Hiking loops in the Upper Ahr Valley and the Eifel

Hiking in Close Contact with Nature
Just a stone’s throw from the bustling Nürburgring, a completely different world opens up: quiet, vast, and full of unspoiled nature. In the Obere Ahr Hocheifel Nature Reserve, it’s not the roar of engines that sets the pace, but the flapping of rare birds’ wings—bird wings instead of horsepower.
Time and again, impressive panoramas open up along the trails, letting your gaze wander and your heart expand. The wooden viewing platform “Dörfer Blick” or the Kottenborner Schweiz viewpoint are places that give you a feeling of weightlessness—almost as if you were floating above the green Eifel.
The Müllenwirft Loop and the Wirftbach Loop also delight with their tranquil stream meadows, rustic forest passages, and high-altitude trails that repeatedly reveal surprising views of the mighty Aremberg or the ruins of the Nürburg—the striking “black mountain,” the historic Mons Nore. A spot on one of the forest benches invites you to pause, take a deep breath, and arrive in the here and now. This is exactly what true relaxation feels like.
Those who wish to show their gratitude or seek a personal moment of silence will find in the parish church of St. Wendelinus in Kirmutscheid a place where the region’s deep connection to nature can be felt—or simply along the way, at any spot that invites you to pause.
Hiking in the Hocheifel Nürburgring region means: slowing down, experiencing nature intensely, and letting yourself be carried by a landscape that has become rare—and is all the more precious for it.