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Over hill and dale

 

You can also explore the Black Forest by bike. Especially for mountain biking, there are a variety of routes with different levels of difficulty, including challenging cross-country trails. As always when cycling, please watch out for pedestrians. In addition, as in all of Baden-Württemberg, please also observe the two-meter rule. It states that trails less than two meters wide are reserved for pedestrians unless they are explicitly signposted as bike trails. But have no fear: Trail signage in the Black Forest is exemplary, so hikers and bikers alike get their money's worth.

 

For mountain biking, there are routes around the Feldberg or Schluchsee, as well as some that start from Freiburg. Very popular is the round from Kybfelsen to the lookout tower Schauinsland or the one from Rosskopf over the Kandelhöhenweg. In addition, you can also improve your skills in one of several biker parks, such as those in Bad Wildbad or Todtnau.

 

Not only for mountain biking there is the Black Forest Panorama Bike Path, which stretches from Pforzheim in the north to Waldshut-Tiengen across the entire low mountain range. Most famous and popular, however, is the Bike-Crossing Schwarzwald, a route of about 440 kilometers that runs from Pforzheim to Bad Säckingen, but is quite demanding, as you have to overcome up to 16,000 meters of altitude here. The good thing about it is that it goes down almost as far again, so you can enjoy the magnificent landscape.

 

Since many of the routes are anything but flat, you should be careful when going downhill, often it is quite dangerous. If you don't like to pedal much on the climbs, you can use an e-bike rental. There are charging stations almost everywhere in the region, 170 in total. In the valley of the river Kinzig there are also paths especially for inline skaters.