MTB: Vulkan-Trails - die Tour mit Lava & Co.

Explore the beauty of the volcanic landscape on your mountain bike tour around Dreis and Dockweiler, and discover the traces that volcanic activity has left in the region.

You’ll start in the center of Dreis, where you can take a sip of water from the Vulkania healing spring—a genuine Eifel “Drees”—before setting off on your bike. From Dreis, you’ll ride into the wonderful landscape of the Vulkaneifel, which will enchant you with its gently rolling hills, cheerfully babbling streams, and lush forests. Passing by the outskirts of Dockweiler and the Dockweiler lava pit, forest and field paths take you halfway around the Ernstberg. Along the Berlinger Bach, a detour takes you to the banks of the Kleine Kyll near Pelm and back again. Passing the Hohenfels-Essingen lava pits, the route continues toward Betteldorf. The view of the Döhmberg accompanies you all the way to the Dreiser Weiher. The Dreiser Weiher is a dry maar of enormous proportions. It is one of the largest maars in the Eifel and was formed between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago—a mere blink of an eye in geological terms.

Highlights:

• Vulkania Healing Spring
• Dockweiler Lava Pit
• Hohenfels-Essingen Lava Pit
• Dreiser Weiher