Bucura Lake - Retezat National Park
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Posted by Gabriela on Friday, 4 of July , 2008 at 3:35 pm
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...I have been spending quite a bit of time in the Retezat Mountains lately, or better said close to them. It was about time for me to explore more than the outskirts of the forests of the Retezat National Park (had 2 attempts in winter, but had to give up due to the amount of snow), so today me and Cosmin, left bravely towards Rotunda cabin and drove until the end of the forestry road at Gura Bucurei, with our destination…Bucura lake.
Bucura lake is a very beautiful glacier lake, the biggest in Romania, situated at 2040 meters altitude at the base of Peleaga peak.
Do not let yourself fooled by the marking towards the lake saying 1.5 - 2 hours walking time…probably that time is for people who are very fit, and used to hiking :)…
With shame I admit it probably took me about 3.5-4 hours to get to the Bucura lake, but in my defense, we did make quite a few stops on the way.
The route to the lake is quite charming, passing through the Pelegii meadow, especially once the forest finishes and you reach about 2000 meter altitude. You will climb some rocks, cross some rivers, enjoy the horses grazing (I am not sure if this is very unusual but one of the colts had blue eyes)…and of course enjoy the amazing mountains which surround you with their peaks.
The weather up there can be quite moody, so you should bring something warmer with you even if down it is warm or even hot.
As I got closer, I could enjoy the view over Lia lake, than as Bucura lake showed her self in the cradle of the mountains with the tiny tents as igloos protected by small stone fences on its shore, on the left you could also admire Ana lake.
After wandering a bit more around to some smaller ponds which formed a bog, we decided it was about time to start going back down, mostly because I was frozen…yes, you guessed it…I did not bring anything warmer than my shirt.
By the time we reached the road it was 8 pm, so we stopped at Rotunda cabin for dinner, which was quite nice, than continued our road back to Nucsoara, the departing point of the day.
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