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Transalpina

DN67C · Romania

2,145 msummit height
30Hairpins · From Obârșia Lotrului
799 mHeight gain · From Obârșia Lotrului

30 hairpins in 20.3 km and 799 m of climbing from Obârșia Lotrului.

From Novaci

Climb length
27.5 km
Height gain
1,681 m
464 → 2,145 m
Average gradient
6 %
Hairpins (our count)
20

From Obârșia Lotrului

Climb length
20.3 km
Height gain
799 m
1,346 → 2,145 m
Average gradient
3.8 %
Hairpins (our count)
30

Elevation profile

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The climb on the map

NovaciObârșia Lotrului2145 m

Dots mark the hairpins we found in the road geometry.

When can you drive it?

Closed in winter; the road authority sets the dates each year

Closed at night.

How we measured

Summit: OpenStreetMap node 370519247 (mountain_pass, ele). Climb: car routing (OSRM on OpenStreetMap) from the village centre to the summit. Profile: Open-Meteo elevation (Copernicus DEM, ~90 m) every 50 m, smoothed over 250 m. Hairpin: the road turns back more than 150° within 300 m. Height gain: summit minus the start of the climb. Every number can be recomputed at any time. (2026-10-18)

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