Why this ride
From Treznea it runs 76 km to Treznea; allow about 1 h 43 of riding. The stops in between: Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Treznea - Cărbunarea and Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 76 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 43
- 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. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
4. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor, late in the day. Next is Treznea - Cărbunarea.
5. Treznea - Cărbunarea
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Treznea - Cărbunarea. That is the ride.
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 back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor
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.