Around Großer Feldberg

Today our plan was to follow a route around Großer Feldberg suggested by our hiking book. We agreed to meet at the top of Mount Feldberg. On my way up I was met with unexpected snow on the path which made cycling difficult at first…

…and later impossible, forcing me to carry my bike up the last 50m to the top (880m).

Finally at the top, I was rewarded with the view of the town of Oberreifenberg and its castle.

We started our walk heading east from the radio station that dominates the top of Mount Feldberg.

After a little over 3h we arrived at Bärenhöhle where we stopped for a snack for 20 minutes.

We then walked back to the Fuchstanz pass which took another 100 mins. It was starting to get late and the weather had turned quite wet, so I refused to climb Mount Altkönig this time around even though we passed close by. We resolved to come back for it another day.

We had lunch at one of the two restaurants at Fuchstanz that gave us an idea of how busy with walkers the area can become when it's less cold and wet than today.

From here it was another 1h of walking back up to the top of Großer Feldberg where we arrived at dusk. For the way down I opted for the road to avoid the snowy paths from this morning.