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At the foot is one of the sources of the Prut, a waterfall.

16/09/2022

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Interested in hiking at Milner Pass? While the Milner Pass Parking Area remains closed to all users for the construction of a new vault toilet, a pedestrian access path and the Milner Pass Trailhead are now open.

To access the Milner Pass Trailhead, please park only in the designated pullouts located along Trail Ridge Road east of Milner Pass. Parking in this area is extremely limited - if designated parking spaces are full, please check back at a later time.

Parking along Trail Ridge Road or off-road on park resources is strictly prohibited and violators will be cited.

Image Credit: NPS Photo/Biddle

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16/09/2022

And the weather here often changes: snow on Hoverla in the middle of summer is not surprising.

16/09/2022

Translated from Magyar, this name means "snowy mountain". Its top is actually snowy.

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A real natural beauty of both the Ukrainian Carpathians and the whole of Ukraine is the high mountain range of Chornohora, which includes the highest point of Ukraine - Mount Hoverla (2061 m).

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The highest peak of this ridge is Mount Hoverla, which has a regular pyramidal shape.

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In addition to Hoverla, there are four more peaks above 2,000 meters - Chorna Gora (2,028 m), Petros (2,020 m), Gutyn Tomnatyk (2,013 m), Rebra (2,002 m).

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The slopes of the mountain are covered with beech and spruce forests.

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There is also a large metal cross, a sculptural monument with a Ukrainian trident (which was vandalized in 2007) and a concrete pillar.

08/09/2022

On the eastern side of the peak is one of the sources of the Prut River, the Prut Waterfall, the total height of which is about 80 meters.