Long distance hiking trail • Stages tour

Westweg - Westvariante

Hard

12Stages

86:17 h

290.8 km

7889 m

7854 m

The Westweg takes us from Pforzheim to Basel. On the western variant described here, we cross the highest mountain of all the German low mountain ranges, the Feldberg.

Hauptroute

Tip

Hiking trail

Westweg-Etappe 01: Pforzheim - Dobel

Hard

26.21 km

7:00 h

Tip

Hiking trail

Westweg: stage 02 (Dobel - Forbach)

Hard

26.49 km

7:30 h

Tip

Long distance hiking trail

Westweg-Etappe 03: Forbach - Unterstmatt

Medium

19.59 km

6:00 h

Tip

Long distance hiking trail

Westweg-Etappe 04: Unterstmatt - Alexanderschanze

Hard

27.87 km

8:30 h

Tour details

Best time of year

Stages

Duration

86:17 h

Distance

290.8 km

Ascent

7889 m

Descent

7854 m

Highest point

1487m

Lowest point

234m

Condition

Landscape

Experience

Specifics of the tour

Scenic / Geological highlights / Botanical highlights / Cultural highlihts

Tour signs

Towering mountains, cascading waters. Nowhere else in the German low mountain range can you climb as high as in the Black Forest. The 1493 metre high mountain massif of Feldberg and Seebuck is the highest elevation of all the German low mountain ranges. The Westweg is a scenic high-altitude hike that leads over this highest landmark in several daily stages. The route described here is the western variant, which leads over the Feldberg, the Belchen and the Blauen and finally heads for Basel. We always follow the red diamond trail markings.

by Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH

CC BY-SA