Verkhovyna National Nature Park
Spruce forests and mountain pine slopes at the headwaters of the Cheremosh in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Verkhovyna covers the highest reaches of the Cheremosh River, at the headwaters of its two main tributaries in the Chivchino-Grinyava mountain range. Forests change with altitude, from mixed woodland below 1,200 metres to spruce, then mountain pine and green alder above 1,600 metres.
Things to do
- On footWalk the hiking paths through the Chivchino-Grinyava range
- On footClimb from mixed forest through the spruce belt to the mountain pine and green alder above 1,600 metres
- Try thisLook for the meadow and swamp communities that sit between the forest zones
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Cheremosh headwaters
The two main tributaries that feed the Cheremosh, which flows north into the Prut.