Why this ride
301 km from Nimigea de Sus to Nimigea de Sus, about 5 h 40 of riding. It goes by way of Bârsău Mare - Cetate, Stâna - La Oroieși and back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Zagra - Dealul Lupului and Stâna - La Oroieși
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 301 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 40
- 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. Zagra - Dealul Lupului
Zagra is the last farming village before the land begins to climb in earnest toward the Rodna mountains, the highest range in the Eastern Carpathians north of the Prislop pass. Pietrosul Rodnei, at about 2,300 metres, is the summit, and the whole massif is protected as a national park and biosphere reserve, with glacial lakes, rocky ridges and alpine meadows that stay snowy into June. From the Dealul Lupului, the Wolf Hill, you look across a patchwork of hayfields toward those peaks, which look closer than they are.
Read the complete Zagra - Dealul Lupului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zagra - Dealul Lupului is where the day begins. Next is Bârsău Mare - Cetate.
2. Bârsău Mare - Cetate
In the north of Transylvania, the Someș river winds through a valley of green hills, woods and villages with wooden churches and haystacks, and on a hilltop near the village of Bârsău Mare, the faint remains of a Roman fortification overlook the valley. This was part of the northern frontier of Roman Dacia, the province created after Trajan's conquest in the early second century, and it is one of the sites included in the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Bârsău Mare - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bârsău Mare - Cetate comes up about 69 km into the recorded legs. Next is Stâna - La Oroieși.
3. 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
about 150 km into the recorded legs you reach Stâna - La Oroieși. Next is back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate.
4. back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bârsău Mare - Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate, late in the day. Next is Zagra - Dealul Lupului.
5. Zagra - Dealul Lupului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zagra - Dealul Lupului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Zagra - Dealul Lupului. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Zagra - Dealul Lupului to Bârsău Mare - Cetate
Zagra - Dealul Lupului → Bârsău Mare - Cetate is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bârsău Mare - Cetate to Stâna - La Oroieși
Bârsău Mare - Cetate → Stâna - La Oroieși is 81 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stâna - La Oroieși to back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate
Stâna - La Oroieși → back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate to Zagra - Dealul Lupului
back through Bârsău Mare - Cetate → Zagra - Dealul Lupului is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.