Viforata MTB Green 34 km Mnst. Viforata - Pd. Gorgota - Glodeni - La Releu - Pd. Aninoasa - Viforata (ADE 130)

Route Length - 34 km. Offroad / gravel road - 29 km; asphalt / concrete slabs - 5 km

*** description, map & photos by FB page "Green trails MTB outdoor-fun"

Duration: 7h30m in my case, moderate pace with frequent breaks admiring landscapes, photos, visiting the monasteries Gorgota and Viforata, lunch break

The tour took place in May 2021. Bike type: MTB XC hardtail (not an E-bike)

My favorites: --- the descent and the forest between km 2 - 4.6; --- the trail and the forest between km 29.5 - 33.8; --- the viewpoint La Releu; --- the viewpoint Poiana Aninoasa; --- the descent between km 9 - 11; --- the descent between km 22.3 - 25

A complex bike trip very mountainous - with several ascents (some challenging) and descents, with beautiful landscapes and viewpoints, extensive forests, villages strung between hills.

The tour begins with a climb of approx. 2 km through the Aninoasa forest on the modernized gravel road, after which we continued to the right on a 2.6 km section until the edge of the village of Gorgota - composed of two cool descents - the first on gravel road, the second on a very flowy forest path (interrupted by a flat section of about 900 m).

From the edge of the village followed a nice trail of about 2.4 km in the Gorgota forest - at km 6.3 there was a sector of about 80 m a bit muddy followed by about 150 m of climbing on an uncyclable stretch of road where I pulled the bike beside me, after which I followed the dirt road that led into the village. At km 8 there followed 1 km of climbing on asphalt, the slope being quite challenging - at the end of the climb was the Gorgota monastery, an appropriate occasion to visit it. There follows a full-speed descent of 2 km with nice views of the village situated between hills, the journey continuing on gravel road.

At km 15.2 there followed a climb of about 1.2 km, also quite challenging - up to the point where we entered onto asphalt in the village of Malu Mierii, rewarded with a descent of 1.4 km. The road continues with a roller-coaster on asphalt until the village of Gusoiu, at the edge of which begins at km 20, on a grassy country road the climb towards the viewpoint La Releu. A challenging ascent of 2.3 km in which I also had to do a lot of push-bike, the views with the villages left behind and the tall mountains in the distance making me forget about the climb - from La Releu (I made a small detour towards this peak; the views and thick grass here signaled me that it was time to rest and snack on the sandwiches from my backpack) followed a simply great descent of 2.7 km down to the village of Aninoasa.

After a walk on asphalt through the village, we returned up on the hills with a climb of approx. 650 m - this was also quite demanding with push-bike included, making a detour towards the meadow Aninoasa - one of my favorite places on the route - and also a viewpoint. I returned on the modernized gravel road that crosses the Aninoasa forest towards Viforata, from km 29.9 also followed the last ascent of the trip - of about 1.3 km of which the first 600 m I traveled on the very flowy trail that goes through the coolness of the forest parallel to the gravel road - followed by a full-speed descent of 2.5 km back to the place where I started the tour.

Car access. From Bucharest I drove on the DN 7 to Tartasesti, from where I continued on the DN 71 to Targoviste at the crossing of the Ialomita river (a little after the roundabout in front of the Lukoil gas station on Gimnaziului street) - where the DN 71 intersects with DJ 719. From here we continued on DJ 719 to the village of Valea Voievozilor, where I turned left onto DN 72, and after about 2.5 km I continued to the right on DJ 717 for 1.8 km, from where I continued to the right on DJ 718 to the Viforata Monastery.

Have fun :)