Schneifel

The Schneifel is a range of low mountains, up to 699.1 m above sea level (NHN),[1] in the western part of the Eifel in Germany, near the Belgian border.

Winters in this low mountainous region are unusually cold and snowy for western and parts of central Europe and snow lies here for longer than anywhere else in the Eifel.

As a result, the winter sports season is longer here than in the surrounding region.

The Schneifel is covered along its entire length by the ruins of bunkers which formed part of the Siegfried Line.

On the heights of the Schneifel is the former US radar station, Prüm Air Station, and the Schnee Eifel transmission tower for terrestrial TV and VHF which, with a height of 224 m is clearly visible for miles.

The rather unassuming, long ridge of the Schneifel viewed from the Weißer Stein