Why this ride
70 km from Românaşi to Românaşi, about 1 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Buciumi - Grădiște, Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 and back through Buciumi - Grădiște. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu and Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 70 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 48
- 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. Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
Hentesu is the name of a hill near the village of Romanasi, in the Salaj hills of north-western Romania, and Dealul Hentesu is simply Hentesu Hill. It is a modest rise, but in this country of broad rounded ridges it commands good views.
Read the complete Românași - Dealul Hențeșu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu is where the day begins. Next is Buciumi - Grădiște.
2. Buciumi - Grădiște
Buciumi has a Roman fort, and a proper one. On a low hill above the village, the outline of a rectangular auxiliary fort has been excavated, with walls, gates and the foundations of the buildings inside, laid out to the standard Roman pattern with the headquarters in the middle and barracks to either side. It was one of the forts guarding the road and the passes of the Meseş mountains, a few kilometres from the larger fortress and town at Porolissum, and it held a unit of auxiliary troops, soldiers recruited from the provinces rather than citizen legionaries.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Grădiște comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2.
3. Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Beyond Ciucea the mountains of Apuseni begin to close in. The Vlădeasa massif, which rises to nearly eighteen hundred metres to the south, is the high point of the range and a place of bare ridges, beech forest and deep valleys, with a mountain lake and cabins for hikers. The road from Cluj to Oradea runs through the valley of the Crișul Repede below it, and the hills on either side are cut with side valleys where small villages cling to the slopes.
Read the complete Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 35 km into the recorded legs you reach Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2. Next is back through Buciumi - Grădiște.
4. back through Buciumi - Grădiște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Buciumi - Grădiște, late in the day. Next is Românași - Dealul Hențeșu.
5. Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Românași - Dealul Hențeșu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Românași - Dealul Hențeșu. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu to Buciumi - Grădiște
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu → Buciumi - Grădiște is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Grădiște to Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Buciumi - Grădiște → Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 to back through Buciumi - Grădiște
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 → back through Buciumi - Grădiște is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Buciumi - Grădiște to Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
back through Buciumi - Grădiște → Românași - Dealul Hențeșu is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.