Climbing Fagaras Mountains with Iulian Cozma - Mountaineering Romania
Fagaras Ridge and Mount Moldoveanu ( 2544 m) are clearly two of the most demanding climbing tours you can do in the Romanian Carpathians. It is a summer climbing and crossing the main ridge of the Fagaras Mountains and winter mountaineering the Romania´s highest peak and its surrounding hills that make for an unforgettable experience.
Iulian Cozma is a professional mountain guide. He began his first course of Professional Mountain Guides in 1997. Finished in 1998, he has become the first promotion of Romanian Mountain Guides, accredited by all qualified organizations. Now, he´s a member of RMGA, in the past also being the President and General Secretary of the organization. He made numerous tours in Fagaras, Bucegi, Piatra Craiului Mountains and other mountains of Romania. The most important tours were done during winter time, amongst them being some northern ridges from Fagaras mountains like Dragus, Buteanu, Albota, Vistea, Zanoaga, and the famous ridge Virtopel-Arpasel.
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With an experience of over 10 years in guiding groups of tourists and planning mountain tours, Iulian Cozma offers you services which cover all range of mountain activities : trekking and hiking, ski touring, off the slopes skiing, having the possibility to include in all programs visits at different cultural objectives which are on the way. Adrex.com recommends Iulian services as highly professional. You can ask him about tailor-made trips across main Transylvanian Mountains.
Climbing Fagaras - The winter tours can be practiced best in the Fagaras Mountains, also called the Transylvanian Alps. The most remarkable winter tours in Romania are taking place on the main ridge of the Fagaras. However, the Northern ridges are also impressive through their harshness and beauty at the same time.
In order to go through one of the Northern ridges, one would need at least three days. Of course, the most important aspects conditioning the arrival in the main ridge are the weather and the tourist’s physical abilities. Each Northern ridge ends with a mountain wall or edge, with a difficulty level of about 3B. Therefore, technical equipment is a must. Putting up for the night is done in tents, bivacs or hunting shelters (on mountain edges like Dragus, Zanoaga and Albota).
The duration of Fagaras Ridges winter tours is of about seven days, its success depending of course on the snow and weather conditions, as well as on the physical shape of the participants.
The average annual temperature in the Fagaras Mountains is 2°C. At this height, winter lasts for at least 6 months. The coolest month is January with average of -9°C while July can offer some +7°C. The weather is rather unstable, changing from a cloudless sky and warm temperature to a summer snow storm.
Other opportunities for quality winter mountaineering in South-Eastern Transylvania are in the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi Mountains. The best period for practicing these trips is from December to March.
Contacts: Iulian Cozma Outdoor Adventures, Tourism License 4148, 36/7 Mihai Eminescu str. , 500079, Brasov, Romania Tel. +4 0 268 418 441 or +4 0 744 327 686 To get additional information go to: www.mountainguide.ro
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