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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Romania, Several Tracks in Parang Mountains - Calcescu Lake

Short Briefing
Parang Mountains are located in the Eastern Carpathians, in the so called Southern Romanian Carpathians, in the center-south-west part of Romania, at about 15 km North-East of Targu-Jiu city and 5 km South-East of Petrosani. The mountains are delimited at the East by the famous Transalpina road (DN67C, the Novaci-Obarsia Lotrului section). The heighest peak of the masiff is Parangu Mare (alt. 2519m).

Way of access
By road:
-> Petrosani -> Jiet -> (DN7A) -> Jietului Gorges (DN7A, 10km) -> Mija Chalet (DN7A, 15km) -> Groapa Seaca Chalet (DN7A, 22km) -> Obarsia Lotrului (DN7A, 30km)
-> Targu-Jiu -> (DN67) -> Scoarta -> (DN67) Bengesti -> (DN67C) Novaci (45km) -> (DN67C) -> Obarsia Lotrului
-> Ramnicu Valcea -> (DN7) -> Brezoi -> (DN7A) -> Voineasa -> (DN7A) -> Obarsia Lotrului (115km)
-> Ramnicu Valcea -> (DN67) -> Horezu -> (DN67) -> Novaci (83km) -> (DN67C) -> Obarsia Lotrului

See also
Romania, Several Tracks in Parang Mountains - Cioara Peak
Romania, Several Tracks in Parang Mountains - Rosiile Lake
Romania, Several Tracks in Parang Mountains - Parangu Mare Peak

Track Description
This is another easy track. The track starts at an altitude of aprox 1360m from Obarsia Lotrului direction to the Calcescu Lake, located at an altitude of aprox 1900m. The first half of the track consists of a forestry road of about 5km. Then, you will have to follow the red cross marker for another 4 km; on this section, the track follows a mountain path and starts to climb. The track is a very beautiful one, because of its diversity - you will walk in forest, you will pass river for about 3-4 times, you will pass through juniper trees with stony path. The Calcescu Lake is the biggest glacial lake in Parang Mountains and above it at about 100m you will find the Vidal glacial lake which is one of Calcescu water sources. You will have to return to the start point, so the total length of this track is about 19km, which can be walked in about 7-8 hours - 4-5 hours to Calcescu Lake and 3 hours back to start point.