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Lacul Bucura - Vârful Bucura - Vârful Retezat
Next nearby hike: Circuitul lacurilor (Bucura, Lia, Ana, Florica, Viorica, Agățat, Tău Porții, Bucurelu) 0.3 mi · 0.4 kmExplore Retezat →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 11–13 °C (52–55 °F)
- J-6°-14°73
- F-6°-14°70
- M-3°-11°82
- A3°-7°107
- M8°-2°147
- J11°2°189
- J13°4°166
- A13°4°154
- S9°0°129
- O5°-4°97
- N-1°-8°83
- D-5°-12°91
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Lacul Bucura - Vârful Bucura - Vârful Retezat
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.0 km · 2.5 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Retezat (mountain, 2,482 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Retezat Mountains (Retezat-Godeanu Mountains Group › Southern Carpathians; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km S of Râu de Mori (Comuna Râu de Mori, Hunedoara County) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- Romania
- Region
- Hunedoara
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Lacul Bucura → Vârful Retezat
- Route centre
- 45.3710, 22.8601
- Route start
- 45.3614, 22.8708
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2048046
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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