Description
Tourist complex Dragobrat is the highest ski resort in Ukraine. Often mistakenly believe that Dragobrat is name of a mountain. In fact, Dragobrat is the name of the tract and also mountain meadow (colled by ukrainians polonyna). We’re talking about Dragobrat as a ski holiday complex or ski resort. But name of highest mountine with lift aroud Dragobrat is Stig.
Location
Dragobrat situated at an altitude of nearly 1.5 km above sea level. In addition, the tract Dragobrat on all sides surrounded by high mountains, which leads to unique weather conditions of Dragobrat: ski season starts on Dragobrat earlier and ends much later than other ski resorts in Ukraine. In fact, even during the May holidays on Dragobrat sometimes get to go skiing.
Transportation
To go to Dragobrat, need to get traditional transport to the village of Yassin. The closest regional center to Dragobrat – Ivano-Frankivsk. From Yassin will have to use the services of local residents as well as travel to Dragobrat available only on serious off-road equipment, a minimum of four wheel drive soviet military car UAZ or GAZ-66.
Accomodation
Stay on Dragobrat provide about 20 hotels of various levels and profiles: hostels, hotels, recreation centers. Total Dragobrat today washes take about 1,000 tourists.
The level of prices, cost of living in Dragobrat:
From 100 UAH / night per person.
Ski Slopes
Dragobrat has 5 lifts, groomed trails serviced by snowcat, as well as great opportunities for skiing on virgin snow – freeriding, which fundamentally differs Dragobrat from its competitors among the ski resorts of Ukraine.
Ski slopes and their description:
there are 20 tracks of different difficulty levels there on Dragobrat. Length of trails – from 300 to 2000 km. The total length of roads – more than 10 km. It is possible to order delivery of skiers by snowcat to the area of ”Gendarmes”, which will provide long descent down to 3 km.
Types of lifts:
– Rope “Dragobrat-1” – VL – 1000 m
– Rope “Dragobrat-2” – Doppelmayer – 1000 m
– Rope “Top of the Carpathians” (private) – 800 m
– Rope “Bliznitsa” (hotel “Oaza”) – 800 m
– Rope (boarding house “Zvonar”) – 250 m
– Double chairlift chalet “Top of the Carpathians” – 1200 m
– A double chair lift at the hotel, “Cremin” – 1200 m
In addition, there are 5 lifts: 2 belong to the base “Dragobrat” (100 and 250 m), 1 based on “Top of the Carpathians” (250 m), a database of “Edelweiss” (250 m) and a hotel “Oaza” (280 m .)
Hours – 09:00 to 18:00.
Queue to lifts:
10-15 minutes
The cost of lifts:
Lifts “Dagobrat-1” and “Dragobrat-2”:
– 15 UAH / 1 lift
– 40 UAH / 3 lifting
– 50 UAH / 5 lifts
– 90 USD / 10 lifts
– 160 UAH / 20 lifts
– 350 UAH / 50 lifts
Chair lift:
– UAH 10 / 1 lift
The cost of rental ski / snowboard:
50 UAH for 1 day / 50 UAH for 1 day
Night skiing:
None.
Services
First-aid medical care: available.
Rental of ski equipment: several of rental ski and snowboard equipment.
Ski School / School of Snowboarding: modern ski training center, qualified instructor, ski school with individual and group training. Private lessons with an instructor from 100 UAH per hour.
Connection: MTS, Kyivstar, Life, Internet.
Petrol stations: the nearest gas station located in Yasinya village (10 km).
Parking: guarded, paid parking located in Yasinya.
Entertainment
After-ski evening entertainment: baths, billiards, table tennis, sauna, Karaoke, Ukraine’s most high-disco.
More snow fun: snowmobiling, ATVs,freeride tours, skitours on snowcat, sleigh.
Extreme festivals: Festival “Planet Dragobrat” (the first of May), International Freeride Fest.
For children: sleigh, training slides, instructor services, games.
Restorants
Сafes, restaurants, price level: most of restorants are located in hotels, but there are alo 2-3 independed restorants at Dragobrat. Average price of main course at cafés and restaurants – from 40 UAH.
Food on the mountain: a booth “Kuryatnya” located just at low station of ski lifts and slopes. Offer mulled wine, coffee, snacks.
What’s new?
On Dragobrat commissioned second Italian double chairlift (the first was built at beginning of 2010) with a length of 1200 m, will work 4 more hotels and cafes. Also added new tracks: three for mid-level, one more – for beginners. By Yassinia to Dragobrat “trimmed” the road. We do not talking about asphalt, but now it has become possible to pass on the civilian four-wheel drive car.