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View of the High Fens Plateau

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View of the High Fens Plateau

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

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Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Along the Hill River – Schwarzsee loop from Sourbrodt

25.4km

01:46

350m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Signal de Botrange Gravel Path – Beautiful forest road loop from Hockai

38.6km

03:07

390m

Expert bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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3. Schwarzsee – High Fens loop from Weywertz

42.8km

03:02

530m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Martin Donat

January 11, 2018

The "Hohe Venn" is a high moor with such special flora and fauna, that here everything is under nature protection. It is Belgium's largest nature reserve.

The landscape here is very open and overgrown with typical moorland plants. I have not tried it, but I'm pretty sure you would immediately sink knee deep into the mud as soon as you leave one of the trails. The view up here definitely makes for "wow" moments.

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DirtyDropbars

October 6, 2022

The plateau of the High Fens is one of the last pieces of wilderness in our regions. It is located in and around the Eupen-Monschau-Malmedy-Spa quadrangle. The core of the area is a ridge of old slate, with peaks up to 694 meters above sea level, the highest part of the entire Benelux. 10,000 years ago – after the last ice age – the first raised bogs formed on the poor, poorly permeable soil.

Villages and small towns dot the flanks of the high plateau, but the core of the area, the size of half a province, is quite unspoilt, with no habitation or traces of agriculture. In the desolate primordial landscape on top of the plateau, the vastness and raw emptiness dominate, especially in winter. A rugged environment, but a dream for true hikers and nature lovers!

The soil here is extremely nutrient-poor, the climate downright arctic. Everything grows very slowly here. That can hardly be otherwise in an area where the winter lasts 8 months and where only 4 months are reserved for spring, summer and autumn…

By far our favorite region in Belgium for cycling.

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Dany

August 23, 2017

Great viewing platform from which you have a great view over the Hohe Venn.

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Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

View of the High Fens Plateau

1. Along the Hill River – Schwarzsee loop from Sourbrodt

2. Signal de Botrange Gravel Path – Beautiful forest road loop from Hockai

3. Schwarzsee – High Fens loop from Weywertz

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