Why this ride
From Mirşid it runs 251 km to Mirşid; allow about 5 h 39 of riding. The stops in between: Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu, Poieni - Râmbușoi, Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1 and back through Poieni - Râmbușoi.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor and Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 251 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 39
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Poieni - Râmbușoi → Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1
This part of the ride is 25 km of Poieni - Râmbușoi → Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 25 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Roman Dacia's north-western frontier ran along the crest of the Meseș mountains, and the hill country around Mirșid, east of Zalău, is laced with its traces: watchtowers, earthworks and small forts placed so that each could see the next. In 2024 these remains became part of the World Heritage listing for the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia. The name of the spot, La Strâmtură by the wolves' brook, gives a fair idea of its character: a narrow place in the hills, wooded and quiet, where the eye has to work to pick out a low mound or a ditch in the grass.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is where the day begins. Next is Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu.
2. Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Dosu forest lies above Buciumi, in the hills where Sălaj starts rising toward the Meseș range. It is a working woodland, not a showpiece: beech and oak, a few hornbeam, tracks cut by loggers, and a floor that smells strongly of leaf mould after rain. If you stop and kill the engine, the quiet is very complete. Wild boar and roe deer use these slopes, and the ground along the verges is often turned up by the former.
Read the complete Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu comes up 26 km in. Next is Poieni - Râmbușoi.
3. Poieni - Râmbușoi
West of Cluj, the valley of the Crișul Repede cuts through the hills toward the Hungarian plain, and the main road between Transylvania and the west follows it. The village of Poieni and the hill of Râmbușoi lie in this valley, between Huedin and Ciucea, with the forested slopes of the Vlădeasa massif, part of the Apuseni mountains, rising to the south. In Roman times, the frontier of Dacia ran through the hills to the north, along the Meseș mountains, and this corridor was a natural route to watch; hilltop positions in the area formed part of the defensive network, and the larger fort at Bologa guarded the valley nearby.
Read the complete Poieni - Râmbușoi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
51 km in you reach Poieni - Râmbușoi. Next is Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1.
4. Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1
Coasta Ogrăzii, the slope of the yard, is a hill name that recurs around Buciumi, and the first of the two points sits on the side of a ridge about five kilometres from Stârciu. Hillside names like this describe the old pattern of farming here: a garden or paddock on a slope close to the house, kept for fruit, vegetables or a cow, with the forest above and the stream below. It is a landscape of small scale, in which a family might own a dozen scattered plots of a few hundred square metres each.
Read the complete Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1, about halfway. Next is back through Poieni - Râmbușoi.
5. back through Poieni - Râmbușoi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Poieni - Râmbușoi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Poieni - Râmbușoi sits at 102 km, about halfway. Next is back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu.
6. back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu comes up 128 km in. Next is Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
7. Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor closes the day.
Leg by leg
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor to Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor → Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu to Poieni - Râmbușoi
Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu → Poieni - Râmbușoi is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Poieni - Râmbușoi to Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1
Poieni - Râmbușoi → Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1 is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1 to back through Poieni - Râmbușoi
Buciumi - Coasta Ogrăzii 1 → back through Poieni - Râmbușoi is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Poieni - Râmbușoi to back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu
back through Poieni - Râmbușoi → back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu to Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
back through Buciumi - Pădurea Dosu → Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.