Snowy mountain

27/09/2022

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RMNP QUOTE OF THE WEEK
:...sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. -Edward Abbey
(NPS file photo of alpine lake/K. Daugherty)

27/09/2022

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17/09/2022

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

17/09/2022

The height of Hoverla is 2061 meters above sea level.

15/09/2022

The Chornohora ridge is the main landscape component and a popular excursion site of the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is visited by thousands of tourists, climbers and scientists from many countries of the world.

15/09/2022

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).

13/09/2022

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

13/09/2022

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).

09/09/2022

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.

09/09/2022

The mountain has a cone-like shape, consists of sandstones and conglomerates of stone rocks. It is covered with alpine meadows, shrub wastelands, and in some places - stone ruins.