Parcul Natural ‘Golul alpin Făgăraș’

Arealul celor 6.989 ha ale parcului se află pe faţa nordică a masivului, ocupând o parte din sectorul glaciar central al masivului făgărăşan.

Golul alpin al Munţilor Făgăraş – se desfăşoară între vârfurile Podragu – Suru şi sunt conturate: la sud de creasta somitală a masivului, marcată de vârfurile: Podragu 2462 m – Arpaşul Mr. – 2468 m, Vârtopel – 2385 m, Adam – 2370 m, Capra – 2494 m, Vânătoarea lui Buteanu – 2508 m, Iezerul Caprei – 2417 m, Paltinul – 2399 m, Laita – 2397 m, Călţun – 2522 m, Lespezi – 2517 m, Negoiu – 2537 m, Şerbota – 2331 m, Scara – 2306 m, Ciortea – 2427 m, Budislavu – 2343 m, Capul Surului – 2274 m şi Suru – 2284 m; la nord limita parcului variază altitudinal între 1650 – 1750 m urmând, din est spre vest, liziera (superioară) a pădurii, care urcă pe văi şi terase, dar scade pe culmi; limita estică coboară din Vf. Podragu în Vf. Tărâţa – 2414 m şi pe culmea Tărâţa, până în Şaua Lespezilor – 1950 m. Limita vestică o formează Căldarea Găvanului şi Izvorul Moaşa Avrigului. Între aceste limite se desprind din creasta principală culmi puternice, începând, din vest spre est, cu Muchia Clăbucetului, culmile Bărcaciului, Puha, Şerbotei, Tunsului, Laitei – Lăiţel, Bâlea, Buteanu, Albotei, Podragului şi Tărâţei. Golul alpin cuprins între aceste muchii, culmi (custuri) poartă urme mărunte ale glaciaţiunii: căldări suspendate, morene frontale şi laterale şi lacurile glaciare Podragu, Podrăgel, Bâlea, Doamnei, Avrigului, Călţun.

Parcul Natural Golul Alpin al Munţilor Făgăraş găzduieşte, pe lângă câteva lacuri nivale, cele mai pitoreşti lacuri glaciare din întregul masiv: Bâlea – cu o suprafaţă de 4,65 ha, adâncime maximă 11 m – se află la 2040 m altitudine; Lacul Avrigului – 1,50 ha, 4,5 m adâncime, 2010 m altitudine; Podragu – 2,80 ha, 15,5 m, 2110 m; Podrăgel – 0,25 ha, 2 m, 2105 m; Doamnei – 0,30 ha, 1,5 m, 1850 m; Călţun – 0,8 ha, 12 m, 2135 m.

Vegetaţia parcului natural reflectă şi ea zonalitatea altitudinală a feţei nordice a masivului, marcată distinct de flora pajiştilor alpine şi de cea a vegetaţiei lemnoase – jneapăn, ienupăr, afin.

Fauna prezentă în spaţiul Parcului Natural este, în zona crestei înalte, marcată frecvent de acvifauna caracteristică întregului masiv şi din care nu lipsesc câteva varietăţi de şoim, vânturel, gaiţă de munte – nucifraga caryocatactes, ierunca – Trestates bonasia, forfecuţa – Loxia ş.a.

În această zonă urcă frecvent în timpul lunilor de vară capra neagră, cu efective notabile mai ales în căldările izolate şi neparcurse de poteci turistice (Arpăşel, Albota, Laita). Vulpea, ursul şi lupul ating doar ocazional zona de peste 2000-2100 m, dar sunt o prezenţă permanentă în avalul acesteia, ca şi cerbul, râsul şi, în limita pădurilor, jderul, mistreţul, căpriorul.

Din arealul celor 6.989 ha ale Parcului Natural al Munţilor Făgăraş fac parte şi Rezervaţia faunistică Arpăşel în suprafaţă de 736 ha şi Rezervaţia – Lacul şi golul alpin Bâlea de 180 ha.

