Why this ride
From Jibou it runs 104 km to Jibou; allow about 2 h 11 of riding. It goes by way of Stâna - La Oroieși, Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu and back through Stâna - La Oroieși.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 and Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 104 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 11
- 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
34 km in you reach Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu. Next is back through Stâna - La Oroieși.
4. back through Stâna - La Oroieși
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stâna - La Oroieși write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Stâna - La Oroieși, late in the day. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
5. Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2. That is the ride.
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 back through Stâna - La Oroieși
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.