Plaiul Foii hostel-Lerescu Mic saddle

Duration: 3 1/2 - 4 h
Length:km
Height difference: +1095/-475 m
Note: Practicable all the year

The red triangle trail starts at Plaiul Foii forester’s lodge. It crosses the water and soon reaches a crossroads where we turn left accompanied by the blue triangle and blue streak trails. After walking about 1 km we reach the point where Bârsei Tămaşului és Valea Runcului brooks meet. We climb to Plaiul Mare clearing where the blue streak takes another route. We proceed to Curmătura Foii where a number of roads linking other mountains meet. We turn left and climb to Tămaşul Mare peak (1735m). Once we descend crossing a number of peaks we reach Curmătura Lerescului Mic, 1450m.

To Rudăriţa

To Zârnei saddle

Plaiul foii Plaiul foii Tămaşul Mare Participants of the ecologic camp, organized by the Zernesti rescue team, at work.