Zarosliak () is a high mountain sports training resort near town of

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city),

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. It is located within the

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at the foot of mount

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. The resort is smaller than the nearly located Bukovel and more sports oriented.

History

Since 1880 in place of a modern sports resort existed a tourist resort under the name "Heinrich Hoffbauer Tatra Polish Association". Heinrich Hoffbauer was known for creating the first tourist route over the

Chornohora Chornohora () is the highest mountain range in Ukraine, Western Ukraine. It is within the Polonynian Beskids, a subgroup of the mountain group of Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, Eastern Beskids, which in turn is part of the Oute ...

Ridge. During 1911-18 the resort suffered from fire and military conflicts of the

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and was completely devastated. It was revived in 1923-27 and until the Soviet invasion was accepting 120-150 visitors a day. During the

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it was destroyed once again and for some time became forgotten. The modern resort traces its history from 1959. Since that time the resort was listed among the Olympic venues of the

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and since 1991 -

. In 2004 here was built a 12-meter ski ramp for freestyle. Since a major renovations that took place in 2008, Zarosliak may accept up to 90 visitors a day.

External links

Archive of the original Official website as of March 4, 2016 at web.archive.org
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