Why this ride
Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Eastern Carpathians.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Prislop Pass
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 77 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 47
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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.
Access context
High passes are seasonal. Verify surface, weather and construction status. Specific flag: seasonal; weather.
Seasonal context
May-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Borşa
Borșa spreads along the Vișeu valley in northern Maramureș, a long straggling town of twenty-seven thousand with the high, bare ridge of the Rodna Mountains rising to the south. Pietrosul Rodnei, the highest summit, tops two thousand three hundred metres, and the range is a national park with alpine meadows, glacial lakes and a population of chamois. In winter the town becomes a ski resort, with a lift climbing the slopes above the spa suburb of Băile Borșa, where mineral springs rise in the woods.
Read the complete Borşa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Borşa sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Iacobeni.
2. Iacobeni
Iacobeni is a long village in the valley of the Bistrița Aurie, the Golden Bistrița, in the western corner of Bukovina, and it sits at the point where the road from Vatra Dornei heads off toward Cârlibaba and the Prislop pass. The river earned its golden name from the gold that was once panned from its gravels, and the valley around Iacobeni has a long history of mining, especially for manganese and iron, worked since the days when Bukovina was an Austrian crown land. The old mine workings and the ruins of industrial buildings can still be seen around the village, softened by grass and forest.
Read the complete Iacobeni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Iacobeni comes up 77 km in.