Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gerolstein

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gerolstein

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Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel – Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel loop from Gerolstein

03:51

75.2km

1,230m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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After 36.2 km for 231 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.15 km

View of Gerolstein Castle

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It is a beautiful route towards Gerolstein with a great panorama and a view of the castle.

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31.3 km

Meerfelder Maar

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A great destination with a fantastic panorama:

The maar is at least 30,000 years old and, according to the latest findings, is probably even 40,000 years old. [2] In 1978 …

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36.2 km

View of the Manderscheid Castles

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Beautiful castles! The lower castle is big and you can even visit it, but the upper castle is free to enter and you have a wonderful view of the lower castle!

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50.8 km

Maare-Moselle Cycle Path

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Beautiful because there is no traffic, very moderate gradients.

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51.9 km

Mosel-Maare Cycle Path

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Very good surface, lots of deciduous forest

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54.1 km

Old Schalkenmehren Train Station

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"Old Station" Schalkenmehren
Passenger service between Daun and Wittlich was discontinued on November 1, 1981.
Schalkenmehren. Approaching the Old Station in Schalkenmehren on the former railway line, today's Maare-Mosel cycle …

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56.0 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

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Nice route with a nice cooling down when driving through the tunnel.

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56.6 km

Großes Schlitzohr Tunnel

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The former railway tunnel of the Eifelquerbahn near Mehren, known as the "Großes Schlitzohr," is part of the Maare-Mosel cycle path and offers a refreshing dip in both summer and winter. At 560 meters long, it's already astonishingly long.

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72.7 km

Kyll

Lake

75.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

51.5 km

16.6 km

4.79 km

1.35 km

811 m

246 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

72.8 km

2.11 km

226 m

146 m

Elevation

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Saturday 10 October

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Comments

June 15, 2022,Eifelradwege Genußrunde

After a quite strenuous little hike, a leisurely round was announced for the evening. Except for the last 3 km of gravel before Daun, the Kosmosradweg is a dream, especially in the heat, nice and shady, swinging left and right, up and down, asphalted and car-free. At the train station there was a refreshment with 70s cult music with the …

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