waterfall. We come to Kalush in the evening.
P. s next year we will definitely repeat this route, and on Hoverla we will go up another route, steeper.
As a result, we rode in someone's garden: we ourselves climbed up, went down and again in a new way, since then we were teapots. The only thing that was not very upsetting was the food, as far as I remember, the food was not bad. Everything else is complete rubbish!