CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
It goes by way of Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa, Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan, Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Bless and back through Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Poland into Ukraine - carry ID and check the toll rules.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 25 km this is Bieszczady Loop, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
At the very eastern tip of Slovakia, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine meet on the summit of Kremenec, lies a forest that has been left to itself for longer than anyone remembers. Stužica, in the Poloniny National Park, is one of the most valuable fragments of primeval beech forest in Europe, with trees several hundred years old, fallen trunks rotting slowly on the ground, and an extraordinary richness of fungi, insects and birds. It is part of the UNESCO site of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, a transnational listing that started with forests in Slovakia and Ukraine.
Read the complete Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy write-up.
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Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy is where the day begins. Next is Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa.
In the Bieszczady mountains of south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, a wooden church stands on a gentle rise above the San valley at Smolnik. It is dedicated to St Michael the Archangel and built in the style of the Boyko people, with three log sections stepping up from east to west under shingled roofs. Since 2013 it has been part of the World Heritage Site of Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.
Read the complete Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa write-up.
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Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa comes up about 99 km into the recorded legs. Next is Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan.
Just below the pass that carries the road and railway from Uzhhorod into Galicia, the village of Uzhok keeps one of the finest wooden churches of the Carpathians. The tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael was built in the middle of the eighteenth century in the Boyko style, with three log chambers each topped by a tiered roof, rising in stages like a set of stacked hats, all covered in wooden shingles. It stands on a slope among old trees, with a separate bell tower nearby, and it is one of the sixteen wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine listed by UNESCO in 2013.
Read the complete Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan write-up.
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about 250 km into the recorded legs you reach Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan. Next is Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Bless.
Matkiv is a small village in the upper valley of the Stryi river, in the Turka district of the Lviv region, high in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Its wooden church, the tserkva of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was built in the first half of the nineteenth century, and it is a fine example of the Boyko tradition, named after the highland people who have lived in these mountains for centuries. The church has three log frames topped by tiered pyramidal roofs, each level slightly smaller than the one below, and the whole building is covered in wooden shingles that have weathered to a silver grey. It is part of the UNESCO listing of wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.
Read the complete Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Bless write-up.
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Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Bless, about halfway. Next is back through Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan.
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Read the complete Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan write-up.
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back through Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan sits at 473 km, about halfway. Next is back through Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa comes up about 616 km into the recorded legs. Next is Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy write-up.
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Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy closes the day.
Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy → Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa is 99 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa → Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan is 151 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan → Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Bless is 107 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Bless → back through Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan is 107 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archan → back through Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa is 151 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archa → Stužica - Bukovské Vrchy is 99 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.