CAMPING

100 meters from the race start (Balea Lake heliport, across the street from Paltinu Lodge) the organizers, with the generosity of the people from Cartisoara, offer the possibility of free camping (tents only and race number required) in the area to the right of the Transfagarsan road (DN 7C) while looking at the tunnel, around the ASMS Mountain Rescue Hut (white with red hut).

Toilet and shower access is not free and is available at the paid parking and also at the lodges and cabins in the area.

Camping is also possible at the private camping site (between the cable cart lodge and the lodge on the lake).

Free camping is also possible, on both valleys, north and south of the tunnel.

Cabana Paltinu (20m de start)
http://www.balea-turism.ro/cazare-cabana-paltinu

Cabana Bâlea Lac (300m de start)
http://www.balealac.ro

Cabana Capra (8km de start)
http://www.cabanacapra.ro

Cabana Conacul Ursului (10km de start)
http://www.conacul-ursului.ro

Vila Bâlea (11km de start)
http://www.vila-balea.ro/ro

Hotel Piscul Negru (13km de start)
http://www.hotelpisculnegru.ro

Cabana Bâlea Cascadă (14km de start)
http://www.balea-turism.ro/cazare-cabana-balea-cascada

Cabana Vama Cucului (25km de start)
http://vamacucului.ro

Pensiunea Dana Transfăgărășan (25km de start)
http://www.pensiunea-dana-transfagarasan.ro

Pensiunea Bâlea and Bungalow Transfăgărășan (25km de start)
http://www.pensiune-transfagarasan.ro

PARKING

Because in August, Balea Lac is extremely crowded, parking is very difficult. It is possible wherever you find a place where traffic is not affected and also at one of the two paid parking places, on the left and right of the Transfagarasan road (DN 7C) while looking at the tunnel from the north side.

To avoid problems we recommend arriving as soon as possible on Friday.

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LOCATION

Balea Lake is situated 77 km from Sibiu, 130 km from Brasov and 230 km from Bucharest. During the summer it is possible to reach it by car on the Transfagarasan road (DN 7C) and all year long with the cable car from Balea Waterfall on the north side valley.

Race kit reception, start, finish and award ceremony of all three 2X2 RACE events, the 2X2 ELITE, 2X2 TEAM and X2 RACE, take place in the same spot, the Balea Lake heliport, across the street from the Paltinu Lodge.

The event is organised by Asociatia Club Sportiv 2X2 Race, from Sibiu, Romania.

2X2 RACE seeks to promote mountain running in Romania, using established and marked trails from the Fagaras Mountains.

2X2 RACE offers the participants the option to take part in one of the following events: 2X2 or X2. Each event is allocated only one running session, with assigned time frames that define the maximum amount of time allocated to the event.

2X2 RACE has a length of 46 km, with a positive altitude difference of 4200m. The event is open only to the runners meeting minimimum requirements that are accepted by the organizers.

X2 RACE has a length of approximately 18 km, with a positive altitude difference of 1800m. The event is open only to the runners meeting minimimum requirements that are accepted by the organisers.

2X2 (44km)

In order to register for 2X2, you must have

• finished 2X2 in the previous year

or

• be a finisher in the first half of the results list of a mountain race of at least 35km length and 1500m positive altitude gain, 18 months or less before the start of 2X2.

X2 (18km)

In order to register for X2 RACE you must have

• finished 2X2 or X2 in the previous year

or

• be a finisher of a mountain race of at least 15km length and 1000m positive altitude gain, 18 months or less before the start of X2.

