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Clăbucet

Ski resort · Romania

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Clăbucet is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
2 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
1°C
Wind
3 kn

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
3 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
1°C
Wind
6 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
5 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
6 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
3 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
4 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
3 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
6 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
2 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-4°C
Wind
5 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
2 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
2°C
Wind
5 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 1,447 mvillage 1,032 m
  • 7 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check ANM.

Forecast and score for each day at Clăbucet
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 1Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°Cwind, 5 knots
Mon 2Nov0, poor2 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 3 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor3 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 6 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor5 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°Cwind, 6 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor3 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 4 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor3 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 6 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor2 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-4°Cwind, 5 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor2 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°Cwind, 5 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase1,032 mMid1,240 mTop1,447 mColdestat the top
Dec0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-3°C
Jan0.1 m0.1 m0.3 m-7°C
Feb0.1 m0.1 m0.3 m-5°C
Marnonenone0.2 m-2°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Clăbucet

Old locomotive - panoramio (1)
Near Clăbucet. Photo: Andrei Dan Suciu, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More skiing near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Clăbucet

Village 1,032 m.

A ski resort with its village at 1,032 m and its top at 1,447 m. It has 7 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 407 m, from 1,447 m to 1,040 m. For beginners and families: 21% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 2 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a ski school. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in January, about 0.3 m at the top (1,447 m). The town to stay in is Predeal. Within 5 km we also list 1 climbing area.

The ski area

Runs from 1,040 m to 1,447 m: 407 m of vertical. 7 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Clăbucet.

Runs
Easy (blue)1.5 km
Intermediate (red)4.1 km
Advanced (black)1.5 km
Lifts
Chairlifts1
Drag lifts2

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

21% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a ski school: Champs Ski Academy, 0.1 km

The Family filter counts these. Places from the Overture Maps Foundation, from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and AllThePlaces. Foursquare data © 2024 Foursquare Labs, Inc., Apache 2.0. Check opening times before you go.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,560–US$2,730 each

about US$1,560–US$2,730 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OTP, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$556–US$1,160
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$141–US$228
Food7 days eating outabout US$161–US$308
Lift pass5 days at about US$102 a day, average of the resorts we priceabout US$435–US$583
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$174–US$295
Totalabout US$1,560–US$2,730

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Predeal

1 min by car · 178 places to stay

about US$54/nightcountry average

See 178 places to stay in Predeal · Booking.com

About Predeal its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$54 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 21h 15m

About 21h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → OTP, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 2h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.