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Seven Ladders Canyon – Piatra Mare Cabin loop from Timișu de Jos

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Romania

Brașov

Seven Ladders Canyon – Piatra Mare Cabin loop from Timișu de Jos

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Seven Ladders Canyon – Piatra Mare Cabin loop from Timișu de Jos

06:39

17.1km

1,220m

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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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1.94 km

The Șurii de Piatră mountain stream plunges spectacularly 58 meters into the Seven Ladders Gorge (Canionul Șapte Scări) over seven steps carved into the Jurassic limestone. Visitors, who are literally within touching distance of the waterfalls, negotiate the stone steps, which are between two and a half and fifteen meters high, using steel ladders connected by metal mesh walkways. The most dramatic ladder is the third: it rises fifteen meters almost vertically and is secured with bars to prevent anyone from falling backward. But that's the only safety feature in the gorge. Right next to the left handrail, the water roars impetuously into the depths. An experience!

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3.67 km

The Cabin and Waterfall in Piatra Mare

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Entrance tickets are available at this hut, just before the entrance to the gorge. A large signboard explains in several languages the potential dangers that can be expected when climbing the ladders. Once you've hiked this far, you won't be deterred by them.

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3.87 km

Access route to the Sieben-Leitern gorge

Highlight (Segment) • Canyon

To reach the Seven Ladders Gorge, you have to hike a good four kilometers uphill from the town of Timișu de Jos through the Piatra Mare Mountains, always following the Șurii de Piatră mountain stream, which also carved the gorge into the rock further up. In total, the approach takes just under an hour and a half and involves climbing 260 meters, occasionally surrounded by zipline adventurers who, suspended from a pulley on a rope, use gravity to crisscross the canyon.

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6.17 km