Berzunti Mountains

Moineşti – Bulimandru Peak – St. Elijah Hermitage – Magura Peak – Targu Ocna

Route name: 2. Moineşti-Bulimandru Peak (978m) – St. Elijah Hermitage – Magura Peak (984m) -Targu Ocna

 Mountain unit: Mountains storksbutter

 County: (RO) Bacău

Bookmark: blue band

Maximum Altitude: 984 m  

Walking time: 9-10 hours

Route length: 30 km

Seasonality: It is a route that can be traveled all year round., except cold season

Degree of difficulty: Difficult, not recommended in winter

Equipment level: Hiking equipmentție

Presentation: From the Baths Park go towards șbeltwayă to hearșcommunity șand reaches the base of Hill Mămouth, from where an oil road takes us. Soon, the road ISand weară, among the haystacksțe, the wide serpentines that we can tăgo, climbing a pathă șand having, as a benchmark, a highă metal crossăFrom her right the road continuesă through a păit rarely lastsă, 2 km path, untilă on top of the clearingă of Hill Mămouth.  

The oil road is fadingă, the route following a dirt roadăruțe. TraverseăI am in the clearing. directțit is east, țholding on to the edge of theăthe hard ones on her left. Ieșim immediately in a vastă sună coveredă north of pI wouldunited șand hayțis, what they offer usă a wideă PERSPECTIVESă on Tazl DepressionăSărat. Behind, beyond Șoh lowă to Moineșof the sky, it risesyour Munții Tarcău. Go upăm slowly, now having the edge păhard on the right, untilă we reach the top Runcu Hill, marked by a forestry markeră VIII 14. We go around a ridge to the right, continuing ascentșthe one next toă păhard, untilă on a plain peakșsurprised by youărecent yesterday. From it we descend into a șa, observing șand following at the same timeă The H's roșof the border between twoă forest detours. But from șapărăI feel the forest marking that is țmain peakă, to visit Lake Tarnița. A road ofăruțI'm leaving.ă to the right șand enteră in Păhard. We țwe hold on to it, going further to coast, but with a tendencyțit is cleară to descend ușWe pass by.ă a small, silted lake, conquered by vegetationțthat is, arriving, afteră about 10 minutes from părăthe size of the main peak, in the right of a dry, heavily ravine-ridden torrent, coming from our leftă, from the steep slopes of Mount Tarnița. From this point, the road toăruțit makes a 90 degree bend
degrees to right leading in less than 5 minutes toă on the edge of Lake Tarnița. The lake was formed on a step.ă intermediateă of a large landslideăproduced on the western slope of Mount Tarnița. It has a relatively circular shapeă, with a diameter of about 20 meters, is permanently fed by several slope springsI wouldand has an emissary who during periods of fasting high rainfall also formsă a few small onesăCulețit's atșacă the lake water is everything time We return from the lake, on the same road, untilă at the 90-degree elbow degrees făturned right, on the descent. Now we are headingăm to the right, still following a pathăruțe, having as an additional landmark a forest marking that delimitsă twoă subplot, made with bands roșii horizontal. In 5 minutes, advancing further than the coast, urcăm on the crest of an outstretched leg from Tarni Peakța, to the west. Here we meet a road ofăruțit is well outlined which țINE the edge of the foot, alongțit șand the forest marking made of red stripesșvertical lines. We will follow himări uphillștowards Tarni Peakța. The good road toăruțI'm leaving.ă to the right, but from it continuesă un braț lessțin clear, straight to the top. We go this last oneă. In 10 minutes, ieșI am on a secondary peakă of Mount Tarnița, căbut the road I'm climbingăI deviate.ă puțin the future to sweeten the cakeăAdvanceăm a few dozen meters towards Tarni Peakțah, on the edge the heights we reached, calledă Shepherd's Land, untilă at the main peakă to Berzunțto the who recognizes itșI'm afraid.ă good luckăruțit is found on it șand, above all, due toă H's To the left you reach the Tarni Peakțyes, evidentțjust through the steep slope of the mountain săa northern country that we have no reason toă țintimate. Habită learnțAnd at the top, we will turn right. Where we have arrived, the top presentsă a small horizontal plateau, its maximum lineă turning altitude to the left onceă with the forest boundary. Our road, formed by flocks of sheep, descendsă under the peak, on the right slope, towardsția walking, soon meeting the marking a little lower, in a the area is littered with mounds and pits. We will be careful not to lose the forest marking; ifă ne țwe hold him, we meet forestry boundaryă VIII 94, beyond which we will cross a șanț by hairăbușimmediately catching on the line of a ridge secondary ones that are formedă to the right. We go to the left, on the good road ofăruțe over whichăI follow you.ăthe H's of the forest boundary line. Nextăm strictly the summit line inbyehose șand much steeper, to the left. It opens up to usșa windowă through vegetationțthat isăone of the the villages of the Tazl ValleyăSărate. Afteră about an houră to walk on the peak șand afteră what a crossămo smallă clearingsyour formată after some tăyesterday older șand invadedă of elder bushes, we arrive at Mount Bulimandru.

The peak narrows for a while, taking on the appearance of a ridge.We will stick to the forest marking (H) thus climbing easily to Bulimandru Peak (978 m), from wherewe will go down the steeper slope of on its eastern slope. From Bulimandru Peak we have possibility to admire the entire peak Berzunti to its highest peak, as well as some of its side legs.

