DN67C · Romania

Transalpina

Romania’s highest road, crossing the Parâng Mountains in the Southern Carpathians. This is the high section, from the Rânca resort over the Urdele Pass to the Lotru valley.

StartFinishHairpin

29.5 kmLength

226Pace-note calls

38Hairpins

56Tight corners (1–2)

↑680 ↓930Climb and drop, m

≈2,130 mHighest point

Counts are from Turini’s pace-note engine on this route. Heights come from terrain data and can differ from signposted figures by a few tens of metres.

Where is the Transalpina?

The Transalpina is in Romania, on the DN67C. The route on this page: Rânca to Obârșia Lotrului, the high mountain section, 29.5 km.

Why the Transalpina is famous

It reaches 2,145 m at the Urdele Pass, the highest point of any road in Romania, and runs for about 20 km at high altitude past the peaks of the Parâng range.

Transalpina hairpins

Over 29.5 km Turini calls 38 hairpins, 1 square corner and 177 corners graded 1 to 6, plus 2 crests and 4 dips. That is 226 calls in all, one every 131 metres on average. Grade 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight (how to read pace notes).

HP38

126

230

330

431

541

619

Transalpina elevation profile

From 1,593 m at the start to 1,341 m at the finish, with a highest point of about 2,130 m. Red marks are the hairpins.

2,200 m1,300 m

0 km14.8 km29.5 km

Transalpina pace notes, first few km

The first 25 calls, exactly as Turini reads them, with the distance from the start.

85 mLeft 1

115 mSquare right

130 mTarmac

185 mLeft 5

310 mLeft 3

415 mRight 5

565 mRight 5

730 mLeft 5

1.14 kmRight 6

1.24 kmRight 3

1.76 kmRight 5

1.99 kmLeft 6

2.10 kmLeft 3

2.27 kmRight 6

2.35 kmLeft 3

2.44 kmRight 2

2.46 kmGravel

2.66 kmRight 5

2.79 kmLeft 1 long

2.87 kmLeft 4

2.90 kmRight 1 over crest

2.96 kmTarmac

3.02 kmRight 2

3.10 kmLeft 5

3.19 kmLeft 1 in dip

That takes you to 3.19 km. 201 more calls follow over the remaining 26.3 km.

Before you drive the Transalpina

Closed in winter. Usually open from about mid-May to mid-October, and only in daytime.

The high section has a 30 km/h speed limit and a 7.5-tonne weight limit, and there are few services. Watch for livestock on the road.

How to drive the Transalpina with Turini

Set the route before you leave and Turini saves its notes on the phone, so it works with the screen off and no signal. On the road it reads each call about 4.5 seconds before the corner, timed to your speed, and you never touch the phone. It also works through Android Auto. If pace notes are new to you, start in Simple mode (Easy, Medium, Hard) and switch to the 1–6 scale once it feels natural.

Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.

More roads like the Transalpina

TransfăgărășanRomania32.3 km · 235 calls · 29 hairpins

Grossglockner High Alpine RoadAustria48.5 km · 355 calls · 38 hairpins

Passo di GiauItaly19.8 km · 182 calls · 53 hairpins

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Sources: Wikipedia: Transalpina (DN67C), Wikipedia (ro): Transalpina.

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