Parâng from Petroșani

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1 review/story | Elevation profile | 2 photos

Statistics

Difficulty points	743
Length	14 km
Average gradient	6.5%
Steepest 100 meters	15.1%
Total ascent	913m

Short recap

Beautiful scenery

10 hairpin turns

#13 toughest climb of Carpathian Mountains

#14 most elevation gain of Carpathian Mountains

#65 longest climb of Carpathian Mountains

#8 average steepest climb of Romania

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Parâng from Petroșani is a climb in the region Transylvanian Alps. It is 14km long and bridges 913 vertical meters with an average gradient of 6.5%, resulting in a difficulty score of 743. The top of the ascent is located at 1534 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 2 photos.

Road names: DJ709F & 709F

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2 y 5.0 01:09:00 (12.2km/h)

I struggled a lot on this one, mostly because it was the third difficult climb of the day. It is a pure crescendo one: starts easy, at 3-4-5％ and ends up brutally with several segments (60-100m) of more than 16％.

Climbing times

7 km/h	02:00:18
11 km/h	01:16:33
15 km/h	00:56:08
19 km/h	00:44:19

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