Bukovel
| Bukovel Буковель |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Municipality | Yaremche |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Village head | Ivan Mohoruk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.0022 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 78711 |
| Website | [1] |
Bukovel (Ukrainian: Буковель) is a ski- and spa-resort located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The resort is located almost on the ridge-lines of the Carpathian Mountains at elevation of 900 m (3,000 ft) above the sea level near the village of Polyanytsya (Yaremche municipality). It is one of the most popular ski resort in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains and is situated 30 km (19 mi) southwest of the city of Yaremche.
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[edit] Ski-resort
Bukovel currently boasts 16 ski lifts with roughly 50 km (31 mi) of pistes. There are 61 pistes sections of which 12 are Blue(beginners), 41 red (intermediates) and 8 are Black (experts). The longest piste is 5G at 2,106 m (6,909 ft). There are 11×4-person chair lifts, 1×3-person chair lift, 1×2-person chair lift and 1×T-bar.
[edit] Winter Olympic games
The local government announced in 2006 that the Bukovel ski and snowboard resort is expanding to 262 acres (1.06 km2) in anticipation of Ukraine bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The additional land will be used for the construction of several new ski lifts and service projects. Previously, the land was a government-managed forest preserve area.[1] Bukovel has also plans to build an Olympic winter stadium in preparation for a possible bid.[2] In 2008 the head of the Ukrainian NOC (National Olympic Committee), Serhiy Bubka, announced that even though Bukovel is a world-class ski-resort the talks of hosting the Olympic games are ridiculous as the town does not have the required infrastructure to host such a big event. The deadline for the Olympic bid was on October 15, 2009 for which Bukovel was not prepared.
In early months of 2010 the administration of Bukovel was involved in the government scandal around the dismissal of the director of the Gorgany Natural Preserve. Vasyl Kislyak was fired by the Minister for protection of the natural environment Filipchuk "for a low level of organizational skills" as the administration of Bukovel could not find a middle ground and cooperation with the director. The cornerstone of the argument became a infrastructural development of the resort and particularly a road that would connect Bukovel with Yaremche.[3]
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[edit] External links
- "Bukovel - Bukovel resort home page" (in English). bukovel.com. http://www.bukovel.com/en. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- "Bukovel resort info" (in English). SkiUkraine. http://www.skiukraine.info/resorts/bukovel.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- "Bukovel Ski Resort" (in English). Ski Bukovel. http://www.skibukovel.com. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- "Articles about Bukovel" (in English). Simply Bukovel. http://www.ski-world.com.ua/en/58-bukovel.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
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Coordinates: 48°21′37″N 24°23′32″E / 48.36028°N 24.39222°E
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