Black Forest Bike Tour: Hiking in the Black Forest
Posted by Cassie, November 11th, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
We were originally planning to continue riding through the Black Forest, but we were enjoying being in the mountains so much that we decided to spend an extra day in Titisee and hike in the mountains. We hiked from Titisee to Hinterzarten, and it was beautiful hiking through the lush pine forests with moss and ferns everywhere. We stopped at a bakery in Hinterzarten for lunch, and I got the apple strudel. It was delicious! I made a pledge to eat lots of apple strudel while we were in Germany. 🙂
Hinterzarten
Since it did not take us very long to hike to Hinterzarten, we decided to hike to the Feldberg, the highest mountain in the Black Forest, at 1,493 meters. There was a cable car up to the top of the Feldberg, and on clear days, you are supposed to be able to see the Alps. We hiked by the pretty mountain lake, Feldsee.
Feldsee
When we arrived at the cable car up the mountain, a bunch of sheep was being herded through the fields under the cable car. The herding dogs were running around and gathering up all the stray sheep. It was really fun to watch.
Feldberg cable car and herd of sheep under it
We decided to get some ice cream before going on the cable car. However, as we were eating our ice cream, the cable car stopped! I looked at my watch, and it was 5:05pm. We couldn’t believe that the cable car stopped running at 5pm. Everything in Titisee was open until 6pm, so we figured we had another hour before it closed down. We checked the bus schedule for getting back to Titisee, and the last bus was at 5:30pm. We had hiked all the way to the Feldberg, and we were so close to getting to the top! We had to catch the bus in order to make it back to Titisee before dark, so we left without seeing the view from the top. It wasn’t a very clear day, so we probably wouldn’t have been able to see the Alps from the top anyway.
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