After a seven-year break here I am again in this rarely-travelled range. I've
left the car in the Valea Badenilor village; after walking 4km on the forestry
road a heavy truck took me up to a forestry worksite some 1160m high on the
road to Curmatura Tancovei; I've followed the road up to the main ridge .
From the saddle it took me an extra hour to reach the Leaota summit .
The descent was over the Vaja Ridge until the end of the Vaja valley forestry
road . The last 4km of this road were in another heavy truck.