Why this ride
A 313 km round trip from Ciceu-Giurgeşti - roughly 6 h 27 in the saddle. On the way it passes Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii, Huta - Dealul Cozlii and back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 and Huta - Dealul Cozlii
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 313 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 27
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
Above the valley of the Someș Mare in Bistrița-Năsăud county, the hill called Dealul Podului carries the faint remains of a Roman watch post, one of a string of small installations that kept an eye on the northern edge of the province of Dacia. Like many points on this frontier, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2024, it is less a monument than a viewpoint with a story, a place where soldiers once scanned the horizon for movement in the free lands to the north. Today the horizon holds forested ridges, orchards and villages strung along the river.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 is where the day begins. Next is Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
2. Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Surduc is a village in the Someș valley in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, where the river cuts a narrow path through hills on its way toward Baia Mare. Above the village, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Hrăii stream, there are traces of a Roman watchtower, part of the frontier of the province of Dacia. The nearby villages of Tihău and Băbeni, and the town of Jibou, are all close by.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii comes up about 85 km into the recorded legs. Next is Huta - Dealul Cozlii.
3. Huta - Dealul Cozlii
Huta is the sort of name that appears in dozens of places in Romania, from the old word for a glassworks or a forge, and it hints at an older economy, when these hills supplied charcoal, timber and metal to the towns of Transylvania. This Huta lies in the rolling country between Ciucea and the Crasna valley, in the hills where Salaj county meets Cluj, and the Dealul Cozlii, the hill named in the label, is one of the many wooded ridges that fold across the horizon.
Read the complete Huta - Dealul Cozlii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 158 km into the recorded legs you reach Huta - Dealul Cozlii. Next is back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
4. back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii, late in the day. Next is Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2.
5. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 to Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii to Huta - Dealul Cozlii
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Huta - Dealul Cozlii is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Huta - Dealul Cozlii to back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Huta - Dealul Cozlii → back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii to Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Dumbrăveni - Dealul Podului 2 is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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