Why this ride
210 km from Surduc to Surduc, about 4 h 37 of riding. It goes by way of Porolissum, Hurez - Sub Cornet 1, Poieni - Horhiș and back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii and Poieni - Horhiș
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 210 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 37
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Surduc is a village in the Someș valley in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, where the river cuts a narrow path through hills on its way toward Baia Mare. Above the village, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Hrăii stream, there are traces of a Roman watchtower, part of the frontier of the province of Dacia. The nearby villages of Tihău and Băbeni, and the town of Jibou, are all close by.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is where the day begins. Next is Porolissum.
2. Porolissum
On a hill above the village of Moigrad, the Roman town of Porolissum guarded a key pass through the Meseș mountains, the gateway to Roman Dacia from the north-west. Founded as a military camp after the conquest in 106, it grew into a town of thousands, with a large fort, an amphitheatre, temples, baths and a customs post, and it became a municipium, a self-governing city, under the emperor Septimius Severus. The ruins are among the most impressive Roman remains in Romania, with a reconstructed fort gate, walls and parts of the town, and they are part of the frontier sites of Roman Dacia.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Porolissum comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - Sub Cornet 1.
3. Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
The ridge of the Meseş mountains runs like a low, wooded wall across northern Transylvania, and the Romans, after they conquered Dacia in AD 106, made it the northern frontier of their new province. They built forts in the valleys, watchtowers on the high points and a road to link them, and this area near Hurez and Cornet lies within that line. The name on our list, Sub Cornet, means below the Cornet, which suggests a hill or ridge overhead, and the pattern of sites around here is of small watchtowers positioned to see along the valleys.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 58 km into the recorded legs you reach Hurez - Sub Cornet 1. Next is Poieni - Horhiș.
4. Poieni - Horhiș
The Crisul Repede is the river that cuts through the Apuseni Mountains in north-western Romania, and it carries the main road and the railway between Cluj and Oradea along its valley. Poieni and Horhis lie on the hills just above this corridor, in the zone where the great bulk of the Apuseni gives way to lower, rolling farmland. Ciucea, down in the valley, is the nearest village of any size, and is known for a small castle that once belonged to Octavian Goga, a Romanian poet who briefly served as prime minister in the 1930s. He is buried there, and the house is now a museum.
Read the complete Poieni - Horhiș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Poieni - Horhiș, about halfway. Next is back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1.
5. back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Porolissum.
6. back through Porolissum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Porolissum comes up about 185 km into the recorded legs. Next is Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
7. Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii closes the day.
Leg by leg
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii to Porolissum
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Porolissum is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum to Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
Porolissum → Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 to Poieni - Horhiș
Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 → Poieni - Horhiș is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Poieni - Horhiș to back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1
Poieni - Horhiș → back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 to back through Porolissum
back through Hurez - Sub Cornet 1 → back through Porolissum is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Porolissum to Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii
back through Porolissum → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.