CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Mirşid it runs 330 km to Mirşid; allow about 6 h 35 of riding. It goes by way of Muncel - Comorița, Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii and back through Muncel - Comorița. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Meseș mountains are not high, but they once marked the edge of an empire. In the early second century the Romans conquered Dacia and built a line of defences along the ridge, with a chain of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks, to guard the north-western frontier of the new province. The big fortress at Porolissum, at Moigrad, was the headquarters, and in between were dozens of small posts on hilltops, each in sight of the next. Brebi, a village in Sălaj county, lies on this frontier, and Dealul Mare, the Big Hill, is the kind of name given to the high ground where such a tower would stand.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 write-up.
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Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 is where the day begins. Next is Muncel - Comorița.
On the hills between the valley of the Someș and the Meseș mountains, in the north-west of Transylvania, the ground rises in gentle ridges, and this is the highest point in a small stretch of country near the villages of Vad, Gâlgău and Poiana Blenchii. The label is Muncel, meaning little hill, and Comorița, which carries the sense of a small treasure, and both names tell you about the country: low, open, rounded hills, used for generations as pasture and orchard land. A lot of local folklore has treasure buried in hills like this, and many an old shepherd has a tale of a hoard or a lost mine.
Read the complete Muncel - Comorița write-up.
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Muncel - Comorița comes up 62 km in. Next is Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii.
The Țibleș mountains rise like a dark wall between the Lăpuș country and the valleys of Maramureș, a volcanic range of dense spruce and beech forest topping out at nearly two thousand metres. On their slopes, near the source known as Izvorul Șurii above the village of Groșii Țibleșului, the forest feels almost untouched: springs bubbling out of mossy banks, fallen trunks covered in fungi, and a silence broken only by woodpeckers and the wind. This is bear country, and wolves and lynx roam these woods too. The area lies on the edge of the Maramureș region, famous for its wooden churches, carved gates and deeply traditional village life.
Read the complete Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii write-up.
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124 km in you reach Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii. Next is back through Muncel - Comorița.
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Read the complete Muncel - Comorița write-up.
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back through Muncel - Comorița, late in the day. Next is Brebi - Dealul Mare 4.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Brebi - Dealul Mare 4. That is the ride.
Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 → Muncel - Comorița is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Comorița → Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii → back through Muncel - Comorița is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Comorița → Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.