Why this ride
From Jibou it runs 308 km to Jibou; allow about 6 h 24 of riding. The stops in between: Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului, Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci and back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Brebi - Comorâște and Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 308 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 24
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Brebi - Comorâște
The hill of Comorâște, above the village of Brebi in Sălaj county, overlooks the Someș valley as it turns north towards Jibou, and its name hints at buried treasure, comoară, which is how villagers often explained odd mounds and old stones on their land. Archaeologists explain it more prosaically as a Roman watch site on the north-western frontier of Dacia, part of the line of towers and forts strung along the Meseș hills and inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. From the top you can see across the valley to the forested ridges that once marked the edge of the empire.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brebi - Comorâște is where the day begins. Next is Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
2. Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului
The name is a mouthful, and a good one: the Ridge of the Wolf's Clearing, on the hill of Muncel, above the Someș valley north-east of Dej. Somewhere along this wooded crest the Romans kept a lookout on the northern border of Dacia, watching the valleys for movement from the free tribes beyond. Watchtowers like this one were the eyes of the frontier, signalling to the forts below, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. On the ground, expect very little: perhaps a low mound, a ditch or scattered stones under the trees. It is a place for imagination and a walk rather than a monument.
Read the complete Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului comes up 61 km in. Next is Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci.
3. Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
The Țibleș massif rises like a dark green wall between Maramureș and the Bistrița country of northern Romania, an old volcanic range topped by the Țibleș peak at around eighteen hundred metres. On its southern flanks, above the village of Groșii Țibleșului, lie the forests of Preluci, part of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe that UNESCO has protected as one sprawling, multi-country site. These are woods left largely to themselves, where old beeches grow huge, fall, rot and feed the next generation without a forester in sight.
Read the complete Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
123 km in you reach Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci. Next is back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
4. back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului, late in the day. Next is Brebi - Comorâște.
5. Brebi - Comorâște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Brebi - Comorâște. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Brebi - Comorâște to Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului
Brebi - Comorâște → Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului to Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci to back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci → back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului to Brebi - Comorâște
back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → Brebi - Comorâște is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.