Black Forest - Day 1 - From Hinterzarten to Feldberg-Bärental

This was the first day out of 3 days of Black Forest. There are so many interesting trails through the Black Forest, but most are 4-5 days hike, and we only had 3 days. I selected the trail so that is a round trail, meaning we would be back at the car after the 3 days hike.

The first day started a bit late, it took us longer than expected to reach the starting point, traffic, congestion on the highway and having difficulties finding a parking spot. For the parking spot, I was disappointed that is really hard to find a parking spot for 3 days, as for most parking spots in Hinterzarten you were allowed to park your car only for one day. Luckily, one man allowed us to park on his property behind his restaurant, so we left the car there and started our hike. It is nice to meet people who are willing to help you even when you are a complete stranger.

Our first day hike was around 20 km long and according to Komoot app it took us almost 5 h.

Close to Feldsee

It started nicely, we passed a nice hotel/restaurant and saw an interesting fountain shaped as sol key, then we were in a park where we saw a cute squirrel, which was not afraid to take food from people's hands. Later we passed a house where we saw goats, and afterwards, we were in the forest away from the village.

Some nice hotel in Hinterzarten

Lovely fountain

I organized the 3-day hike around lakes, so that each day we would pass an important lake in the area where we were hiking. For the first day, it was lake Feldsee. But before Feldsee, we passed a small pond, saw many cute flowers and simply enjoyed the quietness of the forest.

The first lake we passed was Mathisleweiher. Really beautiful area, but many people around. We had a short stop at the lake to have some snacks and of course, take more photos.

Mathisleweiher

After the break, we continued our journey towards Feldsee, passed a nice trail with lots of pink and purple flowers......

.............and reached a farm, where we met a cock. I hoped there will be a fountain nearby to fill up our bottles, but we did not find any.

Not long after that we arrived at Feldsee and did a tour around the lake. We again stopped at the lake, but away from other people to take a short break. The lake is beautiful, no wonder so many people come to see it.

Feldsee

Later we passed a waterfall, also very nice and after that, we really tried our best to hurry up a bit and not arrive too late at our destination, which was Feldberg-Bärental. We also had a nice view from far away of the Titisee, our lake destination for the third hike day. When I booked the nights for our 3-days hike, I was really surprised by how expensive this area is. I was used to pay less in Austria when we were hiking for more than one day. I guess in Germany, they try as much as possible to get all they can for areas that are very touristic.