Author: Iulian Cozma

Between July 2 and July 9, I was organizing a hiking and a walking tour for a group from Sweden. The tour was in Fagaras mountains and in Maramures county. In Fagaras we hiked in Barcaciu – Negoiu areas, and in Maramures county around Botiza – Ieud – Barsana – Poienile Izei and Glod villages. We were in Maramures exactly on the right period to be able to enjoy the flowers on the hills. Iulian Cozma – July 25th, from Balea Lac in Fagaras mountains

Vi var 18 svenskar som vandrade med Iulian Cozma i juli 2009. Iuli… (>>>)

Climbing Moldoveanu peak, the highest peak in Romanian mountains can be a easy job, or a hard one! For the four of us (Sarah, Hannah, David and me, Iulian) I can say it was a easy job with a wet ending, however it was great! The tour began in Balea Lac, with one day warm up, climbing Buteanu peak, one of the peaks over 2500 meters high from Romanian mountains, that offers one of the best views from all Fagaras range, but of course, you have to be there on the right time, otherwise is possible to just eat your sandwich in the clouds! We “chose&… (>>>)

Greetings, You may see some photos from Fagaras mountains and from the area of Bran castle villages, Moeciu de Sus and Poarta. The photos were taken between July 20-28. On the first day of the trip we, Silja, ?, Thomas, Rosana and me, Iulian, traverse Bucegi mountains, from Sinaia to Bangaleasa valley, over Omu peak. Between Babele rocks and Omu peak were a lot of people, like on boulevards of Bucharest, but on the way down to Moeciu de Sus nobody disturb us, and this was very nice! After this day we travel to Fagaras mountains, to Negoiu cha… (>>>)

A nice traverse ridge of Fagaras mountains, from Barcaciu chalet to Vistea Mare valley. The tour start with the visit of Sibiu city, and ending with a lunch on my grandmother house in Ucea de Sus. Between this days we hiked on good weather on the main ridge of Transylvanian Alps, Fagaras mountains. As usual, the weather on this tour was really nice, as you may see on the photos below. A special evening was when we visited Brancoveanu monastery, and we had dinner at the monastery! Well, we don;t have to forget the swimming pool from Victoria t… (>>>)

3 days in Fagaras mountains, climbing Moldoveanu peak, with a nice group of 5 persons. First 2 days the weather was ok, we were lucky on the day when we climb Moldoveanu peak, we can admire the view from up there. On the last day we had to change our plan, and descent to Victoria on Arpasul Mare valley, instead to go back to Balea Lac to recover our cars, but as Thomas and Aurelien said even the descent on the valley was nice and interesting. Enjoy the photos! Iulian Cozma

Trois jours dans les monts Fagaras. Et il n’est pas peu dire que Iulian est d’… (>>>)

In den rumänischen Karpaten: Die Besteigung des Moldoveanu von der Podragu-Hütte aus.

Der Moldoveanu mit Iulian Cozma in zwei Tagen (September 2009) Für Westler liegt Rumänien etwas ‘grau’ im Osten, das trägt – wie bei jeder ernsteren Bergtour – zur Spannung bei, wird alles klappen oder bleibt der Gipfel fern? Weil Iulian englisch spricht, seine Frau und Mitarbeiterin Rosana deutsch, werden alle Unklarheiten schon in der Vorbereitung per Email bedacht. Dieser prima Service bleibt während der ganze… (>>>)

Greetings! below you may see some photos from the last tour from 2009 season, when I climbed Moldoveanu peak, without snow. The tour was in middle part of September, 14-20, and start from Balea Lac chalet. The weather was not the best one, but as you may read below, we were lucky with a good weather on the day when we climb Moldoveanu peak. So, one more time me and my guest, we were lucky with great weather on the day when we climbed Moldoveanu peak! Enjoy the photos, Iulian Cozma www.mountainguide.ro

Die Fagaras Gratwanderroute bietet fant… (>>>)

We had a marvellous 6 –day trek in the beautiful Carpathian mountains of Transylvania, mostly at an altitude of 1800 – 2500 meters. The landscape is beautiful and varied, with impressive forest at lower altitude and alpine as one gets higher. Wildlife is plentiful. We saw chamois on several occasions, came across fresh bear droppings and wild boar tracks. The trails are good and well maintained. The terrain can be quite challenging but still well within the abilities of a bunch of fairly fit 50 – 60 year olds. We were lucky with the weath… (>>>)

Thanks to Iulian Cozma , my cousin Britt and I had a fantastic and eventful week in Romania from the 19th to the 26th of September. On the first day , in the Bucegi Mountains, the sky was clear and the sun was shining as it did throughout the week. From Sinaia we took the cable car 700 m up till we were above the tree line. It was barren and cold, so we had to put on our hats and gloves. We walked 300 very long meters up to Omu Peak. Here we sat, in the sun, in front of a wooden cottage where one could buy soup, coffee and very sweet tea, and enjoyed the view ov… (>>>)