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Scărișoara Cave

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Location: Alba, Romania

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WolfG*FR

November 12, 2019

The Scărișoara Cave is located at about 1100 m above sea level in the Romanian Apuseni Mountains. The cave can be easily reached on foot in about half an hour from the small village of Ghetari. You can get to Ghetari via a narrow road from Gârda de Sus (about 10 km). The nearest train station is in the town of Câmpeni, about 40 kilometers away. The cave is part of the Apuseni Nature Park and its underground ice block is considered to be one of the largest in Europe (with a thickness of up to 26 meters). The ice has probably existed there for a very long time (glacial relic). Guided tours are also offered in this exciting cave complex with bizarre stalactites, impressive icicles and other partially illuminated ice formations in the deeper part of the cave. Highly recommended!

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Felix

October 23, 2018

Scărișoara Cave, is one of the biggest ice caves in the Apuseni Mountains of Romania, in a part of Carpathian chain. It is considered a show cave and one of the natural wonders of Romania. It has also been described as a glacier cave.

The ice within the cave has an estimated volume of 50,000 cubic metres and in some places can be as thick as 20 m. The temperature is up to +1 °C in the summer and down to -7 °C in the winter. In the part for tourists the average temperature is around 0 °C. Bats live in the ice cave, as do small bugs (2–3 mm long) called Pholeuon prozerpinae glaciale. In the Big Reservation a Rupicapra skeleton was discovered.

Annaisca

August 15, 2021

I got the Scarisoara cave by hiking from Arieseni. That way is 9 km oneway and the whole round trek takes at around 7 hours.
Through the way you can see traditional farms and mountain houses. Views to both valleys are marvellous.

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