Tudor Șerban
Mountain guide
Leads the ridge days and the family walks. Qualified for technical terrain.
The Bucegi plateau, the Sphinx and Babele
BucegiMountain & HikingModerate7 hPhotographyFirst-timers
Duration7 h
GradeModerate
Good forMax 10Ages 12+
Distance11 km
Ascent420 m420 m descent
What the day is like
Cable car up, then a plateau walk at two thousand metres past the wind-carved rock formations.
The cable car does the hard work, and then you walk across a plateau at two thousand metres. It is the most accessible high-mountain day we run, and the one we suggest first if you want the altitude without the ascent.
The Sphinx and Babele
Wind-carved conglomerate, and the subject of a great deal of nonsense about ancient civilisations. They are geology, and they are still remarkable.
The catch
It is two thousand metres. The weather up there bears no relation to the weather in Brașov, and a warm layer is not optional.
The day, hour by hour
08:00Pickup in Brașov
An hour to Bușteni, at the foot of the cable car.
09:30Cable car up
A thousand metres of ascent in fifteen minutes. Included.