Loops 1 and 3 of the marathon: La Mândru and Fundata, then Poiana Guțanu. Start and finish in the village centre.
The Half runs Loop 1 and Loop 3 of the marathon: La Mândru and Fundata, then Vârful Bisericuța and Poiana Guțanu. The start and the finish are in the centre of Moieciu de Sus.
EcoRun Moieciu starts from the centre of Moieciu de Sus, in front of the community hall. The first loop follows the asphalt road up Valea Popii, then continues on 1 km of forest road.
The course crosses the river on a small wooden bridge on the right side of the valley and takes the trail that climbs steeply through the forest to La Mândru, where the first water point is. After another 700 m of gentle climbing the course turns sharply and descends on the marked trail (forest road, red stripe) from Muntele Sf. Ilie towards the village of Fundățica in Valea Cheii. The course goes right on the forest road and leaves it at once for a short but sustained climb; after another 1.5 km of rolling ascent it reaches checkpoint CP1, with an aid station. From here the course continues 800 m on the asphalt road, then turns right and descends on a village lane between the houses back to the forest road. After a short descent on the road, the course crosses it and continues with the last climb of Loop 1, towards Drumul de Hotar. From here the course descends, gently at first and then ever more steeply, to Moieciu de Sus along Poteca lui George. The last stretch of the descent is quite steep: follow the switchbacks of the trail without stepping on the hay meadow.
The last metres follow the EcoKids course: the route climbs to the telecom mast and descends on Ulița Bisericii to close Loop 1 for the Marathon and the Half. (New in 2026: this stretch used to be on asphalt.)
The first time limit is here: 2:30 h after the start.
From km 14.2 the course sets off up Valea Popii and after 950 m of asphalt turns left up a village lane towards Vârful Bisericuța, a climb of 320 m of elevation gain. The climb is steeper at first and eases after the first 500 m. The course follows the rolling trail, first parallel to Valea Popii and then along the crest of Dealul Bisericuței up to the cross, where a steep descent to the left begins, down into Valea Bângăleasa.
Following Valea Bângăleasa on a gentle climb, 700 m of forest road, the course reaches the last big climb of the race, up to Poiana Guțanu. After the aid station with energy drinks, food and water, the course crosses the Bângăleasa river and climbs about 360 m through the forest to the highest point of the course, 1455 m at km 22. The course reaches Poiana Guțanu, where checkpoint CP5 is, and from there runs along Muchia Pleșii for the last 6 km of the race.
The course goes on along the red-stripe tourist trail that comes down from the Bucegi mountains and, at the fork with the trail to Șimon, keeps left along the ridge towards Moieciu de Sus. It follows the ridge until it is above the centre of the village, where the view opens wide, then drops steeply into Moieciu de Sus. It crosses the Bângăleasa river once more and continues about 300 m on asphalt to the finish.