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Stage 13A Kandern to Basel

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Stage 10B Titisee to Feldbergpass

Stage 11B Feldbergpass to Weißenbachsattel

Stage 12B Weißenbachsattel to Hasel

Stage 13B Hasel to Degerfelden

Stage 14B Degerfelden to Basel

Appendix A Route summary table

Appendix B Accommodation

Appendix C Further information

Appendix D German–English glossary

Wolfsgraben – one of many narrow gorges on the southern fringe of the Black Forest (Stage 13B)

INTRODUCTION

In the far southwestern corner of Germany lies a small mountain range of worldwide fame: the legendary Black Forest, noted for its fairytale scenery and traditions, its cuckoo clocks, and most of all for its scrumptious gateau.

Yet the region has far more to offer than its well-worn clichés. The Black Forest, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, is one of Germany’s most beloved walking destinations. The soft-contoured, forest-clad hills, interspersed with pastures and isolated farms snuggled into the folds of the mountains, and picturesque villages sprinkled among the hills, make an ideal landscape in which to let both the mind and feet wander. The bald mountaintops – especially of the southern hills – offer a panorama of far-ranging vistas that not only encompass the soft ripples of the Black Forest, but on clear days can stretch right across the Alpine chain.