Author: Iulian Cozma

Ski touring on Fagaras and Bucegi mountains

Ski touring Fagaras and Bucegi

If on last week of February the snow and the weather was perfect for touring in Bucegi mountains, I can’t say the same thing about the week what just end… Was enough snow, and was even snowy in almost each day and night, but was not too much visibility, and skiing was not a real pleasure. The tour was in Fagaras and Bucegi mountains, also visiting Sibiu and Sighisoara cities. The last day of the tour was the nicest one from the entire week, but the tour was ending on that day … Best regards from Brasov, Iulian Cozma – mo… (>>>)

Powder skiing in Fagaras mountains

Powder in Bucegi and Fagaras mountains

The last days of March were very nice ones from all points of view! We ski in Bucegi mountains, and since yesterday afternoon, March 25, we are at Balea Lake in Fagaras mountains. Today we did some nice runs in Saua Doamnei, and on Balea Valley. As you may see on the above photo, the snow was great! Best regards from Balea Lake in Fagaras mountains, Iulian Cozma – mountain and ski guide

We did a one week ski tour with Iulian Cozma from March 21-29, 2009. We were seven friends who have ski-toured all over the world. Iulian, who had been reco… (>>>)

Senderismo en Rumania, senderismo en los Cárpatos

Senderismo en Rumanía

During April 9th-14th 2009, due to the Easter Holidays, I went hiking for 4 days with Kaoshortanord, Club de Muntanya, from Valencia-Spain. I can say I was pleasantly surprised to find out that, in a city like Valencia, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, there is a club for mountain tours. Unfortunately our Black Sea cities do not have any hiking clubs at all. Anyway, as I found out during the tour, the weather in Valencia in this time of year was not very “friendly” (rainy and quite cold, as I understood). However… (>>>)

Junii Brasovului feast

When the heavy snows of the harsh Brasovian winters are gone and spring sun shines again, it is the time for people from Schei, the old district of Brasov, to start celebrating the renewal. Yearly, they have a festival, called “Junii”, (translated it would be ‘The Feast of the Youth’) which stretches over weeks, having it’s climax on the first Sunday after Easter when seven groups of men from the Schei will ride from the mountains and travel around Brasov. They will be carrying with them mace like baton… (>>>)

Walking in Maramures county

On end of April 2009, I was doing a short trip in Maramures area, north part of Romania. This area is well known for the old wooden churches (most of them under UNESCO heritage) and for his gentle and beautiful landscape. We were lucky with the weather, and we (me, Lucian and Ver, the last one who’s 70’s years old) did few hillwalking around Botiza village, on Iza valley. Having a walking trip in this part of Romania can be impressive!

Kind regards, Iulian Cozma www.mountainguide.ro

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Walking on Dracula county

Walking in Dracula county

Walking in Bran county (know as Dracula county) is a very nice idea, if you know where to go. The most beautiful routes are traversing mountain villages of Magura, Pestera, Sirnea, Moeciu de Sus, Fundatica, Fundata and Simon, but not on marked routes, so is not easy to find your way. Even with a map is not easy. Not the last, walking near by or traversing near sheep farms can be delicate from sheep dog point of vewi. So be very carefully when you see some dogs. This are sheep dogs not pets! I can say that last week the weather was very nice for walk… (>>>)

Hiking in Bucegi and Fagaras mountains

Fagaras and Bucegi tour

Hi there, From today, June 6th I will upload new pictures every two days, from a tour in Bucegi and Fagaras mountains. The summer season for hiking on mountains just start today, with the traverse of Bucegi mountains from Babele to Omu peak, and nice descending to Pestera hotel. On the plateau of Bucegi mountains were a little bit of wind, not too much sun, so gloves, wind layers were the most appreciates pieces from our equipment. After a tea break at Omu peak we start easily to descent to Pestera hotel were we are now. The weather was on our s… (>>>)

Randonnée en Roumanie, randonnée dans Ciucas

Randonnée en Roumanie, randonnée dans les montagnes Fagaras

Greetings, below you may see some photos from 14 & 15 June, from Ciucas mountains traverse, and climbing Dragus north ridge from Fagaras mountains. The weather on both days were nice. Ciucas is a gentle mountains, with nice views, and the walk was easy for all the persons. Today was a quite a long day, almost 10 hours of hiking and 23 kilometers, but the views from up there deserve the effort. The next hike was from Negoiu hut to Scara peak, and descending to Barcaciu hut. Pictures below. Kind regards, Iulian Cozma www.mountainguide.… (>>>)

Hiking in Fagaras mountains

Rododendron in Fagaras mountains

Between 20 and 27 June 2009, I was happy to organize one of my favorite hikes in Romanian mountains, the traverse of Bucegi and Fagaras mountains. The tour start with the traverse of Bucegi mountains, Sunday June 20th, from Babele hut to Omu peak, and down to Moeciu de Sus village. The rest of the tour were in Fagaras mountains, traversing the main ridge of Fagaras mountains from Breaza village (Zarna shelter) to Avrig town (Barcaciu chalet). I can’t say that the weather were the best in the world, but the tour were a nice one, and the … (>>>)

Bucegi mountains traverse

Bucegi mountains traverse

Hello! You may find below some images from a 2 days tour, when I traverse Bucegi mountains with a group of students from Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, from Erlangen town, from Germany. The original plan was that we will go up to Bucegi mountains by the cable car from Busteni, but our plans were ruined by the cable car station from Busteni who was broke again … So next morning we travel to Sinaia Cota 1400’s by 2 small buses, and here we were very lucky because we catch the cable care up to Cota 2000 from Sinaia, where we start our w… (>>>)