The summit is on the northern side of Campulung Moldovenesc, accessible by crossing the Moldova River and climbing on the road to the former Deia cabin. Then it's a continuous climb to the top. Bears are known to live in the area, but so far they didn't cause trouble. GSM signal available, nice views, Bodea, Runc and Magura Rungului are visible across the town to the south. Rarau mt. is visible in the distance, too.

On this trip we were accompanied by Marian. 
In Suceava the weather was pretty dry, yet overcast. In Ilisesti, 25 kilometers away, some sort of blizzard started and it snowed pretty much all the way to Campulung, where Tomnatec is.

The first two kilometers or so of climbing were done on a dirt road which at the time was covered in a thick layer of ice, which in turn was hidden under ten centimeters of fresh snow. I slipped and fell on my first step and, as pain surged through my tender ankle, uttered a few words that don't worth mentioning. I then proceeded with extra care, a solid plan considering that I only slipped and fell only twice more.

As soon as we've left the icy road, progress was a lot easier, despite the increased gradient. It snowed all the way, but it was really beautiful. At times the sun would come out which made for some dramatic visual effects. On top we've installed the antenna and rig and worked a few stations in 7 MHz, but at -10 degrees Celsius it was fairly cold. The descent was harder, slipping and sliding a lot on the snow covered grass. The thought of walking the last two kilometers on the icy road after dark bugged me a bit, but as soon as we got there I've found out that it wasn't as bad as I expected.

We parked the car in Saua Fundu Colbului, right where the trail starts. It was quite a bit of snow and progress was slower than usual on some stretches. In the alpine zone the original track followed a diagonal trail that climbed on the eastern face, but in winter time there's a more direct route to the ridge, chosen for avalanche safety reasons. The snow was quite deep and the junipers on the ground didn't help either. Still, there were some fresh tracks left by a group of hikers that passed through there earlier, so it wasn't that bad.

The milky fog restricted the visibility to about a hundred meters for our entire stay at the top, so the spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and valleys remained concealed. The huge concrete cross that marks the summit was completely covered in ice and snow, a testament of how windy it can get around here. We were lucky, though, having almost no wind during the activation.

It was the first summit to activate with the newly acquired & assembled BitX40 transceiver. Because of not having the chance of testing it properly, and being low power, we carried the Yaesu FT857 as backup. The BitX40 worked surprisingly well, however, and we made enough QSOs before freezing up and deciding to pack it in and leave.

The descent was quite painful for my leg and I moved slow through the crusty snow. We got to the car after dark. It was probably one of the nicest summits we ever activated.

On this day we were joined by Marian and Magda.  We prepared Seredna as a backup summit because there was a high probability of finding the road to Pascani summit closed. And indeed it was. So we climbed Seredna instead. This has to be one of the easiest 6 point summits in our region, nothing more than a walk, with an altitude gain of about 300 meters. It was quite windy, but nice otherwise. Made 23 QSOs between us.

It was a very nice winter day with lots of fresh snow and not too cold. At some point the sun came out and it got really beautiful. Worked in 2 and 20 meters, made a total of 25 QSOs. On this trip we (YO8SSQ and YO8SBR) were accompanied by Magda and Marian.