Both the 2X2 and X2 trails follow marked but unprotected mountain trails, which include very steep slopes and accidental areas, as well as alpine sections (they follow peaks, passageways, valleys, boulders and alpine grasslands). The race thus requires:

• detailed knowledge and experience of mountain trails;
• the ability to follow a difficult mountain trail including via ferrata;
• a strong ability to orientate on a mountain trail, especially in low visibility conditions;
• a strong ability to orientate on a mountain trail, especially in low visibility conditions;
• the ability to read and use a map, correlating all the information previously acquired about the trails;
• good knowledge of the rules in case of danger or emergency while on a mountain trail;
• fair-play and understating of the fact that, regardless of the amount of safety measures taken by the organisers, not all risks can be estimated and covered, given the difficult race conditions.
• no sportive achievement stands above the health or the life of the runner and / or that of other competitors. The participants are thus required to act accordingly when they recognize a dangerous situation.

In order to participate, it is essential for each of the competitors:

• to acquire previous knowledge on the length and character of the race and prepare himself / herself accordingly;
• to have a strong autonomy and ability to respond individually to any problems that may arise during such a race. The competitors should be prepared to cope without any further help with darkness or any difficult meteorological conditions that may arise during the race, given the high altitude (wind, dense fog, rain or snow);
• should be able to manage, even when isolated and / or without immediate help options, the physical and psychological problems resulting from extreme fatigue, digestive problems, muscle, joint or bone pain, low food supplies;
• to understand and accept that helping a competitor overcome these issues does not lie within the responsibilities of the organisers and that for such mountain activities, security strongly depends on the competitors’ ability to adapt to any foreseen and unforeseen issues.

In order to take part in any of the three events from 2X2 RACE, a competitor should be at least 18 years old.

All events are open to competitors of any gender.

The organisers reserve the right to refuse admission into the race, as well as the right to offer wild-cards.

The competitors must adhere to the rules of the race and must declare that they take full responsibility for their own physical and psychological welfare throughout the race. The organisers are not to be held responsible for any accidents or events that may arise during the race. The organisers are not to be held responsible for any meteorological conditions.

The participation fee will not be returned if the competition is cancelled or postponed given unforeseen, difficult meteorological conditions. At the same time, the participation fee will not be returned if the competitor abandons the race, is disqualified or does not attend the race.

All the events of the 2X2 RACE are based on the principle of autonomy: the competitors must have the capacity adapt the any problems that may arise during the race and to ensure food, hydration, equipment and take care of themselves throughout the event.
This principle implies the following rules:

• the competitors bear the whole responsibility for providing themselves with enough food and water supplies to complete the race;
• the competitors must have all necessary equipment throughout the race (see section EQUIPMENT);
• the equipment cannot be changed during the race;
• the organisers can check the equipment at any time and point during the race and the competitors must accept this fact, otherwise bearing the risk of being disqualified;
• the hydration / supply points offer food and hydration supplies within a dedicated space ( checkpoints 2X2 Race or X2 Race);
• from these points, the competitors can take still water to fill in their cans or any portable containers;
• the hydration / supply points offer food and hydration supplies within a dedicated space;
• personal assistance is only allowed within dedicated areas, based on the approval of the organisers;
• personal assistance is limited to one person per competitor and it is forbidden to transfer any part of the equipment of food supplies from the assistant to the competitor, except for still water;
• professional assistance (team, trainer, doctor, physiotherapist, etc.) is forbidden;
• no other kind of assistance, except for that mentioned above, is allowed throughout the race;
• it is forbidden to complete parts of the race together with persons who are nor registered competitors, except for the dedicated personal assistance areas, as indicated by the organisers.

In order to increase the safety of the competitors and avoid bottlenecks on the trails, the organisers defined a maxim number of competitors for all of the events:

• 2X2 RACE: 200
• X2 RACE: 200

The application process is conducted online via www.2x2race.com / Registration section.
The participation fee will be paid via bank transfer.

The participation fee is used entirely to cover the expenses of the race (including prizes, organising of the start / finish area, hydration / supply points, promotional materials, diplomas, medals and trophies, start kits), as well as those concerning the cleaning, repair and rehabilitation process of the area after the event.

