The Felsenweg is named after the red sandstone rocks of the Rur Eifel, the dolomite rocks in the Gerolsteiner Land and the volcanic rocks of the southern Eifel.

This main hiking trail (HWW) of the Eifelverein connects the Rur Valley with the Moselle Valley and leads over the Kermeter, in the Eifel National Park into the Oleftal, from there to the source of the Ahr in Blankenheim, on into the Kyll Valley, crosses the Gerolstein Dolomites and the Volcanic Eifel, continues along the Kyll and ends at the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge in Trier.

Route description

In Speicher, first continue along Kirchstraße, then turn right - out of the bend in Grünecken into Preister Straße. Turn right out of the bend, downhill on the slope path, past the sewage treatment plant and through the forest, in hairpin bends into the Kyll valley. Follow the meanders of the Kyll and along the railroad line to the former Heinzkyll mill, now uninhabited, which is on the other side of the track (5.4 km), to Auw an der Kyll (6.2 km, station). Take the L 2 to the other side of the railroad and Kyll. Along the Kyll past the former Wellkyll mill with chapel (8 km) - mills operated until 1965, today the water of the Kyll powers a small power station. To the village of Kyll an der Kyll, also with a chapel (9.7 km) - former oil and fulling mill, today a power station is attached to generate electricity. First in an easterly direction on the Kylltalweg, from its bend turn left on hillside paths with changing directions through the forest. After the bend to the right above Daufenbach in a southerly direction. After a few bends along the slope of the Brandenberg, after another 1.5 km the Eifelsteig trail joins from the left. Follow it downhill in further hairpin bends to Kordel on the Bahnhofstraße (20 km).

Route: Speicher - Heinzkyller Mühle - Auw an der Kyll - Wellkyll - Kyll - Kordel.

(Source: Eifelverein.de)