Why this ride
A 317 km round trip from Câţcău - roughly 8 h 19 in the saddle. On the way it passes Negrilești - Negru Vodă, Salva - Modruț, Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci and back through Salva - Modruț. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Guga - Vârful Țâglii and Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 317 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 19
- 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. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Rugășești, Vad and Poiana Blenchii are the kind of villages most people drive past on the way to somewhere else, and that is precisely the charm of the hills that rise between them. The point marked as Guga, Vârful Țâglii, lies on this rolling country north of the Someș, roughly a dozen kilometres from Dej, in the band of land where Rome drew the northern edge of Dacia. A summit called Țâglii is the sort of place where a watchtower would have looked out across the Someș corridor toward the free tribes beyond, and the archaeological lists record a frontier site here.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Guga - Vârful Țâglii is where the day begins. Next is Negrilești - Negru Vodă.
2. Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Negrilești is a small village in Bistrița-Năsăud county, in the hills of northern Transylvania, near the valley of the Someș Mare. The name of the site, Negru Vodă, recalls the legendary founder of Wallachia, a figure from the Romanian chronicles who is said to have crossed the Carpathians in the thirteenth century to found the principality; whether he existed at all is still debated, and many places in Romania bear his name. The site itself is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, probably a watchtower or a small fortification on a hill, part of the northern frontier of the province. Little is visible, but the hills offer good views over the surrounding countryside.
Read the complete Negrilești - Negru Vodă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Negrilești - Negru Vodă comes up 29 km in. Next is Salva - Modruț.
3. Salva - Modruț
Salva lies where the Someșul Mare valley opens into a broad bowl in Bistrița-Năsăud county, with the Rodna mountains standing to the northeast and a ring of low wooded hills closer in. The town is a railway junction, a lorry stop on the road through the valley, and the kind of place that looks ordinary until you ask about its past.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
57 km in you reach Salva - Modruț. Next is Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci.
4. Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
The Țibleș massif rises like a dark green wall between Maramureș and the Bistrița country of northern Romania, an old volcanic range topped by the Țibleș peak at around eighteen hundred metres. On its southern flanks, above the village of Groșii Țibleșului, lie the forests of Preluci, part of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe that UNESCO has protected as one sprawling, multi-country site. These are woods left largely to themselves, where old beeches grow huge, fall, rot and feed the next generation without a forester in sight.
Read the complete Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci, about halfway. Next is back through Salva - Modruț.
5. back through Salva - Modruț
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Salva - Modruț sits at 114 km, about halfway. Next is back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă.
6. back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negrilești - Negru Vodă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă comes up 143 km in. Next is Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
7. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Guga - Vârful Țâglii closes the day.
Leg by leg
Guga - Vârful Țâglii to Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Guga - Vârful Țâglii → Negrilești - Negru Vodă is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negrilești - Negru Vodă to Salva - Modruț
Negrilești - Negru Vodă → Salva - Modruț is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Modruț to Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
Salva - Modruț → Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci to back through Salva - Modruț
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci → back through Salva - Modruț is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Salva - Modruț to back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă
back through Salva - Modruț → back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă to Guga - Vârful Țâglii
back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă → Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.