Completing the application process assumes a firm engagement from the competitor. The registration process does not allow the competitor to change the event he / she subscribed for, once the participation fee is paid.

Below you have the list of mandatory and recommended equipment required to take part in the 2X2 RACE or X2 RACE. The list contains the minimal equipment and the reason it is mandatory. The recommended equipment can become mandatory at any time and it will be announced during the technical meetings.

In order to participate, all competitors must wear or carry, without exception, all the listed mandatory equipment. It will be checked at the START area. You can validate your equipment at the race kit pick-up.

Any missing mandatory equipment can lead to disqualification. If you start with trekking poles, you are required to finish with them.

– required

– recommended

EQUIPMENT	2X2	X2
mobile phone
waterproof jacket (hood recommended)
thermal blanket
headlamp
thermal insulation clothing (thermoshell)
waterproof pants
warm hat
wrag or tubular
walking sticks
backpack and vest
drinking containers and/or hydration packs
sunscreen cream or lotion
electrolytes and/or mineral salts
energy food
sunglasses
first-aid kit
swiss knife

The competitors bear the whole responsibility for providing themselves with enough food and hydration supplies to complete the race. The organisers will set food and hydration points.( Map 2X2 or Map X2).
There are water springs throughout the trails but the organisers recommend the competitors to bring their own water supplies along.

Any exterior help is forbidden. There is a dedicated space in the hydration / supply point where the competitors can receive personal assistance but no supplies of beverages can be transferred from the supporters or spectators to the competitors. The personal assistance space will be defined and marked by the organisers.

All the events included in the 2X2 RACE are organised with the approval and collaboration the Mountain Police and Mountain Rescue Services of both Sibiu and Argeș counties. All the routes will be overseen by members of the Mountain Rescue Service, seeking to identify any potentially dangerous situations and act accordingly. The competitors must obey without any complains all the recommendations and decisions taken by the representatives of the Mountain Rescue Service, otherwise bearing the risk of being disqualified.

Additional information will be offered during the last technical meeting.

• 2X2 RACE will start at 06:00am (GMT+2).
• X2 RACE will start at 07:00am (GMT+2).

In order to increase the safety of the competitors, the organisers assigned a series of time frames to reach the above-mentioned check points. They are calculated from the start of the race and are compulsory. Those for do not reach the check points in the assigned time frame are disqualified and must return to the start point (Bâlea Lac).

TIME LIMITS FOR 2X2 RACE

• CP6 – X1 Vf Moldoveanu: 4h
• CP11 – Șaua Capra: 8h
• CP13 – Lacul Caltun: 10h
• CP15 – X2 Vf Negoiu: 11h
• Finish – Bâlea Lac: 14h

TIME LIMITS FOR X2 RACE

• CP2 – X2 Vf Negoiu: 5h
• Finish – Bâlea Lac: 10h

Time penalties will be added to the final result of the competitor, if the rules are disregarded. Contestations can be submitted within one hour from the total time frame assigned to the race. In order to register the contestation a 300 lei guarantee is perceived. The total amount of money will be returned if the contestation is admitted. The contestations are analysed and admitted / rejected by a committee including the following three members: 1 organiser, 1 member of the Mountain Rescue Service and 1 competitor assigned to the Committee before the start of the race.

The penalties are as follows:

• Lack of compulsory equipment: disqualification
• Disrespect of the decisions of the organisers or those of the members of the Mountain Rescue Service: disqualification
• Not allowing the organisers to check the equipment: disqualification
• Changing the competition number: disqualification
• Not respecting the chosen track / following shortcuts: 1hr or disqualification
• Receiving help from external persons: 1hr or disqualification
• Receiving equipment from external persons: 1hr or disqualification
• Receiving food or water supplied from external persons: 1hr or disqualification
• Throwing away garbage: 1hr or disqualification
• Not respecting the other competitors / the organisers / the environment: 1hr or disqualification
• Not offering help to other competitors in difficult / dangerous situations: 1hr or disqualification
• Using trekking sticks when they were not included in the start equipment: 1hr or disqualification
• Dangerous attitude and behaviour: 1/4hr hr to 1hr
• Not displaying the number in a proper manner: 1/4hr
• Benefiting of personal assistance, outside the designed areas marked by the organisers: 1/4hr to 1hr

