Teufelspfad Trailhead

The Teufelsschlucht is located on the eastern edge of the Ferschweiler plateau in the South Eifel nature park near Irrel.
It was formed towards the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago as a result of a rock fall or a series of rock falls.
The geological situation on the one hand and the climatic situation on the other were decisive for this event. The heavily fissured, more or less porous rock layers of the so-called Luxembourg sandstone (geologically classified in the lower Jura, also known as the Lias) lie on the layers of the Keuper, which tend to be impermeable to water. As the weathering progresses, this results in unstable storage due to the undercutting of the sandstone base. Towards the end of the last Ice Age, this undercut in combination with extensive frost blasting probably reached a maximum, which resulted in the aforementioned rockfalls.
Today numerous boulders on the slopes of the Ferschweiler plateau testify to the mass movements

As part of the small series "Wienpahl wandert", SWR television showed a 30-minute episode about three large and closely spaced highlights in the south-west Eifel (Eifel district Bitburg / Prüm): the Irreler waterfalls with Teufelsschlucht and Dino-Park. Here is the link to the SWR media library:
ardmediathek.de/video/landesschau-rheinland-pfalz/wienpahl-wandert-teufelsschlucht-und-irreler-wasserfaelle-urwald-und-jurassic-park-im-revier-der-pruem/swr-fernsehen Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzE0OTcwNjA /

Impressive rock formations, it goes up and down...
Very cool and drafty here.
Good sturdy shoes make sense 🥾🥾.
Great photo opportunities guaranteed 📸
No entry👍🏻
Can get crowded on weekends/holidays...