MOUNTAINS BUCEGI – LEAOTA

BUCEGI MOUNTAINS

BUCEGI MOUNTAINS Bucegi represents the “mother” of the traveling and alpinism from Romanian Carpathians, every season a great number of tourists who love the mountain. This Massive dispose of a good arrangement for excursions and mountainous trips (means of transport on cable, chalets, alpine shelters, marked tracks) being approachable for all types of tourists. Bucegi appears as an immense rocky block, compact, high, and bordered by sheers.

Its main summit as an arch of U shape, it is headed to north-southBUCEGI MOUNTAINS - Caraiman direction, having its ramifications opened to south. From the north extremity of this arch, also the highest side (Gavele-Omul) are scattering some rocky edges, offering a sector with a special appearance. From the highest and most visited summits: Omu-2505m, Costila-2498m., Bocsoiu-2492m., Coltii Morarului-2480m, Doamnele-2402m., Caraiman-2384m., Jepii Mari, Jepii Mici, Piatra Arsa, Varfu cu Dor.
Mountains Bucegi - Sphinx The axe of the great arch is Ialomita valley. Until the exit from the mountainous area, Ialomita gathers a series of affluent (Sugarile, Cocora, Laptici on the left and Doamnele, Tataru on right). In its way cuts beautiful canyons: Ursilor canyon, Tatarilor canyon and Zanoagei canyon.

Characteristic to Bucegi is the highland “Podul Bucegilor”, large and covered by soft grass and from place to place with thickets of juniper trees. The erosion of the extern agents created the curiosities rarely met of Bucegi: the cliff as Ciuperci (mushrooms) “Babele, “Sfinxul” like a human head, than slopes, keys, caves.

Famous are the keys: Ursilor, Tatarului, Zanoagei and others. Ialomita Bucegi Mountains - Chalet Omu waters were stopped by a dam at Scropoasa, the lake aliments with waters the hydro centrals from Dobreati and Moroeni.

Bucegi meet the climacteric conditions of the high mountains. The meteorology observer installed on Omu cliff shows that the medium annual temperature on “Podul Bucegilor”is tough (-2.6 degrees), while at Sinaia is +3 degrees. On Omu peak the snow lasts 200 days a year. The snow avalanches have a great frequency.

Bucegi Mountains - Chalet Caraiman The scientific value that elements of flora and fauna determined certain sectors from Bucegi to be declared natural reservations. The main reservation spreads on Prahova’s versant and has a surface of around 7000ha. There is also a scientific area of absolute protection (200ha) that contains the northern part of Caraiman, Pestera Ialomitei, Cocora mountains and Batrana, the surroundings of the keys of Ursilor, Pesterii. Zanoaga reservation contains Zanoaga Mountain and the right cheek of Zanoaga keys.

In the city settled at the foot of the mountain, Sinaia, Busteni, Azuga, Predeal were constructed modern touristic buildings – hotels, motels, camping, shelters, restaurants, lifts, were opened paths from the foot of the mountains till the large alpine lands.

On the eastern versant of Bucegi are hotels and chalets at 1400 and 1500 cotes, that upper “Varfu cu Dor”, Piatra Arsa, Babele, Caraiman chalets and the highest Cabana Omu 2505m.

LEAOTA MOUNTAINS

Mountains Leaota At south-west of Bucegi, between Ialomita and Dambovita valleys are Leaota Mountains, formed in a great majority by crystalline schist having big, heavy forms. Although they are beautiful, with enchanting landscapes, they do not have the picturesque of Bucegi Mountains. Fauna of haggard interest is richer and more various. The tourists find shelter and nourishment at Leaota chalet -1370m, settled on the southern versant. Most of their lands are covered by meadows and forests and offer an amazing collection of attractions for the travelers that follow its paths.

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