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Ski Romania!
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Wintry Wonderland
New building underway at Romania's traditional
number one resort, Poiana Braşov, home to
easy slopes and a popular resort complex, near the city of
Braşov.
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The mighty Carpathian mountains, with their fairytale jagged peaks,
and stunning scenery attract European skiers in droves from December to
March each year.
It's not just the scenery, but the very attractive rates for skiing
on organised slopes at Poiana Braşov,
Sinaia, Azuga, Buşteni and Predeal in the Postăvarul and
Bucegi mountain areas.
All of Romania's ski resorts feature chair-lifts or enclosed
gondolas, although some great off-piste tracks and slopes exist in the
Făgăraş and some Bucegi locations.
Romania's ski zones abound all along the
great swath of the Carpathian shield, from north to south-west.
You can enjoy a great run on well-maintained slopes between Braşov
and Bucharest at Poiana Brasov, Predeal, Azuga, and Sinaia; south of
Sibiu at Păltiniş; in
Maramureş at Borşa; in the
Retezat mountains at Semenic; and
in Moldova at Durău resort village.
Night skiing is popular in both Poiana Braşov
and at Predeal, both with well-maintained slopes and all the amenities
any English-speaking skier would expect at a top resort at Tahoe,
Whistler or Chamonix! |
Snowboarding in June!
Happy snowboarders heading towards the
still-viable slopes at over 2000 metres at Bālea
Lac.
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Take Your Pick!
In 1909, Romania entered the world ski scene with it's first ski
competition at Poiana Braşov, in the
Postăvarul Mountains. What was
once a few cabins in a mountain meadow surrounded by a ring of mountains
has become Romānia's most popular resort!
Romania is the place to ski in Eastern Europe. And the crown jewel
of the Romanian ski resorts is Poiana Brasov, 12 km. (8 mi.) away from
Brasov's city centre.
Great for beginner to intermediate skiers, with
night skiing on the Bradul track, Poiana
Braşov deserves it's annual influx in it's December to March
winter season.
Set in the pine forests of the Carpathian arch, at around
1700 m (5000 ft.) altitude, with 19 marked runs and 35 km. of unmarked
runs, Poiana Brasov has its slopes designated with different difficulty
levels, making it easy for beginners and intermediate-to-advanced skiers to choose.
Six-day ski passes start around 250RON.
Read more about
the resort town of Poiana Braşov here
Enjoy a great gondola ride to the top and have some fun at the Cota
2000 Chalet before heading out. Tracks and the eastern collection
of ski slopes are quite close by to the chalet.
You want steep? We got steep at Azuga!
A recent addition to the ski scene in Romania, the new slopes at
Azuga feature Romania's biggest change in elevation.
Maramureş isn't all about wooden churches and sweet
valleys with charming villages. It's about powder, slalom, slopes
and apres-ski as well!
Just down from the Prislop Pass on the edge of the Rodna
Mountains part of the inner Eastern Carpathians, the
Borşa resort complex is fast becoming a favourite of those
desperately seeking a gentler pace to the sometimes crowded resorts
between Braşov and Bucharest.
Boasting Europe's longest ski run, Borşa
is just a few hours from the airports at Satu Mare,
Cluj, and Suceava. The
tranquility and beauty of the area, combined with cross-country and
bushwalking trails, and decidedly nicely-priced room and lift rates,
make Borşa a fabulous choice for the savvy skier! |
The Middle of Summer in Romania!
"Changeable Conditions" is an understatement
during the summer months in the Făgăraş
mountain chain between Sibiu and Braşov.
Ski touring and cross-country skiing is do-able year 'round
over the 2000 metre mark!
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Buşteni Slopes
Popular and well populated during the winter
months as folks from Bucharest travel the 100km to this resort, the
second resort town after Sinaia on the road north to Transilvania
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From the Rest Romania Website at
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Tour the Făgăraş Mountains!
Don't wait for your friends to return from their
Romanian holiday to tell you about it! Discover this beautiful
country that seems to be designed just for a good ski tour!
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Jagged Peaks, Eager Skiers!
Heading for the slopes in Buşteni
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Ski Touring
If you have any off-piste experience at all, you will quickly fall
in love with the great long valleys of the Făgăraş
mountains, as well as the steep tracks affording great views in
the Bucegi mountain area closer to
Braşov.
Just pick a date on your calendar after January, and you'll be
assured of great conditions anywhere from the Bucegi
mountains to Iezer Papuşa, the Ciucaş groups or along
the long Făgăraş chain -- perhaps even going through the
Piatra Craiului mountains on the way there from
the Bucegi/Leaota ranges.
From high atop the Bucegi mountains, you can choose your choice of
descent on the southern Buşteni or Sinaia slopes,
or north through the Cerbului, Ialomiţei, or Morărului
valleys.
If you have some more time, we recommend that you try out the
Făgăraş mountains -- higher, longer and great
fun!
Start out at anywhere between 1800 and 2200 metres with a fabulous
descent through any number of valleys from the frozen
Bālea Lac resort (often frozen in summer at 2500 metres!), across
towards Braşov along the Sāmbata
or other valleys.
Snowboarding
Get your kicks in the Făgăraş mountains in
the Doamnei valley, or in the Cerbului, Morarului, or Alba areas in the
Bucegi mountains.
Poiana Braşov is an easy-to-access and
increasingly popular resort town which caters to snowboarders with more
and more facilities built each year.
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The Bucegi-Piatra Craiului-Leota Area
One of the best SKI areas in this region is the ....
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Want some SERIOUS Slopes?
The grading system of red, blue and black for the beginner,
intermediate and advanced slopes in Romania doesn't begin to approach
some of the seriously steep slopes around Buşteni and
Azuga.
And it would be almost irresponsible to mention the off-piste
opportunities in some of the more remote skifields!
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of each location shown,
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The Romanian Mountain
Guide (English) |
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