Froggy pass

THE FROGGY PASS The Froggy pass (Hung. Békás szoros) is a few kilometers from the Killer lake to the east. Located in the heart of the Mountains of Gyergyó, it is one of the most spectacular attractions in Transylvania. In the narrow valley, the highway and the stream Békás (Engl. approx. Froggy stream) run side-by-side to a point where the space becomes so tight that the only way for them to proceed is that if the highway is partially cut underneath a 1200-meter-high rock, called the Altar rock (Hung. Oltár-kő). This picture shows this most dramatic part of the pass, called The Hell (Hung. Pokol) where the bubbling, boiling water of the stream Békás cuts its way through, over big stones and rocks in the riverbed, yet giving room to the highway next to it. (Colour picture : Courtesy of Olivier Clary, Olivier.CLARY@meteo.fr)