In Heinrich Harrer’s book The White Spider (a chronicle of the first ascents of the Eiger’s northern wall) I first heard of Grindelwald, a small village located at an altitude of 1034m in the Bernin Alps. Ever since I’ve read the book I wanted to get here and look up the mountain for traces of […]
The word of a “great man” in the winter is not the same as summer is working also for hiking. Besides the clothing required for low temperatures, snow can tangle our plans if we are not prepared. The less popular in Romania snowshoeing allows us to walk the trails almost regardless of the snow conditions. […]
In the past 2-3 we got to Cindrel quite often and especially in winter, but the end point was the peak of Cindrel or Steflesti col. We knew the ridge route continued from here to Lake Oasa and it seemed a good route for skiing. Now since Canaia is a guarded hut the idea of […]
The villages located at the foot of Pietrii Craiului: Sirnea, Cave and Magura are a very popular destination among photographers. In winter time, however, they arealso a very good starting point for tours on snowshoes. We start from Sirnea and cross the Grind meadow and then to the Table to get to Curmatura Chalet. The […]
That’s how the weather looks like when we started from Paltinis. We already knew from the forecast that the wind would accompany us during the days we were going to spend in Cindrel. But we hoped the clouds would scatter so that we could see the scenery as well. We are a fairly large group […]
When we talk about the Cerna Mountains, we think first of all on canyons, caves and limestone peaks and probably on the well-known and picturesque road situated on the Cerna valley, already classic hiking destinations. However the mountains are only partially visited by tourists. Probably to this situation has contributed the lack of marked trails […]
“Crovurile” are a well-known trekking destination in western Romania. They are located in the Mehedinţi Mountains in the section between DN67 and Herculane. They are actually huge dolines located in the high plateau of the Mehedinti Mountains. These mountains and the valley of Cerna are populated areas from ancient times, people occupying themselves especially with […]
Our first trip took place at Comarnic Cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Banat, open to tourists. The cave is located in the Cheile Carasului National Park – Semenic and today in the integral protection regim. Cave is developed on 3 levels with large galleries and halls, richly concreted, with representative erosion and […]