A rare natural phenomenon and an example of river bifurcation in a mountain environment. From the valley on the Šariš side, under the Branisko saddle, a river flows, which winds and meanders through the Šariš Highlands and emerges on the Spiš side through the Diablo Spring. Part of the water flows into the Diablova hole - a cave opening in the limestone part of the mountain massif, to flow out of the outlet on the Spiš side of the ridge as the Bystrík stream. The other part of the waters of the Velka Svinka flows further along its bed on the Šariš side up to the confluence with the Mala Svinka - from there on as the Svinka River. According to the legend, there used to be a tavern on that place and, as it happens, the innkeeper had a quarrel with the devil because he wanted more than he could have. So the horned one got angry, stamped his hoof and the tavern and the innkeeper went underground. A hole in the ground was left in its place. Today the submerged cave is under a rock overhang. The entrance is small and passes through two steep and narrow rapids. Behind them is an arched passage with a descent, about 120 m long. It is possible to enter the cave, but we do not recommend it, for safety reasons, but mainly because of the natural phenomenon that would suffer by doing so. By visiting this phenomenon you can enrich your hike from the pass to Smrekovica.
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