We see the hermitage of St. Elijah in the saddle where we will descend. The hermitage is a monastery of St. Sava Monastery, located half an hour away from it if descends from the peak of the Berzunt Mountains towards left. We mention that there are accommodation facilities at the hermitage.

From Moinesti to here it took us about 4 hours, without stops. From the hermitage we head east, following the same forest marking of the boundary between the villages. Immediately As we leave the clearing where the hermitage is located, we emerge onto a bald ridge covered with older fellings, but on which still have a few old beech trees left. From there it heads south, to the summit of Plaiului Fagului, a forest boundary between two villages, and to the east, on the main ridge, another forest boundary between two more detours. We will stick to the latter, slowly descending on a wide tractor road. For an hour the road runs through the forest, strictly following the line of maximum altitude of the the peaks and the H's of the forest boundary. We thus arrive in a clearing where we meet a road forest road that crosses the peak from one slope to the other, connecting the localities of Larga and Berzunți. The country road is still, on a section,
a good cart road, easy then to follow, always orienting ourselves by the marking the forest line. We pass a peak wooded, the cart road falling slightly down the slope south of the peak and overlooking about 10 minutes from the forest marker, to a saddle, at the edge of of an old cut. Until here the plantation will become a forest, they will still own the place, still for a long time, to the delight of hikers, strawberry bushes and raspberry bushes! The cart road is not From here the forest boundary follows, we but yes, on a path that faithfully follows the line We climb a first peak, from 750 m to 850 m, quite steep, which we descend, to then begin the long and tiring climb (compared to the rest of the road) of the highest peak, Măgura Berzunților, 984 m. From the clearing crossed by the Larga forest road – Berzunți, up to the saddle in front three quarters of the way up to the Berzunților Hill hour. We'll need another half hour. hour to reach the maximum altitude of the route, point marked by a cement dot and located at the southern end of the ridge, quasi-horizontal on the last 10 minutes passed. From this point we descend on the path on the left, accompanying The H's of the forest boundary. After 10-15 minutes of steep descent we catch a cart road which, on a gentler slope, it will soon out of the forest; before leaving it we notice forest boundary I 103 and the last H's. The road has a gentle ascent to a peak covered in hay, but he avoids it, heading towards to the southeast. We will climb to the top, strictly following south direction. We descend gently, bypassing a blind descent of the Valleys, located on our left.The balance of waters between the Valleys (in left) and Nicoliță's stream (to the right), it's good individualized and will lead us to the edge of the forest. A cart road descends to the left, towards Valea Vâlcele; we choose to remain We quickly leave the forest, emerging into acut, from where you will have to we overcome a first peak. We can do it either directly, keeping on the line of maximum altitude, either bypassing it on a path that descends to the right on a shoulder of the hill, to a sheep path, which also comes from the right. We go on it to the left, we cross a stream with the cut and we reach the ridge line again. Circumnavigating the peak It takes 15 minutes. Then the road descends smoothly through the forest, skirts a new peak on the right, and then another one, on the left, on sheep paths. The steep slope and unstable ground make it quite difficult to cross the last peak, which only takes us a quarter of an hour. Next comes the crossing of Oușor (695 m). From the saddle where we arrived, go down to the left and towards right wide sheep paths towards the Vâlcele Valley and towards the Pârâul Nicoliță's. We climb a little to at the edge of the forest, we go around a pile of sandstone cliffs and we emerge above them, on a clearing ridge. The cross-path of Oușor enters forest on the left slope of The hill. It will again be a steep area with unstable ground.

After 15 minutes we are beyond the peak, in a new saddle. We climb a gentle slope, for 10 minutes, to a peak
from where it opens wide view in all directions. Dominating, from beyond the Nicoliță Stream, is Ursoaia Hill (866 m), in the body of which several caves are (naturally) dug. The largest, the Ursoaia Cellar, It is about 50 meters long. We descend substantially as difference in level, but slight, at started among dwarf alders, then next to the lots agricultural fields, up to a wide saddle, crossed by a cart road connecting the village of Cucuieți to the village of Vâlcele. (only 150 meters away, towards right, on the road to Cucuieți, we will be able to find a spring caught in a bush.) Moving forward, among several fenced vineyards, we climb steadily to the edge of the forest that covers the Hill Momaia. The road goes through the forest, on a steep slope, leaving the peak on the left Momaiei, to climb, for 20 minutes, to the top of the mountain Codrului Hill. We are on a wide plateau, covered with meadows. A road leads to the Hill The dragon, whose back is like a The boar (hogback, called by geographers) rises to the south; another road branches off to the east. From the Codrului Hill plateau we head directly towards Mr. Devil. Just before we start to climb it, we cross a former oil road that comes from the right, from Cucuieți and descends to the left, to a disused well. We climb up Drăcoaia, on a slope that imposes itself on us a moderate effort. The path strictly follows the narrow ridge, when climbing the rocks of sandstones protruding from the path, when bypassing them. From the top the descent is quite steep, but without problems, the rocks between which we slip, balancing our steps. Towards the end of the slope, when it already seems too steep to be able to continue continue, the path on it suddenly changes direction to the left, leaving it to sneak through the little forest pine trees, up to the few houses of Păcuri hamlet (older, Păcurița village), slopes of Poieni village (formerly Mosoare), considered today a neighborhood of the city of Tg. Ocna. To On the right we see the bridge over Trotuș, on the other the railway with the Cireșoaia stop (more recently, only stopping point) and the Tg. Ocna – Comănești.

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