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Main Carpathian Trail
The Józef Piłsudski Main Carpathian Trail was a hiking trail, approximately 830 km long, that connected the Silesian Beskids with the during the History of Poland (1918–1939), interwar period. Marked in red, this path was not only the longest continuous trail in Second Polish Republic, Poland at the time but also in Europe, running along the entire stretch of the Polish Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians. The western fragment of this trail remains today as the Main Beskid Trail, which partially overlaps with the original route and ends in Wołosate, near the Poland–Ukraine border, Polish-Ukrainian border. The route of the Main Carpathian Trail on the border section running through the Low Beskids and is now followed by the Rzeszów–Grybów trail (known as the "Carpathian Trail") and the Slovak East Carpathian Magistrale. In the eastern part, segments of the former main trail coincide with the Ukrainian and trails. History Main Western Beskid Trail The idea of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoverla
Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian and rue, Говерла, Hoverla), at , is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains (Ukrainian Carpathians). 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. 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 popularit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
