CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 309 km round trip from Groșii Țibleșului - roughly 6 h 00 in the saddle. The stops in between: Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului, Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine and back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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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Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului comes up 61 km in. Next is Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine.
Zalău is the county town of Sălaj, a modern small city of about sixty thousand people that grew fast in the communist period, and the countryside around it is far more interesting than the blocks of flats. Brusturi, a few kilometres off, sits in the hills that lead up toward the Meseş mountains, and the name on our list points to a Roman fort called Certiae, one of the line of military posts that kept watch on the northern edge of Dacia, along with a ruin the locals link with an old legend of robbers.
Read the complete Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine write-up.
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123 km in you reach Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine. Next is back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
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Read the complete Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului write-up.
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back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului, late in the day. Next is Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii. That is the ride.
Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii → Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → 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 → Groșii Țibleșului - Izvorul Șurii is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.