Pohrebyna — also known as Halya Mykhailova — stands at 1605 metres above sea level as the highest peak of the Pnivye ridge and the entire Hrynava mountain massif in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is the kind of summit that rewards you not with a dramatic rocky crown, but with a sweeping sense of space: open alpine meadows stretching in every direction, and a silence you can almost touch.
The summit itself is flat and treeless, surrounded by wide polonyny — the traditional Carpathian highland pastures — that turn lush green in summer and burn with amber hues in autumn. The southern and western slopes are somewhat steeper than the rest, but the overall terrain is gentle and approachable. Looking east and southeast, you can pick out the neighbouring peaks of Masnyi Pryslyp (1581 m) and Baba Ludova (1581.7 m). The village of Burkut lies to the west and serves as the natural starting point for exploring this area. In winter the polonyny are blanketed in snow, giving the landscape a remote, almost Arctic feel.
How to reach the summitThe mountain carries two names: the official 'Pohrebyna' and the pastoral 'Halya Mykhailova' — a typical Carpathian duality where cartographers and shepherds have always kept separate accounts. The second name almost certainly echoes centuries of transhumance, when flocks filled these meadows every summer.