CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 492 km round trip from Câţcău - roughly 11 h 13 in the saddle. The stops in between: Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci, Maramarosh and back through Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Romania into Ukraine - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. The line favours views over speed.
The name is a mouthful, and a good one: the Ridge of the Wolf's Clearing, on the hill of Muncel, above the Someș valley north-east of Dej. Somewhere along this wooded crest the Romans kept a lookout on the northern border of Dacia, watching the valleys for movement from the free tribes beyond. Watchtowers like this one were the eyes of the frontier, signalling to the forts below, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. On the ground, expect very little: perhaps a low mound, a ditch or scattered stones under the trees. It is a place for imagination and a walk rather than a monument.
Read the complete Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului write-up.
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Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci comes up 62 km in. Next is Maramarosh.
On the map, the line between Romania and Ukraine runs along the Tisza river here, and on either side of it the Carpathians rise in forested ridges. Maramarosh is the old name for the whole region, Maramureș to Romanians, and it is also the name of a protected forest within the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve on the Ukrainian side, one component of the World Heritage inscription for ancient and primeval beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe. These are forests where beech trees have grown undisturbed since the last ice age, with giants several hundred years old and a richness of life that has vanished from most of Europe.
Read the complete Maramarosh write-up.
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123 km in you reach Maramarosh. Next is back through Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci write-up.
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back through Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci, late in the day. Next is Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului. That is the ride.
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci → Maramarosh is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Maramarosh → back through Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci → Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.