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Between November - June Transfagarasan road is closed on section between kilometer 104 (Piscu Negru - Arges county) and 130.8 kilometer (Balea Waterfall - Sibiu county) until 1 July 2016. From Balea Waterfall can be reached to Balea Lac only by cable car.
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Daily schedule functioning: 9.00am to 5.00pm (Monday - Sunday). The length of the cablecar's route is 3700 m (minimum altitude: 1.200 m, maximum altitude: 2.040 m). In case of unfavorable weather conditions (strong winds) cablecar not working. The cablecar operates at least 10 people.
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We know today that the name Fagaras Mountains derives from Hungarian linguists although opinions are divided, on the one hand there is the word "fogor" - partridge, and on the other hand, more joke more seriously, is under discussion the expression "fa-garas', ie money from wood, which has its origin in the tradition of the eighteenth century when workers received their labor in exchange for some tickets, evidence of wood, which they then exchanged for cash.
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