Many people associate Romania to the legendary vampire Dracula. But probably not many know the secrets and the beauty of this country. Romania is one of the most exotic country in Eastern Europe, and definitely has the most varied landscape and culture.
Cheile Turzii are the most popular gorges in the Apuseni Mountains. They appeared through the grinding of the river Hasdate on Culmea Petresti, and took the form of a double funnel, whose narrowing is done gradually, with walls of 250m in height, arranged in steps and parted by wide grassy areas. The gorges are of special interest because of their morphologic variety: caves, fossils, towers, arcades formed by the river's repeated attempts to penetrate the limestone mountain.
Climbers from Cluj-Napoca started the mountaineering and rock climbing in this area at the end of the 40's and Cheile Turzii is one of the first places that favored free climbing in Romania. While equipping new routes, most of the "classic" routes, up to 10 lengths of rope, were climbed freely. This needs a long time climbing effort, as most of the key passages are at considerable heights.

Characteristics for the walls of the gorges are: the vertical or slightly fallen facades with small grips and long parts of climbing in adherence, as well as the overhung routes (Pestera Ungureasca). The cornucopia of routes and their variety, rank Cheile Turzii as one of the top areas among the climbing sights in Romania.

coronn.com present a pdf freeTOPOS produced in co-operation with Adrian Cighi, www.romaniaclimb.com.

This TOPOS covers 15 crags and 125 routes in Cheile Turzii.

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