Attractions of Dzembronia

Lake Brebeneskul is the highest mountain lake in Ukraine (1801 meters). The Brebeneskul River flows from here.

The glacial lake is located on the southwestern slope of the Chornohora ridge, in the valley between the Brebeneskul and Gutyn Tomnatyk mountains.

The lake is 67 meters wide and 147 meters long. The greatest depth is 3.2 meters. Lake Brebeneskul has an oval shape. The banks are steep, high, with stone screes. The water is clean and slightly mineralized, the bottom is covered with gray silt.

Popular among lovers of mountain tourism.

Mount Pip Ivan is one of the highest peaks of the Chornohora Carpathian massif, the third highest in Ukraine (2022 meters).

It used to be called Black Mountain (Chorna Hora), which is where the name of the entire Chornohora range comes from. According to legend, Oleksa Dovbush was killed here by the "black calamity", i.e. hell, and the mountain turned black. In ancient times, there was a pagan temple on the mountain, and the folk tradition of a mass ascent on the night of Ivan Kupala has been preserved. The current name comes from the rock on the top, which resembled a priest in a cassock (now it has lost its characteristic shape).

Mount Pip Ivan is formed by sandstones, has a pyramidal shape, in the upper part - stone placers. It is covered with subalpine vegetation - widespread shrubs (Siberian juniper, rhododendron) and spruce forests. It is located within the Carpathian State National Park.

At the top are the picturesque ruins of the Polish astronomical and meteorological observatory "White Elephant" in the style of constructivism, which operated in 1938-1941. The three-story building had 43 rooms and a conference hall. The tower with a copper dome with a diameter of 10 meters housed a Scottish astrograph. Currently, the building is in a dilapidated state.

The most convenient route to the top begins in the village of Dzembronia.