Vârful Parângul Mare

Vârful Parângul Mare
	The main ridge of the Parâng Mountains with the Vârful Parângul Mare from the north
height	2519 m
location	Communities Crasna , Petrila and Petrosani , circles Gorj and Hunedoara , Romania
Mountains	Munții Parâng , Southern Carpathians
Notch height	2103 m ↓ In the Transylvanian Basin northwest of Sibiu
Coordinates	45 ° 20 '28 " N , 23 ° 32' 26" E Coordinates: 45 ° 20 '28 " N , 23 ° 32' 26" E

The Vârful Parângul Mare ( Hungarian : Nagy-Páring ) is the highest peak of the Parâng Mountains in the Romanian Southern Carpathians . It lies on the border ridge between the historical regions of Transylvania and ( Little ) Wallachia . With a notch height of 2103 m, it is the most prominent mountain in the country even before the Vârful Moldoveanu . The shortest, well-marked ascent leads from the Stațiunea Parâng ski area via the Refugiul Cârja (also known as "Rudolfshütte") and up the Vârful Cârja .

Maps & literature

SC Schubert & Franzke Srl (ed.): Colecția Munții Noștri 1: 50,000, sheet MN12: Parâng
Birgitta Gabriela Hannover Moser: Rother hiking guide Romania - Southern Carpathians. Bergverlag Rother , Oberhaching, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7633-4467-3
Janneke Klop: Trekking the Mountains of Romania. Cicerone, Kendal, 2020, ISBN 978-1-85284-948-1