23/10/2010
The Resort
Bukovel Ski Resort is a new large ski resort in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, 30 km to the west of Yaremcha. It is Ukraine's first European-class resort, with high-speed chair lifts, meticulously groomed slopes and snow-making machines, turnstyles for letting skiers through lines, and ubiquitous security personnel. It is unusual to see this degree of organization in Ukraine. Bukovel resort has been carefully planned to make snowskiing and snowboarding enjoyable and convenient and to avoid lift lines and congestion. Ski Lift queues longer than five minutes are rare.
Bukovel has major plans for expansion; by the 2011-2012 ski season. Bukovel plans to have 278 km of runs and 35 lifts, which would make it one of the 20 largest ski resorts in the world.