Today, with another Mihai, an experimented trail runner I finally did a run I planned for a long time. It is becoming a classical route, completed by many experienced trail runners. The route reaches both peaks of Brasov mountains; Piatra Mare (1844m) and Postavarul (1799m) peaks. The two massifs are separated by the deep Timis Valley at about 800m altitude. It is not an easy route and I do not recommend it for solo runners as part of the route, especially the south side of Postavarul Mountain, passes through quite wild forests.
While the two peaks are not too high, both climbs of the route are quite steep and take you more than 1000m higher than the starting point. The accumulated elevation gain of the route is a respectable 2300m.
Today, the last day of October, was a perfect autumn day: Perfect Blue skyes, cool, calm and dry weather; just perfect conditions for running. I do not want to imagine how it is to climb on the south side of Postavarul Mountain on a hot summer day!
Here is the GPS recorded route of today:
The views and the clarity of the atmosphere were stunning as it is often the case in late autumn and winter. Below are some photos I took today. The full album is
here.
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| Close to Piatra Mare Peak - Looking East |
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| Piatra Craiului mountains (in the distance), seen from Piatra Mare |
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| The Mighty Bucegi Mountains |
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| Looking west |
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| View towards Muchea Cheii (Cheii Ridge) from Tamina valley |
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| Crossing the valley and the railways in Timisu de Sus and switching mountains... |
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| Autumn Colors on the climb to Postavarul |
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| Postavarul Peak... still a long way to the top! |
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| Bucegi again |
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| The beautiful Muchea Cheii (Cheii Ridge) |
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| The beautiful Muchea Cheii (Cheii Ridge) |
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| On Postavarul Ridge |
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| Piatra Craiului Mountains seen from Postavarul Ridge |
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| Autumn leaves |
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| Brasov... home sweet home! |
