On July 15, a small group of volunteers went hiking to Cozia National Park. The purpose of their visit was to do some on field research about the National Park and to remark the National Park limits with the help of Narcis, one of the rangers who works in the NP.

Once we got to Cozia National Park, we started our route from the train station towards Vâratica until we reached Drâgâneşti. The trail continued through the forest for approximately 7 kilometers.

Narcis, the ranger, had a map showing National Park’s limits. Our task was to reach those places where the limits were, review the marks, remark them if needed and add new ones.

Although our path was veiled with overthrown trees and branches; we managed to follow the whole path between these two villages. We used the red square sign, which is used all over Romania to mark Park’s limits.

Following, we present a brief description of the different types of marks and colours used in Romania to mark different trails and limits:

Hiking trails:

VERTICAL BAND: This is used to mark the main path(s) in the mountain range.

CROSS: It marks the paths that lead to the main routes from a starting point.

ROUND: It indicates the secondary paths, independent of the main path.

TRIANGLE: This symbol is used in the same way as the round one.

Colours:

RED: Long range or mountain routes

BLUE: More important routes

GREEN: Local routes

YELLOW: Short routes, connecting routes and shortcuts

Park’s limits:

SQUARE: This symbol is used to mark limits.

Colours:

RED: It marks the Park’s limits.

BLUE: Marks zones of special protection within the Park.