Looking out the window of the Edelweiss hotel at dawn (you can book this very same hotel here) |
This pristine area is a 45 minute walk through the forest from "Beskyd" station on the Kyiv-Uzhhorod railway |
Looking down the valley at the break of dawn |
Early morning walks here are a real treat |
Tiny fir breaking through the snow |
The mountains visible here are between 800 and 1600 m. in elevation |
Villagers store hay this way. Later in the winter or spring they will get to this haystack and use it for animal feed |
The hillsides are dotted with these haystacks |
Even in remote Verkhniy Studenyy new private homes and lodgings are being built. At the same time, structures from Soviet times have been abandoned. |
The main lift (tow) at Verkhniy Studenyy. Last year a ticket cost 2 UAH, this year (2005) 3 UAH. The run is about 800 m. long and wide enough to allow several different descents down the mountain |
This haystack has been depleted. The one in the background may be next |
This Christmas tree is decorated with orange ribbons, Yuschenko's presidential campaign color. Most voters in the Carpathian region voted for Yuschenko |
Skiers on the lift with Verkhniy Studenyy village in the background |
Homestead on the edge of the village at the break of dawn |
Back at Beskyd train station. The sign reads "Welcome to Transcarpathia" |
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