Pietrele-Lolaia peak-Retezat peak

GPS Coordinates:
45.39584 N, 22.85603 E

The yellow band-marked route immediately begins its climb. After a series of serpentines comes out to the top of the forest, and after more than an hour of difficult climbing it reaches the peaks of Lolaia. So far, we have climbed nearly 300 m in level difference.

We climb a group of cliffs, cross a juniper area and get to the Ciurila saddle. Here, at a distance of 100 m to the west, it is a spring.

The climb continues up to the summit of Lolaia (2180m), from here we go down a little and to climb again to 2278m on the southern tip of Lolaia, from where it follows a more difficult downhill to Lolaia saddle (2225m). Here we meet:

Here we meet

The redband joins us. After a short stop, we are expecting a new climb on the Retezat slabs to the top of 2482m. From here:

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