Driving the Transfăgărășan: How a High-Altitude Microclimate Keeps Europe's Best Road Shut Until Summer
The Transfăgărășan climbs to 2,042 m over Romania's Făgăraș Mountains, and its high section is closed roughly November to June — about 250 days a year — because of deep snowpack and avalanche risk. Our records show the Bâlea Lake area below freezing by day in midwinter. Plan a drive for July to October, not spring.