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Traseul de creasta principală a Munții Făgăraș: Valea Oltului - Șaua Podragului - Curmătura Lerescu - Cabana Plaiul Foii
In the Piatra Craiului Mountains
Next nearby hike: Cabana Plaiul Foii-Cabana Dragoș Băjan-Cojocaru 0.6 mi · 0.9 kmExplore Piatra Craiului Mountains →
Traseul de creasta principală a Munții Făgăraș: Valea Oltului - Șaua Podragului - Curmătura Lerescu - Cabana Plaiul Foii other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 14–19 °C (57–66 °F)
- J-2°-10°49
- F-1°-10°49
- M3°-6°58
- A8°-1°75
- M14°4°109
- J17°8°140
- J19°10°140
- A18°10°115
- S14°6°84
- O10°1°63
- N4°-4°60
- D-1°-8°61
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
Traseul de creasta principală a Munții Făgăraș: Valea Oltului - Șaua Podragului - Curmătura Lerescu - Cabana Plaiul Foii is a national hiking route in Argeș, Romania, about 94 km (58 mi) in length. It is in the Piatra Craiului Mountains. It lies about 8.6 km west of Peștera.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 94 km · 58 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 93 km · 58 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Piatra Craiului Mountains (Făgăraș Mountains Group › Southern Carpathians; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.6 km W of Peștera (Comuna Moieciu, Brașov County) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- Romania
- Region
- Argeș
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- From / to
- Valea Fratelui/Valea Oltului → Cabana Plaiul Foii
- Route centre
- 45.5728, 24.7146
- Route start
- 45.5349, 25.1763
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2069749
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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