Leave the dusty and smelly cities and depart from the smog keeping a clamp foot on the urban environment. You have the feeling to go somewhere where you can open your soul, release the power within yourself and just have an excellent rest. You want to go somewhere not only for its beauty, but also to get the feel of being taken care of, having the extra service. Well, here you are then, the choice is made, arrive together with us in the Carpathian Mountains!
The Ukrainian Carpathians are young mountains that have the approximate age of 25 million years. It may sound old, but in geological terms it is relatively young, compared to the alpine mountain chain in France, Italy and so forth. Situated in the center of European continent with a name connected with the present in the pre-Christian time tribe of Carps that lived in this territory over the rivers Pruth and Ocheret.
The highest peaks of the mountains are Goverla with around 2061 meters, Rebra at 2046 meters, Pip Ivan stretching into the sky with 2026 meters, Petros close by with the elevation of 2020 meters. All of them are situated in the Chornogorskiy mountain range in the region of Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpatska.
The second highest range is Beskidy located in the area of Zakarpatska and Lvivska regions. The height of the mountains in this range is a little bit higher than Chornogorskiy one, in general around 1600 meters. Beskidy are more comfortable for exploration as they are situated near the main railway and auto highways that is a good perspective for the development of ski sport and tourism.
Slavsko will definitely give you everything you need if you enjkoy skiing. This is a wonderful resort place located just three hours drive from Lviv in between Striy and Uzhgorod. Being only 150 km from the Transylvania- motherland where the renowned duke Dracula resided. But do not let this frighten you. You are guaranteed a pleasant stay with all the things you long for.
Slavsko is situated around 750 m over the sea level and is deemed to be one of the best Ukrainian ski centers. There are several ways of doing skiing in Slavske, from the traditional cross country, to alpine skiing, and snow boarding. The landscape varies a lot which permits skiing, not only for the professional skiers but also for the beginners. The natural location of Beskida and Gorgana slopes around Slavsko has created a unique microclimate due to which pleasant not windy weather through all seasons and the snow lies till April.
Slavsko is the center of ski sport, tourism and rest in a picturesque meadow of rivers Opir and Slavka at around 500 meters over the sea level. This corner of Carpathians became the mecca of skiing during winter and the center of tourism in summer. Natural location of mountain range Beskidy and Gorgana around Slavsk has created a unique microclimate that provides peaceful weather with large quantity of snow in winter with stable conditions till the end of April. In summer you can see wonderful landscapes with green pine trees on the slopes of the mountains.
There are one seat and 15 buggie lifts that has the capacity of more than 7000 skiers pr hour. The length of seat lift on the Trostyan Mountain is 2750 m. Buggie ski lifts have a length of 600 to 1200 m. The diversity of landscape and difficulty level can be tried here.