Why this ride
An 83 km round trip from Zalău - roughly 1 h 45 in the saddle. It goes by way of Prodănești - Pe Șanț, Cliț - Fața Chicerii and back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus and Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 83 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 45
- 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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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. Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
The Romans did not build their frontier in Dacia as a single wall. They built it as a chain of forts, watchtowers and signal posts along the crest of the Meseș mountains in what is now north-western Romania, and Moigrad is where the chain had its main fortress. The ancient town was called Porolissum, and it controlled the Meseș Gate, a natural pass through the ridge, where merchants paid customs and soldiers watched for raiders from the north. Walk the site today and you find an amphitheatre, a forum, a temple, stretches of the fort wall and long grassy slopes, all overlooking the green valley below.
Read the complete Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus is where the day begins. Next is Prodănești - Pe Șanț.
2. Prodănești - Pe Șanț
"Pe Șanț" means on the ditch, and in Romanian hill country that word is nearly always a clue. A șanț is an earthwork, a trench or rampart, and the countryside of Sălaj holds many of them, from Roman-era frontier lines to medieval and prehistoric defences.
Read the complete Prodănești - Pe Șanț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Prodănești - Pe Șanț comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
3. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Northern Sălaj is quiet country: low wooded hills, hay meadows, plum orchards and villages strung along the Someș river and its side valleys, with wooden churches and haystacks built around poles in the fields. Cliț is a small village near Băbeni, and the point named Fața Chicerii lies in the hills above it. Names in this list follow the pattern of the Romanian archaeological record, a village and then the local name of a hillside, and in this part of Sălaj many such points belong to the line of watchtowers and small forts of the Roman frontier of Dacia, which UNESCO recognised in 2024.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 42 km into the recorded legs you reach Cliț - Fața Chicerii. Next is back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț.
4. back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Prodănești - Pe Șanț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț, late in the day. Next is Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus.
5. Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus to Prodănești - Pe Șanț
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus → Prodănești - Pe Șanț is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Prodănești - Pe Șanț to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Prodănești - Pe Șanț → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț to Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
back through Prodănești - Pe Șanț → Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.