Why this ride
Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Apuseni Mountains.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 83 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 58
- 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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Access context
High passes are seasonal. Verify surface, weather and construction status. Specific flag: weather.
Seasonal context
May-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Huedin
Huedin is a small, busy town on the main road from Cluj to Oradea, and it is the place where many riders turn south into the Apuseni. It sits on the Crișul Repede, in a basin known in Hungarian as Kalotaszeg and in Romanian as Țara Călatei, a region famous for its folk culture, its elaborate embroidered costumes and its painted wooden church ceilings. The town itself has a mixed population of Romanians, Hungarians and Roma, and the Calvinist church in the centre, a fortified building with a painted ceiling, is a reminder of the area's Hungarian Protestant heritage.
Read the complete Huedin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Huedin sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Beliş.
2. Beliş
Beliș is a village on the shore of the Beliș-Fântânele reservoir, a long, winding lake in the upper valley of the Someșul Cald, high in the Apuseni mountains. The lake was created in the 1970s when a dam was built for hydroelectric power, and the rising water flooded the old village of Beliș and several others, forcing people to move to new houses higher up the slopes. In dry years, when the water level drops, the ruins of the old church emerge from the lake, and people come from all over to see them, a slightly eerie reminder of the lives that were submerged.
Read the complete Beliş write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Beliş comes up 24 km in. Next is Albac.
3. Albac
Albac is a Moți village on the upper Arieș, and its name is tied to one of the great stories of Transylvanian history. In 1784 a peasant from the village of Arada, just up the side valley, known as Horea, led a revolt of Romanian serfs against the Hungarian nobility, together with his companions Cloșca and Crișan. The uprising spread across the Apuseni and beyond, and it was put down with brutality; Horea and Cloșca were broken on the wheel at Alba Iulia the following year. Today Horea is a national hero, and the commune next door bears his name, with a memorial to the revolt and a fine wooden church where he is said to have prayed.
Read the complete Albac write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
83 km in you reach Albac.