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LADY'S ROCKS

Race Category

ws50KM

Running Stones

2

Finals Access

50k-direct-entry

Distance

48 KM

Elevation Gain

3200 M+

Start Date

Saturday 24th July 2027

Race Start

Câmpulung Moldovenesc - 07:00

Max Allowed Race Time

13 Hours

Where the rocks remember

This course runs through a legend. In 1541, the story goes, Lady Elena, wife of Petru Rareș, fled into the Rarău Mountains with her son Ștefăniță, hunted by Tatar raiders. While she prayed for deliverance, thunder answered: the rocks gave way and buried the pursuers beneath them. “This is the price for our salvation,” she is said to have whispered. The mountain kept the story, and the stones kept her name: Pietrele Doamnei / Lady's Rocks. Now you climb through that echo: the steep ascent to Giumalău, the pastoral hush of Transrarău among the haystacks, and the last climb, RUNC. Up there you find the treasure within the mountain: yourself. 2 Running Stones wait at the finish.

Where the rocks remember

Course route & Elevation Profile