Why this ride
227 km from Ileanda to Ileanda, about 5 h 07 of riding. On the way it passes Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului, Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului, Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei and Perișor - Vârful Colnicului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha and Perișor - Vârful Colnicului
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 227 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 07
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Ileanda is a village in the north of Sălaj county, where the river Someș swings north-west out of the Transylvanian basin through a valley flanked by wooded hills. On the hill called Ciuha, above the village, the Romans had a post on the northern edge of their province of Dacia, one of the watchtowers and forts that guarded the frontier from the second to the third century. The site belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. Do not expect a ruin with walls to wander through: what survives is mostly earthwork and traces in the ground, and the joy lies in the climb and the view rather than the remains.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is where the day begins. Next is Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului.
2. Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
Somewhere above the Someș valley, on a hill the villagers call Dealul Hanului, the inn hill, the Romans kept watch over the northern edge of their province of Dacia. After Trajan's conquest in 106, the new province had to be defended on all sides, and its northern frontier, in what the Romans called Dacia Porolissensis, ran through these hills between the Meseș mountains and the upper Someș. Forts, watchtowers and earthworks controlled the valleys, and Căpâlna, near the village of Gâlgău, is one of the many small sites that formed that network, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia that Romania has put forward for UNESCO listing.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
3. Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
North of Dej, in the hills of Cluj county, the land rises into a rolling upland of pastures, orchards and beech woods, cut by small valleys and dotted with villages. Muncelul Chiuieștiului is one of the hilltops above the village of Chiuiești, and the name is listed among archaeological sites of the Roman frontier in Dacia, which in this region ran along the hills to protect the province from the free Dacians and other peoples to the north. What exactly stood on this hilltop is something to learn from the local signs rather than assume; much of the frontier here consisted of small watchtowers and earthworks that left only faint traces.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 45 km into the recorded legs you reach Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului. Next is Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei.
4. Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei
Ciceu-Poieni is a tiny village in the hills north of the Someș, the kind of place that rarely appears on a map, and near it, at a spot called Podul Milcoaiei, the Romans placed a watchtower on the northern border of Dacia. It is part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list, and today it is just a slight hump in the ground among fields and woods, but its position on the high ground gives a wide view over the valleys, which is exactly why it was chosen. The towers were placed so that each could see its neighbours and pass signals along the frontier with fire and smoke.
Read the complete Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei, about halfway. Next is Perișor - Vârful Colnicului.
5. Perișor - Vârful Colnicului
The upper valley of the Zagra stream, in the hills of Bistrița-Năsăud county in northern Transylvania, is the sort of place that has produced poets. The village of Hordou, now named Coșbuc, birthplace of the poet George Coșbuc, lies not far away, near Năsăud, and Liviu Rebreanu, one of Romania's great novelists, was born in Târlișua, a little to the west. The hills around Perișor and Zagra, with the summit called Vârful Colnicului, are a landscape of meadows, beech woods and scattered farms that seems to have stepped out of their books.
Read the complete Perișor - Vârful Colnicului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Perișor - Vârful Colnicului sits at 70 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei.
6. back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei comes up about 141 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului.
7. back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 181 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului. Next is back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului.
8. back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului, late in the day. Next is Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
9. Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 227 km.
Leg by leg
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha to Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului to Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului → Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului to Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei
Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului → Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei to Perișor - Vârful Colnicului
Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei → Perișor - Vârful Colnicului is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Perișor - Vârful Colnicului to back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei
Perișor - Vârful Colnicului → back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei to back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului
back through Ciceu-Poieni - Podul Milcoaiei → back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului to back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului
back through Chiuiești - Muncelul Chiuieștiului → back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului to Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
back through Căpâlna - Dealul Hanului → Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.