![]() ![]() (Spoiler: I spent a week after the Westweg as a vegan!) Käsespätzle is a typical southern German dish of egg noodles covered in cream and cheese. I ate a LOT of Käsespätzle, which I didn’t think I could get sick of, as delicious as it is. Some of them also have restaurants, which means you don’t have to walk any further in order to fulfill your hiker hunger in the evening.Īs a vegetarian, the trail was a bit challenging, but doable. Often times your accommodation for the night will include breakfast. The towns at the end of each trail section in will have several options for restaurants. I’m not one for beer, but I did eat an awful lot of delicious, homemade cake on the trail. The “magical Biergarten in the woods” is totally a thing here, as most peaks have some kind of lodge with a terrace or Biergarten attached to them. Eating on the WestwegĪ really wonderful thing about the Westweg is the abundance of gastronomic opportunities along the way. You can find banks and ATMs in the bigger towns like Pforzheim, Forbach, Hausach, Titisee, Hinterzarten, and Basel. Any which do accept cards will often have an extra fee. Many hotels and restaurants accept CASH ONLY. Like the rest of Germany, cash is the preferred method of payment when you hike the Westweg. You can also have luggage transport throughout your trip and just carry a day pack while you hike. If you’d like to make planning easy, Schwarzwald Tourismus offers a number of pre-packaged hikes on the Westweg, ranging from 5 to 13 days. Tip: If you share the room with a hiking buddy, the cost will be a bit less. This cost about 70€ per day for a single person in single rooms. I stayed in guesthouses and hotels along the way, paying for breakfast and dinner, and carrying my own snacks for during the day. Paying for a package-trip with luggage transport would be the most expensive. You can do the trip for next to nothing if you plan to stay in the Schutzhütten along the way and cook all of your own food. Views from my hike on the Westweg Budgeting on the WestwegĪnother important point to consider is budget. Almost all accommodations supply you with a Konus card which allows you to use all public transit in the Black Forest region (which is quite large!). But plan in as many as you’d like to! There are worthwhile hikes and sights at all stops along the way.Īll start and end points to each section are reachable by public transportation (mostly by bus except for Pforzheim, Forbach, Hausach, Hinterzarten, Titisee and Basel). A good idea is to have a rest day for every 5-7 days of hiking. Don’t forget to plan in rest days! I did not think about this and wish I had done it. ![]() In planning your hike on the Westweg, you’ll need to determine how much time you have to hike and which sections (if not all of them) you’re most interested in hiking. The first gate at the start of the Westweg is Pforzheim’s “Golden Gate.” How to Plan Your Hike on the Westweg I hiked the Westweg ( westliche Variante) in September 2020 in 12 sections, and I’m here to tell you everything you need to know about the trail. The Westweg is the most challenging hike I have been on, but also one of the most rewarding. The Westweg is well-marked throughout by a black-outlined red rhombus on a white field (!In Switzerland, it is a yellow rhombus!) After Kalte Herberge at Lake Titisee, the Westweg splits into two routes: the westliche Variante and the ostliche Variante. It along with two others beginning in Pforzheim and ending at the Swiss border, the Ostweg and Mittleweg, are marked by a rhombus. The Westweg is one of many long distance hiking trails in the Black Forest (Nationalpark Schwarzwald).
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