In Romania you ski in the Carpathians, usually from December to March, and on the higher slopes, in snowy winters, sometimes into April. Large ski areas, with gondolas and dozens of kilometres of runs, are few; most slopes are small, run by town halls or local companies, with one chairlift or a few drag lifts. Many depend on natural snow, so it is worth checking before you set off whether the lifts are running.
On the Prahova Valley, Sinaia, Bușteni, Azuga and Predeal lie a few kilometres from one another, and Poiana Brașov sits above Brașov. In the Jiu Valley you can ski at Straja, Parâng and Vulcan Pass, and in Maramureș at Cavnic, Șuior and Borșa. In Harghita, Harghita Mădăraș and Harghita-Băi are mountain resorts with ski runs, and in the Apuseni Mountains you can ski at Arieșeni and on Muntele Băișorii.
For every resort and ski area, region by region, with a table of the slopes, night skiing and artificial snow, see the guide to ski resorts in Romania.
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Top 100A spa resort more than two centuries old in the Dorna Depression: carbonated springs, peat mud, a park full of squirrels and the Spa Casino, restored and reopened as a museum.
Top 100A spa resort more than two centuries old in the Nemira Mountains: numbered mineral springs you drink from for free, the 1894 Art Nouveau Casino and the Nemira ski slope.
Top 100A spa resort in the Olt gorge between the Harghita and Bodoc mountains: naturally sparkling mineral springs, mofettes, a wellness centre with thermal water and trails up to Falcon Rock.
Romania's best-known ski resort, above 1,000 m beneath Postăvaru: 12 slopes, among them Bradul, Lupului and Drumul Roșu, cable cars almost to the summit and summer trails.
Considered Romania's oldest mountain resort, from 1894, in the Cindrel Mountains: a chairlift towards Oncești Peak, the Oncești and Dăneasa slopes, Arena Platoș and Noica's grave.
A mountain spa resort at 900 m in northern Harghita, with carbonated mineral springs you can drink from for free, old wooden villas, travertine caves and a new spa centre.
Romania's highest town, at 1,030–1,110 m: in winter the Clăbucet, Cocoșului and Subteleferic ski runs, and hiking and a summer toboggan the rest of the year.
A mountain resort at ~1,100 m in a spruce-ringed clearing in the Apuseni: the Izvorul Minunilor spring, marked trails to the Iad Valley waterfalls and to Bihor Peak, and plenty of snow in winter.
A mountain resort at 1,600 m, at the foot of Păpușa Peak in the Parâng Mountains, on the Transalpina: a ski area with chairlifts and drag lifts, alpine pasture scenery and a starting point for the Parâng ridge.
A mountain resort at the foot of the Bucegi, at about 800 m: a park, a casino from 1912, a cable car to Cota 1400 and a gondola to Cota 2000, ski runs in winter and trails in summer.
A forest resort 8 km from Sfântu Gheorghe, with two ski runs served by drag lifts and floodlit at night, an adventure park, a spa, carbonated springs and hiking trails.
A tourist resort in the Apuseni Mountains, at the source of the Arieș: the Vârtop I and Vârtop II slopes, with drag lifts and floodlit skiing, below the Vârtop Pass, plus trails to Piatra Grăitoare and Bihor Peak.
A resort town in the Prahova Valley with a ski area on the Sorica and Cazacu ridges: a gondola from the resort up to 1,539 m, intermediate and beginner slopes, and mountain bike trails in summer.
A small resort in the Homorodul Mare valley, among spruce forests: carbonated mineral springs, a chapel from 1765, the Lobogó ski run in winter and an alpine coaster.
The tourist complex at Băile Borșa, in the Rodna Mountains: a FIS-homologated Olympic slope, a gondola up to 1,633 m, floodlit night skiing and, nearby, the slope at the Prislop Pass.
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