PHOTOS, FILMS AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

Before, during and after the race the organisers can take photos with the competitora and / or the spectators of the event. By taking part in the events associated to the 2X2 RACE the implicitly express their approval that such materials can be used by the organisers for video clips, photo montages, covers and / or any other materials in order to promote the competition and the area of Bâlea Lac.

The organisers reserve the right to disqualify any participant that does not respect the rules stated above.

Any competitor who, regardless of the reason, cannot, or no longer wants to continue the race must inform the organisers at the check point, at the start point or at any of the emergency phone numbers mentioned on the map. The competitors will confirm their withdrawal from the race by signing and submitting the competition form at the closest check point to their abandonment / withdrawal spot.

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When you leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

CONTACT FORM

Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent to our company email, hosted on the same server as the website.

These submissions are only kept for customer service purposes, they are never used for marketing purposes or shared with third parties.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics monitoring your behavior on our website please use this link: Google Analytics Opt-out.

CASES FOR USING THE PERSONAL DATA

We use your personal information in the following cases:

• Verification/identification of the user during website usage;
• Providing Technical Assistance;
• Sending updates to our users with important information to inform about news/changes;
• Checking the accounts’ activity in order to prevent fraudulent transactions and ensure the security over our customers’ personal information;
• Customize the website to make your experience more personal and engaging;
• Guarantee overall performance and administrative functions run smoothly.

3. EMBEDDED CONTENT

Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged-in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:

FACEBOOK

The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .

TWITTER

We use the Twitter API to display our tweets timeline on our site. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Twitter Privacy Policy .

YOUTUBE

We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.

CONSENT CHOICE

We provide you with the choice to accept this or not, we prompt consent boxes for all embedded content, and no data is transferred before you consented to it.

The checkboxes below show you all embeds you have consented to so far. You can opt-out any time by un-checking them and clicking the update button.

• YouTube

• Facebook

• Twitter

4. COOKIES

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.

NECESSARY COOKIES (ALL SITE VISITORS)

• cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
• PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.

NECESSARY COOKIES (ADDITIONAL FOR LOGGED IN CUSTOMERS)

• wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
• wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
• wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
• wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
• wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

5. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA

If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.

If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:

• Our system administrators.
• Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.

6. THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR DATA

We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc. The only exceptions to that rule are for partners we have to share limited data with in order to provide the services you expect from us. Please see below:

EUPLATESC.RO

For the purpose of processing your orders, we send your provided details regarding your signup to EuPlatesc.ro and use the response from their API to register your validated signup data. See the EuPlatesc privacy policy here: EuPlatesc Privacy Policy.

7. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

When you submit a signup order or a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you when you revisit the website.

If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

8. SECURITY MEASURES

We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.

In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.

9. YOUR DATA RIGHTS

GENERAL RIGHTS

If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we cannot erase data that is vital to you being an active customer (i.e. basic account information like an email address).

If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other product-related services to you.

GDPR RIGHTS

Your privacy is critically important to us. Going forward with the GDPR we aim to support the GDPR standard. ThemeREX permits residents of the European Union to use its Service. Therefore, it is the intent of ThemeREX to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation. For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.

10. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

2×2 Race may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by 2×2 Race, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.

All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties, unless you explicitly click on them.

Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. 2×2 Race bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links.

11. RELEASE OF YOUR DATA FOR LEGAL PURPOSES

At times it may become necessary or desirable to 2×2 Race, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.

Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.

12. AMENDMENTS

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly and require you to accept the amendments in order to be permitted to continue using our services.