Why this ride
From Treznea it runs 153 km to Treznea; allow about 3 h 15 of riding. It goes by way of Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor, Tihău - Dealul Cucului, Cliț - Fața Chicerii and Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Treznea - Cărbunarea and Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 153 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 15
- 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. Treznea - Cărbunarea
Treznea is a quiet village in the hills southeast of Zalău, the kind of place where the loudest sound is a cockerel or a tractor. Yet its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian memory. In September 1940, shortly after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary under the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the area killed dozens of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, and burned houses. A memorial in the village commemorates the victims. It is a sombre reminder that the beautiful hills of Transylvania have seen terrible things.
Read the complete Treznea - Cărbunarea write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea - Cărbunarea is where the day begins. Next is Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
2. Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Roman Dacia's north-western frontier ran along the crest of the Meseș mountains, and the hill country around Mirșid, east of Zalău, is laced with its traces: watchtowers, earthworks and small forts placed so that each could see the next. In 2024 these remains became part of the World Heritage listing for the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia. The name of the spot, La Strâmtură by the wolves' brook, gives a fair idea of its character: a narrow place in the hills, wooded and quiet, where the eye has to work to pick out a low mound or a ditch in the grass.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
3. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
4. 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
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Planning note
Cliț - Fața Chicerii, about halfway. Next is Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
5. Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Ileanda is a village in the north of Sălaj county, where the river Someș swings north-west out of the Transylvanian basin through a valley flanked by wooded hills. On the hill called Ciuha, above the village, the Romans had a post on the northern edge of their province of Dacia, one of the watchtowers and forts that guarded the frontier from the second to the third century. The site belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. Do not expect a ruin with walls to wander through: what survives is mostly earthwork and traces in the ground, and the joy lies in the climb and the view rather than the remains.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha sits at 69 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
6. back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
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Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii comes up about 100 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
7. back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 115 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
8. back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor, late in the day. Next is Treznea - Cărbunarea.
9. Treznea - Cărbunarea
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea - Cărbunarea write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 153 km.
Leg by leg
Treznea - Cărbunarea to Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
Treznea - Cărbunarea → Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor to Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha to back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii to back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii → back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului to back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor to Treznea - Cărbunarea
back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor → Treznea - Cărbunarea is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.