A Walk in the Black Forest (Part 2) |
Schauinsland (12.5 km - 290m ascent - 1020m descent) |
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The gondola to Schauinsland |
View north from the Schauinsland summit |
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Heading down towards Hofgrund |
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View towards the distant summit of Feldberg |
At the 19th century Schniederlihaus |
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Robbo and girls at the mine entrance |
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An intense late afternoon light illuminates the valley below Horben |
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Jakobsweg - St Märgen to Eschbach (16.5 km - 230m ascent - 710m descent) |
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Goodbye sunshine - hello clouds! |
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Entering the Black Forest |
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Homage to Hansel and Gretel |
The picturesque village of St Märgen |
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The luminosity of a sunlit pasture |
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Clouds above the mountains of the Black Forest |
One last view of St Märgen .... |
... and first glimpse of St Peter |
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Wildflowers in the Schwärzlehof Valley |
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The village of Eschbach |
The bus to take us to the train station and back to Freiburg arrived a few minutes later. It may be a long time since witches lived in its deep recesses and wolves terrorised little girls in red cloaks, but the Black Forest of today still has a fairy-tale attraction and the transport is such that there are few places not accessible to the keen walker. |
Im Wutachschlucht (The Wutach Gorge Walk) (17.5 km - 250m ascent - 150m descent) |
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Track across the valley slopes |
A lovely mossy waterfall |
Resting by the river |
The Wutach below the Dietfurt Bridge |
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Climbing up through the forest |
St Josef's Chapel |
Waterfall near the chapel |
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Start of the climb up to the cliffs |
The river flowing through the valley flats |
First view of the limestone cliffs of Wutachschlucht |
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A narrow section of the gorge |
Lunch break on the river's edge .... |
... and our lunchtime view |
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Sunlit reach of the river |
A cliff-side pathway |
The covered bridge over the Wutach |
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The tea-coloured waters of the Wutach |
Heading up the Gauschach Gorge |
The Gauschach River |
Rest stop at the Burgmühle |
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