Los ging der Fahrradtrip with the aim of Liège (Belgium) on an April morning, with the best cycling weather, cheerful and pleasant temperatures. start of the tour was the train station on the Upper Jünkerath Kyll. From there, the Kyll Valley Cycle Route was followed up the river through the villages Glaadt, Niederkyll Stadtkyll and until the Crown Burger lake was reached, accumulate in the headwaters of several Kyll.
was at the western end of the lake, then further up the river (the slope makes itself felt slowly but surely) Frauenkron by the official signs along the Kyll Valley Cycle Route, which will be seen later as a mistake. Really steep, it is then that is behind Frauenkron, after the Western Wall was happening, where the signs posted around a seemingly random dirt roads in the forested headwaters of the Kyll. It is therefore a roller-coaster ride was more or less muddy dirt roads, plus tw. Slalom the aftermath of the recent storm lows. After the ups and downs through the woods then dither the vertex of our bike tour was reached, which is also the border with Belgium: Losheimergraben (. 675m above sea level). In retrospect it might have been better to drive on the highway impact Losheim Hall. The dismantled a few years ago running parallel line was unfortunately not (yet) turned into a bike path.
why it went from Losheimergraben continue through the country roads toward Malmedy. This route is mainly here on the High Moor - an area with few deep valleys. These come again until Waimes (Valley of Warchenne), where you already can see work on a bike path along the old railway line Jünkerath-Losheim-Malmedy-Trois Ponts (the cycle track was released in late August 2010!). Before Waimes also the German-French-speaking language barrier has been exceeded. After they had climbed the last pitch behind Waimes, you could be the last 4km to Malmedy nice roll.
stayed overnight in the hostel Malmedy, located just outside the city center in the Valley of Warche. This is highly recommended: clean, modern and a great breakfast (the night has cost 18 €).
that we would make it to Liege not complete with bicycle was actually clear before, that was the minimum target of a bike station in Coo (known for the waterfall), which were then achieved in the morning. Again, we were unfortunately a few months too early, because the bike path was under construction and we had tw. Continue on feeder road, the highways were to the abbey town of Stavelot also highly frequented.
Before the train went to Liege, has not yet reviewed the waterfall. This is with 15 Meters high, the largest waterfall in Belgium and was created by man in order to shorten a Talmäander of Amel (Fr. Amblève). In the former river bed is now a large reservoir of a pumped storage power plant (see google earth view).
the station had too little time should be spent, because the trains on the railway line Gouvy-Luxembourg-Liège, unfortunately, only two hours. With the arrival of the IR-train SNCB we were right kind received by the conductor, who advised us to the bikes in a first-class compartment to stop the train, where we then also after the purchase of tickets (Coo-Liège and bicycle ticket) were allowed to remain seated. Such a friendly Behavior is not one of the conductors DB usual.
Liege to the city I will go in the second part .
Larger Map
conclusion of the tour:
The challenging route through the headwaters of the Kyll, and the Belgian country roads invite actually not particularly to cycling for "normal" cyclists like me. The entire route (ca.75km) I would however like to go again in a few years when the old railway line was completely rebuilt into a cycle and represent an attractive east-west connection.
was at the western end of the lake, then further up the river (the slope makes itself felt slowly but surely) Frauenkron by the official signs along the Kyll Valley Cycle Route, which will be seen later as a mistake. Really steep, it is then that is behind Frauenkron, after the Western Wall was happening, where the signs posted around a seemingly random dirt roads in the forested headwaters of the Kyll. It is therefore a roller-coaster ride was more or less muddy dirt roads, plus tw. Slalom the aftermath of the recent storm lows. After the ups and downs through the woods then dither the vertex of our bike tour was reached, which is also the border with Belgium: Losheimergraben (. 675m above sea level). In retrospect it might have been better to drive on the highway impact Losheim Hall. The dismantled a few years ago running parallel line was unfortunately not (yet) turned into a bike path. why it went from Losheimergraben continue through the country roads toward Malmedy. This route is mainly here on the High Moor - an area with few deep valleys. These come again until Waimes (Valley of Warchenne), where you already can see work on a bike path along the old railway line Jünkerath-Losheim-Malmedy-Trois Ponts (the cycle track was released in late August 2010!). Before Waimes also the German-French-speaking language barrier has been exceeded. After they had climbed the last pitch behind Waimes, you could be the last 4km to Malmedy nice roll.
stayed overnight in the hostel Malmedy, located just outside the city center in the Valley of Warche. This is highly recommended: clean, modern and a great breakfast (the night has cost 18 €).
that we would make it to Liege not complete with bicycle was actually clear before, that was the minimum target of a bike station in Coo (known for the waterfall), which were then achieved in the morning. Again, we were unfortunately a few months too early, because the bike path was under construction and we had tw. Continue on feeder road, the highways were to the abbey town of Stavelot also highly frequented.
Before the train went to Liege, has not yet reviewed the waterfall. This is with 15 Meters high, the largest waterfall in Belgium and was created by man in order to shorten a Talmäander of Amel (Fr. Amblève). In the former river bed is now a large reservoir of a pumped storage power plant (see google earth view). the station had too little time should be spent, because the trains on the railway line Gouvy-Luxembourg-Liège, unfortunately, only two hours. With the arrival of the IR-train SNCB we were right kind received by the conductor, who advised us to the bikes in a first-class compartment to stop the train, where we then also after the purchase of tickets (Coo-Liège and bicycle ticket) were allowed to remain seated. Such a friendly Behavior is not one of the conductors DB usual.
Liege to the city I will go in the second part .
Larger Map
conclusion of the tour:
The challenging route through the headwaters of the Kyll, and the Belgian country roads invite actually not particularly to cycling for "normal" cyclists like me. The entire route (ca.75km) I would however like to go again in a few years when the old railway line was completely rebuilt into a cycle and represent an attractive east-west connection.
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