Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian and Rusyn: Говерла, romanized: Hoverla), at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft), is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountain is located in the Eastern Beskids, in the Chornohora region. The slopes are covered with beech and spruce forests, above which there is a belt of sub-alpine meadows called polonyna in Ukrainian. At the eastern slope there is the main spring of the Prut River. The name is of Hungarian origin and means 'snow fortress'. Hoverla is composed of sandstone, a sedimentary rock type.

Hoverla
Говерла
Hoverla, January 2017
Highest point
Elevation	2,061 m (6,762 ft)[1]
Prominence	721 m (2,365 ft)[1]
Listing	Country high point
Coordinates	48°09′36″N 24°30′01″E[1]
Geography
Hoverla Ukraine Show map of Zakarpattia Oblast Hoverla Hoverla (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Location	West Ukraine, Ukraine
Parent range	Chornohora (Carpathians)

The date of the first ascent is unknown. In late 19th century the mountain became a notable tourist attraction, especially among tourists from nearby cities of Galicia. In 1880 the first tourist route between the peak of Hoverla and Krasny Luh was marked by Leopold Wajgel of the Galician Tatra Society. The following year the first tourist shelter was founded there.

In the 20th century the mountain increasingly gained popularity as an extreme sports site. Some routes are classified as 1A in the winter period (from late autumn to May), according to the Soviet grading system.[2] Nowadays because of its prominence too many unskilled extreme-lovers are taking attempts to climb it in winter, resulting in regular frostbite or even deaths. The most popular approach to the summit starts from the tour-basa Zaroslyak on the mountain's east face and gains more than 1,100 m (3,600 ft) elevation along a steep path with few switchbacks. There is a steeper route (marked with blue signs) and a gentler, longer one (marked with green).

In October 2007 the far right pro-Russian Eurasia Party-affiliated Eurasian Youth Union vandalized the official Ukrainian state symbols that had been placed on the summit of Hoverla.[3]

See also

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoverla.

• Hoverla climb on youtube
• Hoverla Guided Tour
• Info, advice and equipment lists on winter Hoverla ascents (in Ukrainian)
• Hoverla – photographs and information in Czech
• Extreme winter sports on Hoverla

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