Why this ride
95 km from Zalău to Zalău, about 1 h 57 of riding. It goes by way of Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2, Cliț - Fața Chicerii and back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Stâna - La Oroieși and Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 95 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 57
- 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. Stâna - La Oroieși
On the hills above Zalău, in the county of Sălaj in northwestern Romania, the Roman Empire reached its northern limit in Dacia. After Trajan conquered the Dacian kingdom in 106, the Romans built a frontier system along the edges of the new province, with forts, watchtowers, walls and ditches, and in 2024 UNESCO listed it as the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia. The site at Stâna, La Oroieși, is one of many small elements of that frontier: a watchtower or defensive line on a ridge, where soldiers watched over the approaches from the free Dacian lands beyond. There is little to see on the ground, but the location, with views over the hills, explains why it was chosen.
Read the complete Stâna - La Oroieși write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Stâna - La Oroieși is where the day begins. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
2. Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
The Roman province of Dacia had a northern frontier that ran along the hills of what is now Sălaj county, in north-western Romania, around the great fortress of Porolissum. Here the Limes was not a continuous wall but a network of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks set on hilltops with views over the valleys. Vârful Cigleanului, a hilltop near the village of Ciglean, close to Jibou, held one of these watchtowers, and the number in the name marks it as one of several in the area.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 comes up about 27 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 48 km into the recorded legs you reach Cliț - Fața Chicerii. Next is back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
4. back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2, late in the day. Next is Stâna - La Oroieși.
5. Stâna - La Oroieși
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stâna - La Oroieși write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Stâna - La Oroieși. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Stâna - La Oroieși to Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
Stâna - La Oroieși → Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 to Stâna - La Oroieși
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Stâna - La Oroieși is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.