Avanhard ( Cyrillic: ''Авангард'') is a ski resort and a main sports base for Olympic preparation in the town of
Vorokhta
Vorokhta (, ) is an urban-type settlement located in the Carpathian Mountains on Prut RiverVorokhta in
Ukraine
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. It is the biggest out of five still operational ski jumping facilities in the country and one of three located in the
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an oblast (region) in western Ukrai ...
. Vorokhta is frequently associated with the resort and the resort is often referred to simply as Vorokhta or as the "Ramps of Vorokhta" ( uk, Трампліни у Ворохті).
The resort is popular among both domestic and international athletes. During the times of the
Soviet Union
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, and currently in
Ukraine
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, Avanhard was and is considered to have the best complex of ski ramps.
Brief description
The resort is best known for its ski ramps complex which consists of three ramps (). The ski ramps are served by a
chairlift
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. The smaller
piste
A ''piste'' () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.
This European term is French
is served by a 200-meter long bugel lift. There also is a training
piste
A ''piste'' () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.
This European term is French
for beginners. Next to the resort hotel "Avanhard" another 500-meter long
piste
A ''piste'' () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.
This European term is French
and a speedy bugel lift is located. There is also a children training track that stretches for 30 meters. The resort is fenced away from the adjacent highway and
Prut River
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Characteristics
The Prut originates ...
.
The biggest 90 meter ramp (K-90) with artificial surface was built back in 1967. It was renovated only in 1990. Since 1986 Avanhard has been the location of the Cup of the Carpathians.Ski jumping at the Ski Sports Federation of Ukraine website. In 1986-91 the competition acquired a
FIS
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status and Avanhard was visited by such athletes as
Jan Boklöv
Jan Mauritz Boklöv (born 14 April 1966) is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988–89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for popularising the now ...
Jens Weißflog
Jens Weißflog (, ; born 21 July 1964) is a German former ski jumper. He is one of the best and most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport. Only Finns Matti Nykänen and Janne Ahonen, Poles Adam Małysz and Kamil Stoch and Austria ...
.
The first ski ramp in Vorokhta was built when the region was part of the
Second Polish Republic
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Siparenko, Yu. The Carpathian Cup: traditions and the future of flying skiers ''. "Olimpiyska Arena" magazine. 2007. in 1925Vorokhta official website and the second in 1930. Beside the three main ramps there are two smaller ones located to the north. The complex has a children sports school. In 2007-09 major renovations took place at the ski base. Since 2011 the resort is a center for conducting "Halych Games" that are organized by the sports association "Ukraina" and sponsored by the council of trade unions of Ukraine. In March 2013 the head of the Olympic committee in the
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an oblast (region) in western Ukrai ...
stated that ski ramps still require major renovations.Head of the Olympic Committee in Prykarpattia: ramps in Vorokhta in miserable state /ref>
The resort's three-story hotel (Tramplin) provides lodging. Beside the resort hotel in a vicinity closer to a shorter and smaller ramp is located a cottage complex "Ruslana's huts" that consists of seven two-stories cottages (). Additional lodging space is provided by a bigger and newer sports-hotel complex "Kolos-Ukraina" which located just to the south of the town. Both Avanhard and Kolos-Ukraina are available to general public as well as athletes.
The Vorokhta rail station is located in town southwest away from the Avanhard sports resort along the highway P24 (Vorokhta-Verkhovyna).
File:Ski jump in Vorokhta.JPG, Souvenir market and ski ramps
See also
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Avanhard (sports society) Avanhard (sports society) ( uk, Авангард (спортивне товариство)) was a trade unions sports society of the Ukrainian SSR. Created in 1957, it was uniting workers of industry and construction from 14 other sport societies su ...