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Hausach is the gateway to the central/southern Black Forest – a region of more open farmland and softer contours. But the climb back up to the ridge is pretty steep, and this stage tots up another 1000+ altitude metres on its way to Wilhelmshöhe. The higher mountains are getting closer now and the open long-distance views across the rolling hills lift the spirit – compensating for the fact that from Neueck to Süßes Häusle the trail runs rather close to the busy B500. Thereafter, the panoramic vistas are unimpeded and a pure joy, almost all the way to Titisee – a busy tourist spot on the largest natural lake in the Black Forest.

Lake Titisee, the largest natural lake in the Black Forest region (Stage 9)

In Titisee the trail splits and you have to decide whether to continue along the western edge of the massif, taking in some of the highest peaks – Feldberg, Belchen and Hochblauen – before descending through the rolling vineyards and orchards of Markgräflerland, or whether to take a more easterly route, via Herzogenhorn and Blößling to Todtmoos and the open farmland of Dinkelberg, to reach Basel.