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Amateur Short winter walk
From Bukovel to the Blazhiv mountain pasture
A day off skis: from Bukovel over Babyn Pohar to the Blazhiv mountain pasture and back, with a view of Dovbushanka.
30.1 kmDistance
5 hoursEstimated time
1413 mAscent
892 → 903 mStart and finish height
BukovelyStarts from
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Winter specifics
Set out in the morning, no later than 9–10 a.m. Daylight is short, and walking in snow is slower than in summer.
Ski boots will not do: you need winter hiking boots, gaiters and poles. After a snowfall the trail beyond Stoly and on Babyn Pohar may be untrodden, and then snowshoes are needed. Do not walk on the ski slopes: skiers come down them.
The hut on Blazhiv may be locked, and in winter the springs freeze or are buried in snow. Take a thermos of hot tea and some food.
Do not go on from the pasture up to Malyi Gorgan: its slopes are stony and icy in winter. Turn back at Blazhiv, or earlier, at the hut below Dovbushanka, if the day is short. The phone signal may drop in the forest, so download the map to your navigator beforehand. If it is past noon and you have not reached the pasture yet, turn back.
About winter hiking
Ski boots will not do: you need winter hiking boots, gaiters and poles. After a snowfall the trail beyond Stoly and on Babyn Pohar may be untrodden, and then snowshoes are needed. Do not walk on the ski slopes: skiers come down them.
The hut on Blazhiv may be locked, and in winter the springs freeze or are buried in snow. Take a thermos of hot tea and some food.
Do not go on from the pasture up to Malyi Gorgan: its slopes are stony and icy in winter. Turn back at Blazhiv, or earlier, at the hut below Dovbushanka, if the day is short. The phone signal may drop in the forest, so download the map to your navigator beforehand. If it is past noon and you have not reached the pasture yet, turn back.
Elevation profile
About the route
A route for those who came to Bukovel to ski and want to spend a day away from the resort, in the real mountains. It starts right in Bukovel, no car needed.
From the resort the route climbs to Dovha (1371 m), follows forest roads past the Stoly camping spot and the hut below Dovbushanka, goes up Babyn Pohar (1441 m) and down to the Blazhiv mountain pasture (1301 m). There is a small chapel and a hut on the pasture, and a good view of Dovbushanka. The way back is the same.
It is about 15 km to Blazhiv, 30 km there and back. Technically it is easy, but it is a long day on foot. It can be made shorter: the hut below Dovbushanka is about three hours in, and it is a good place to turn back as well.
On the route
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