Why this ride
245 km from Lozna to Lozna, about 5 h 09 of riding. On the way it passes Căpâlna - Hotroapă, Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1, Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș and back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor and Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 245 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 09
- 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. Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
A ridge called Dealul Hoancelor does not make it onto many maps, and the place is better understood from the landscape around it. This is the country of the Someș river in the north of Transylvania, between the Meseș mountains in the west and the hills of the Transylvanian plain to the east, and the valleys are broad, green and thickly farmed. The nearest places on our list are tiny villages, Lozna and Letca, and the closest town, Jibou, is about twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is where the day begins. Next is Căpâlna - Hotroapă.
2. Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Căpâlna sits in the Someș country northwest of Dej, in a landscape of long, rounded hills that the Transylvanian plateau does so well. Orchards, hayfields and small woods climb the slopes, villages sit where streams meet, and the horizon always seems to hold another soft ridge.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Hotroapă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Căpâlna - Hotroapă comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1.
3. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
The Năsăud country in northern Transylvania has a history that the rest of Europe barely noticed. In 1762 the Habsburg authorities set up a military frontier here, enrolling local Romanian peasants as border guards in return for land and privileges, and for nearly a century the villages of the region lived under a mix of farm work and army discipline. The result was a surprisingly literate, organised society, with schools and a strong sense of identity, which produced a number of poets and writers. The novelist Liviu Rebreanu was born in the nearby village of Târlișua, and the poet George Coșbuc grew up not far from here.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 81 km into the recorded legs you reach Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1. Next is Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș.
4. Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș
Muncel is a village in the hills north-east of Dej, and the thing to know about Dej is salt. The town, with about thirty-eight thousand people, stands at the confluence of the Somesul Mare and the Somesul Mic, the two rivers that together form the Somes, and for centuries it was one of the centres of salt production in Transylvania, with a mine at Ocna Dej whose old galleries and ponds are now used for swimming and health cures. Salt was the white gold of the Middle Ages, and the Hungarian kings, and the Romans before them, took good care to control it.
Read the complete Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș, about halfway. Next is back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1.
5. back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă.
6. back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Hotroapă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă comes up about 204 km into the recorded legs. Next is Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
7. Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor closes the day.
Leg by leg
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor to Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor → Căpâlna - Hotroapă is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Căpâlna - Hotroapă to Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
Căpâlna - Hotroapă → Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 to Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 → Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș to back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș → back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 to back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă
back through Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 → back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă to Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă → Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.