The starting point of the trip was Voina, an accessible chalet at the base of the Iezer – Papusa mountains (983m).
This is also a good site for camping, if you don’t want to take your equipment with you.
Starting close to the chalet, the track marked with a red stripe takes us, after a steep climp, on the alpine back of mount Vacarea.
Here we are passing close to a sheep farm made entirely out of wood.
The track takes us uphill, and we get a beautiful panorama of the surrounding mountains. We are getting closer to 2000m altitude and we find small bits of snow on the track.
And finally we reach the highest point of our track, the Ateneului Cross (crucea Ateneului) at 2279m. This is an important junction point as several tracks split here.
We will follow the one leading downhill to Iezer lake and the refuge with the same name.
We pass close to Iezer lake (2130m) admiring the beauty of this glacial valley that now surrounds us. Towards the NE we can spot the refuge, where we will have a much deserved rest, after starting our descent towards Voina chalet. (on the track marked with a blue dot).