Why this ride
200 km from Jibou to Jibou, about 4 h 44 of riding. It goes by way of Stâna - La Oroieși, Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu, Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 and Buciumi - Grădiște.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 and Buciumi - Grădiște
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 200 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 44
- 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. Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
The Roman province of Dacia had a northern frontier that ran along the hills of what is now Sălaj county, in north-western Romania, around the great fortress of Porolissum. Here the Limes was not a continuous wall but a network of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks set on hilltops with views over the valleys. Vârful Cigleanului, a hilltop near the village of Ciglean, close to Jibou, held one of these watchtowers, and the number in the name marks it as one of several in the area.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is where the day begins. Next is Stâna - La Oroieși.
2. Stâna - La Oroieși
On the hills above Zalău, in the county of Sălaj in northwestern Romania, the Roman Empire reached its northern limit in Dacia. After Trajan conquered the Dacian kingdom in 106, the Romans built a frontier system along the edges of the new province, with forts, watchtowers, walls and ditches, and in 2024 UNESCO listed it as the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. The site at Stâna, La Oroieși, is one of many small elements of that frontier: a watchtower or defensive line on a ridge, where soldiers watched over the approaches from the free Dacian lands beyond. There is little to see on the ground, but the location, with views over the hills, explains why it was chosen.
Read the complete Stâna - La Oroieși write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Stâna - La Oroieși comes up 17 km in. Next is Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu.
3. Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Dosu forest lies above Buciumi, in the hills where Sălaj starts rising toward the Meseș range. It is a working woodland, not a showpiece: beech and oak, a few hornbeam, tracks cut by loggers, and a floor that smells strongly of leaf mould after rain. If you stop and kill the engine, the quiet is very complete. Wild boar and roe deer use these slopes, and the ground along the verges is often turned up by the former.
Read the complete Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
34 km in you reach Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu. Next is Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2.
4. Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Beyond Ciucea the mountains of Apuseni begin to close in. The Vlădeasa massif, which rises to nearly eighteen hundred metres to the south, is the high point of the range and a place of bare ridges, beech forest and deep valleys, with a mountain lake and cabins for hikers. The road from Cluj to Oradea runs through the valley of the Crișul Repede below it, and the hills on either side are cut with side valleys where small villages cling to the slopes.
Read the complete Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2, about halfway. Next is Buciumi - Grădiște.
5. Buciumi - Grădiște
Buciumi has a Roman fort, and a proper one. On a low hill above the village, the outline of a rectangular auxiliary fort has been excavated, with walls, gates and the foundations of the buildings inside, laid out to the standard Roman pattern with the headquarters in the middle and barracks to either side. It was one of the forts guarding the road and the passes of the Meseş mountains, a few kilometres from the larger fortress and town at Porolissum, and it held a unit of auxiliary troops, soldiers recruited from the provinces rather than citizen legionaries.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Buciumi - Grădiște sits at 69 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2.
6. back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 comes up 86 km in. Next is back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu.
7. back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
103 km in you reach back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu. Next is back through Stâna - La Oroieși.
8. back through Stâna - La Oroieși
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stâna - La Oroieși write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Stâna - La Oroieși, late in the day. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
9. Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 200 km.
Leg by leg
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 to Stâna - La Oroieși
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Stâna - La Oroieși is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stâna - La Oroieși to Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Stâna - La Oroieși → Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu to Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu → Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 to Buciumi - Grădiște
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 → Buciumi - Grădiște is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Grădiște to back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Buciumi - Grădiște → back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 to back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
back through Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 → back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu to back through Stâna - La Oroieși
back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu → back through Stâna - La Oroieși is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Stâna - La Oroieși to Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
back through Stâna - La Oroieși → Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.