Fagaras Mountains are the largest and highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians.

Făgăraș

Sebeș - Comisu saddle

GPS Coordinates:
45.66006 N, 25.05439 E

Duration: 7-8 h
Length: 19.5 km
Height difference: +1450 m / -300 m
Note: Practicable all the year

The route starts from Sebes and follows 14.6 km of the forest road, on Sebes Valley, where we will see some hydroelectric power stations. At 3 km from Sebeș, the blue point, on a forest road, branches to the right.

Sebeș valley - Petriceaua peak

At 7 km we reach the Fântânele forest house, and at about. 11 km the yellow cross mark appears on the left forest road

Sebeș valley - Rudărița canton

By car you can reach the branch with the forest road Valea Groapele. This is where the mark begins to the Țiganului saddle.

Țiganului saddle - Sebeș valley

We will climb up the forest road to the former Groape Hill (Poiana Groapele). We walk past the pavement and climb into serpentine to the intersection with the yellow triangle mark

Mărginea - Comisu saddle

We're passing Lake Pig, another. 1650m and we continue to saddle Comisu, where we meet the mark of the crest.

Lerescu Mic saddle- Zârnei saddle Sebeș - Comisu saddle hiking trail, Făgăraș mountains, Photo: Marius Mihai