Usturoiul Valley – Pleștioara Peak – Romană Valley – Bodi Lake

Cycling style - Cross-country 

Degree of difficulty - intermediate 

Minimum equipment - MTB hardtail bike 

Water sources - the springs on the Usturoiul Valley, the springs of the Romana Valley
Route condition - mainly consisting of forest roads and paths, asphalted sections being only in Baia Mare and the connection road Romana Valley and the beginning of the ascent to Bodi Lake. 

The route traveled starts from the Stadium area to the Usturoiul Valley,  continuing on the asphalt road to the last house. We go on the forest road that climbs, pass by the Usturoiul 1 abandoned Chalet, and we reach the barrier near the Usturoiul 2 Chalet. After we pass the barrier, we take it to the left and climb the forest road that meanders until we reach Poiana Pleştioara. From Poiana Pleştioara we take it to the right and begin to climb to the ridge (if we take it through the forest to the right, we discover on a tree the sign to the Pleștioara Peak). From the ridge we take it to the left on the forest road that descends on a short segment, after which it begins to climb to the right, towards the Tocastru Peak. We take the level curve near the Tocastru Peak and descend towards the Ostra Peak. After we get out of the forest and descend through a deforested area, we leave the road and take it on a forest road to the left (before the steep and muddy descent of the road), bypassing the Ostra Peak through the forest. The road descends until it intersects with a forest road, a place from which we take it to the right and climb a short section (an area from which you can admire the Firizei Valley, Piatra Bulzului, the Igniș Peak), after which the road descends to the Romana Valley. We go out to the asphalt road and take it to the right towards Ferneziu, and after passing the Shopping Centre and the blocks of flats in Ferneziu we take it again to the right and climb to Ferneziu Bodi Lake. We continue on the left side of the lake and, after passing the barrier, we take it to the left on the forest road that descends to the Water Plant, from where we descend into Grivitei Street. 

*Map, text and video source: https://maramures-bike.ro/