Mountain trails · The Maramureș Mountains
A linear trail: you start in one place and finish in another. Either walk back the same way, leave a car at the far end or use the train/a transfer; we'll tell you at the gate what works.
Daylight · Vișeu de Sus · today,
The times are for the starting point. Between ridges the light goes earlier than the clock says, so turn back a good hour before sunset.
Weather · Vișeu de Sus · today,
The forecast is for where you set off. Up on the ridge, count on a few degrees less and on wind you cannot see from below.
What the walking is like
From the Măcârlău stone dam, over the Lucăciasa saddle at 1,641 m, then down the Secu valley into Baia Borșa. It makes the easiest link on foot between the Vaser valley and a village.
Mountain trail
The Măcârlău dam is a stone dam built in 1850 for floating timber, the only one of its kind in the country.
The side gallery at the 23 August mine runs 4,600 m and crosses the massif into the Ivășcoaia valley.
Flora
Fauna
The species above are those documented in the area by the protected-area administration; what you see depends on season, hour and luck.
Sleep at the foot of the mountain
La Cuib is half an hour by car plus a walk uphill from the start of this trail: a fully equipped kitchen that is yours from first light, a place to dry boots, a garden for the evening. Three nights, the whole house, 1,797 lei.
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Once you're back down
The whole house is yours: wet boots by the door, packs in the hall, a late dinner. Parking in the yard and an early start, without waking anyone.
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