It is supposed to be an insider tip, an experience. Hidden away, not signposted and only known to those who know the area. The trendiest bar in the Eifel? No, it's a road through the forest, a mundane stretch of tarmac. Several cyclists in the region have raved about it as if it were their first childhood love. We want to get to know it. At the point described, we turn right off the main road 258 onto a narrow path to Dedenborn, which leads us into an old beech forest. A few rays of sunlight break through the leaves and bathe the forest in early autumn colours. We descend quickly - almost too quickly to capture all the fleeting impressions: the sweet smell of wilting leaves and rotting wood, the screeching of the buzzard high above the treetops and the view over the Rur valley. Down below, on the steep banks of the Rur reservoir, perhaps the ten most beautiful kilometres in the Eifel lie behind us.
You can download the entire travel article and the GPS data for these tours below:
- Tour 1: Rurseerunde (110 km, 1,460 m elevation gain, max. altitude 626 m, max. gradient 14 per cent, hilly characteristics)
- Tour 2: Border tour (89 km, 1,150 m elevation gain, max. altitude 595 m, max. gradient 18 per cent, hilly characteristics)
You can find out all about the short trip through the High Fens Nature Park in the Eifel in TOUR 10/2012 (Publication date at the kiosk: 26/09/2012)
GPS DATA: TOUR offers the tour data for free download. You can download the tracks in GPX format directly onto a GPS device or view them on your computer in Google Earth or Google Maps.
