The King's Road - GCBA10 Traditional Geocache
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The Transalpina or DN67C located in the Parâng Mountains group, in the Southern Carpathians in Romania.
The Parâng Mountains group, in the Southern Carpathians, is one of the most spectacular roads of the Carpathian Mountains. It connects Novaci, south of Parâng Mountains, to Sebes in the north.It is said that the road was built under King Carol II and rebuilt during World War II by German troops and it is called The King's Road by the locals. Also a story has it that Ceausescu had the Transfagarasan Road (DN7C) built during the communist regime just to surpass the Transalpina.The road has its highest point at Urdele Pass, where the elevation is 2,145m above sea level. Given the high altitude, the road is closed during the cold months of the year. Rânca, a newly developed resort, is located towards the south end of the Transalpina road.
The Parang mountains are located in the south-western part of the Central-Meridional Carpathians. They are the tallest mountains from the local Parang-Cindrel mountain group and the second largest mountains in the Romanian Carpathians after the Fagaras mountains. They are situated between the Sureanu mountains (north), Latoritei mountains (north-east), Capatânii mountains (east), Valcanu mountains (west) and the Petrosani depression in the north-west.
GEOLOGY
The Parang Mountains consist predominantly of crystalline rocks, peripherally covered with patches of sediments from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic (massive limestone, conglomerates) and Cenozoic era, mixed with large areas of granite outcrops. On the southern slope, sedimentary rocks from the Mezozoic period can be found, more exactly massive limestone from the jurassic era. The newest rocks are found on the southern frame of the mountains and in the north-west, where it is bordered by the Petrosani Depression. The nature of the rocks favored the emergence of bulk, rounded ridges, separated by deep valleys. The mountains present an overall asymmetry, with the northern front more steepen, with short ridges, while the southern facade is less inclined and with longer ridge. Especially in the southern part, the slopes are composed of several steps.
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