Feldberg sits forty-five minutes southeast of Freiburg by the Höllentalbahn train and connecting bus. It is known as the highest peak in the Black Forest at 1,493 metres, offering subalpine trails above the glacial cirque of the Feldsee. Feldberg is worth visiting if you want high-ridge hikes, cold glacial water, and plates of smoked ham in centuries-old timber farmhouses. Look elsewhere if you seek late-night bars, urban culture, or flat terrain that spares your knees.
Last updated 23 Sept 2026
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Days here revolve around the weather on the ridge and how much ground you can cover on foot before the afternoon mist rolls off the plateau. Feldberg functions less like a conventional town and more as a cluster of high-altitude hamlets linked by forest trails and the B317 mountain pass. It suits walkers, winter skiers, and travellers who appreciate crisp alpine air, wooden tavern benches, and an early bedtime after a long climb.
Take the morning Feldbergbahn up to the Seebuck summit, then hike the perimeter path down to the Feldsee. Stop for a lunch of smoked speck and fresh bread at Raimartihof inn, reachable only on foot. Walk back up the forested valley to the pass by late afternoon to catch the bus back down toward Freiburg. Select 1 Day above to see it.
Head south into the glacial valley of Menzenschwand on your second day, where waterfalls cut through granite and timbered barns line the meadows. Eat pan-roasted Black Forest trout at a village guesthouse, then finish the afternoon wandering the quieter paths around the Windgfällweiher reservoir. Choose 2 Days to expand the plan.
A third day allows for the rugged hike through the Wutachschlucht gorge or a slower excursion down to the medieval lanes of Staufen im Breisgau. Spend your final evening in Altglashütten sipping local Gutedel wine alongside a hearty plate of käsespätzle while the valley falls quiet.
Walk the Feldberg-Steig past the Seebuck tower down to the Feldsee, navigating granite boulders and wind-swept moorland across 12 kilometres.
Ride the Seebuck chairlift to access fifty kilometres of downhill pistes and groomed cross-country tracks linking the highest ridges in the forest.
Order pan-fried Brägele potatoes with smoked Black Forest ham and house-cured trout at historic mountain huts like the 300-year-old Raimartihof.
Take the Feldbergbahn cable car up to the Feldbergturm viewing platform at 1,448 metres for clear panoramas stretching all the way to Mont Blanc.
Follow quiet gravel forestry tracks through dense stands of silver fir and spruce between Bärental and the quiet shores of the Windgfällweiher.
Sip dry Kirschwasser cherry schnapps and herbal mountain digestifs poured in unpretentious wooden dining rooms after long afternoon ascents.
Circle the dark, unpolluted water of the Feldsee beneath towering 300-metre cliffs, then rest under the ancient beech trees along the western bank.
Visit the Haus der Natur at the mountain pass to learn about protected capercaillie grouse, alpine flora, and post-glacial moorland ecology.
Tackle steep forest service roads and rocky descents from the pass down toward the steep gorges of the Wutachschlucht and Menzenschwand.
Cut into dense slices of genuine Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte layered with sour morello cherries, thick cream, and dark chocolate shavings.
Catch the local train down to the market town of Titisee or explore the narrow, mossy ravines of the nearby Ravenna Gorge on foot.
Wander the quiet residential hamlets of Altglashütten and Bärental to see shingle-roofed Black Forest farmhouses with stacked firewood.