Cabana Omu
| Cabana Omu | ||
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 Cabana Vârful Omu |
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| location | Vârful Omu; Dâmbovița County , Romania ; Valley location: Buşteni | |
| Mountain range | Bucegi Mountains | |
| Geographical location: | 45 ° 26 '44.9 " N , 25 ° 27' 22.7" E | |
| Altitude | 2505 m | |
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| accommodation | 0 beds, 30 camps | |
| Web link | http://www.cabana-omu.ro/ | |
The Cabana Omu is a hut just below the summit of the Vârful Omu mountain of the Bucegi Mountains south of the Romanian city of Brașov . The hut is the highest permanently used building in the country. The height is usually given as 2505 m , but many sources refer to the hut and the summit a few meters higher with this altitude.
The first building was opened on 2/3 Inaugurated September 1888 by the Transylvanian Carpathian Association (SKV). In 1900 a second wooden hut was built by the Societatea Carpatină Sinaia . Both buildings served the same purpose. Until 1918 the Vârful Omu formed the border between Austria-Hungary and Romania.
In October 1911 the wooden hut was destroyed by fire. Restoration plans were taken over by the Romanian Tourism Society (STR), but it was not until 1924 that construction began. Former members of the STR implemented the project and called it Casa Zorilor . The official inauguration took place on August 7, 1926. Expansion work was carried out between 1936 and 1937, and the building has been roughly the same since then.
The hut offers 32 simple beds in a common room. These are distributed over 2 bunk beds and a few double rooms. In the guest room you can order simple Romanian meals and drinks. There is no electricity for visitors to the hut.
The Vârful Omu can be reached on various marked trails. Starting points can be the places Azuga and Bușteni , among others . A popular hiking destination from the hut is the striking rock formation Babele .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hüttenhomepage , accessed on November 2, 2010
- ↑ Octavian Arsene: Bucegi . Ed .: Bel Alpin Tour. EWP / WCP, 1998, ISBN 0-906227-65-8 .