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Waterfalls in Piatra Mare – Seven Ladders Canyon loop from Timișu de Jos

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Waterfalls in Piatra Mare – Seven Ladders Canyon loop from Timișu de Jos

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Waterfalls in Piatra Mare – Seven Ladders Canyon loop from Timișu de Jos

03:05

8.76km

510m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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1.25 km

The entrance to the Seven Ladders Gorge is also the starting point for zip line adventurers. Downhill, there are a total of 37 such zip lines (called Tiroliana in Romania), which you can hook into using a double pulley. Gravity takes over the rest, with a cable incline of between two and four degrees. The total length is four kilometers; the shortest individual section measures 47 meters, and the longest 273 meters.

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2.05 km

Seven Ladders Canyon

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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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2.23 km

Cascada Refuge

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Really busy on bank holiday days, but you can choose a quiet dry day for best experience!

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2.99 km

The Cabin and Waterfall in Piatra Mare

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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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3.19 km

Access route to the Sieben-Leitern gorge

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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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3.47 km

Forest Trail beyond the Seven Ladders Gorge (Piatra Mare)

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4.64 km

Descent After the Seven Ladders Gorge

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8.76 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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6.49 km

2.15 km

106 m

Surfaces

4.50 km

3.78 km

406 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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