Why this ride
A 141 km round trip from Stârciu - roughly 3 h 23 in the saddle. The stops in between: Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor, Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei and back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Sub Cornet and Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 141 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 23
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Hurez - Sub Cornet
The hills of Sălaj between Buciumi, Stârciu and Cizer are a landscape of small villages, orchards, pastures and woods, and like much of this county, they were part of the northwestern frontier of Roman Dacia. Hurez, Sub Cornet, is one of the sites of that frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024, probably a watchtower or a stretch of defensive earthwork on a ridge, part of the chain of military posts that linked the forts. Little is visible on the ground today, and the site is better appreciated as part of a wider landscape of Roman frontier archaeology.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - Sub Cornet is where the day begins. Next is Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
2. Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor
The hill of Dealul Cocinilor rises above the valley of the Crișul Repede near Ciucea, on the western edge of Cluj county, and it marks another point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, this time in the Meseș mountains, where the limes ran along the hills protecting the province of Dacia Porolissensis. The watchtowers here guarded the approaches from the west and north, and from the hilltop you can still see why: the valley below is a natural corridor, used by traders, armies and travellers for thousands of years.
Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. Next is Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei.
3. Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
The Meseș mountains rise to the west of Zalău like a long green wall, and they formed the natural western boundary of Roman Dacia in this region. Along their crest and on the slopes above the plains, the Romans built a line of watchtowers, and the site above the fields with the evocative name of Șesurile Tâlhăroasei, roughly the robbers' flats, near the villages of Treznea and Aghireș, is one of them. It is part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list. Up in the forest the remains are modest, but the position, high on a slope with a view over the valley, shows how the frontier used every advantage of the terrain.
Read the complete Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei. Next is back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
4. back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Sub Cornet.
5. Hurez - Sub Cornet
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Hurez - Sub Cornet. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Sub Cornet to Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor
Hurez - Sub Cornet → Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor to Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei to back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei → back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor to Hurez - Sub Cornet
back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → Hurez - Sub Cornet is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.