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Sinfoniesteig

Long distance hiking trail · Bad Peterstal-Griesbach · Open

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Premiumwanderort Bad Peterstal-Griesbach/Nationalparkregion Schwarzwald

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The Sinfoniesteig combines four premium trails of the Black Forest Hiking Symphony and a few more highlights in Bad Peterstal-Griesbach. The 33 kilometers long trail can be hiked within 2 days. The starting and finish points are easily reached by public transportations like bus and trains. You can hike the well-known routes as well as the insider trails around the premium hiking resort.

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difficult

Distance 33.3 km

10:30 h

1,008 m

969 m

381 m

Right at the beginning, you walk through the main Park in Bad Peterstal before the Himmelssteig trail leads steadily uphill, until you catch a first glimpse of the lake Glaswaldsee. If you allow enough time, you can make a stop by the lake and enjoy the piece and quiet at the “blue eye” of the middle black forest. Only a few kilometres further, the Griesbach Genussplatz on the Teufelskanzelsteig invites you to take a break with a fantastic view and cool drinks. At an altitude of over 900 metres, you hike past dense ferns and sparse mixed forests, accompanied by views into the valley and great vantage points. The first stage ends at the Alexanderschanze and the National Park bus takes the hikers back to the village.

The second stage begins by leading you to the Zuflucht Nature and Sports Hotel. How about a coffee break here? On wide forest paths you walk on a gentle downhill. Continue along the Wiesensteig, past the rustic Renchtalhütte, the trail runs along root paths to the Martinshof with the Regiomat, a vending machine for the local delicacies. For a short distance, you cross the road past Hotel Breitenberg and the fallow deer enclosure before entering the forest again. Not far and the trail reaches the Schwarzwaldsteig at Holderstanzenhof. The Peterstaler mineral water station invites you to take another relaxing break before the trail continues steadily downhill. Again and again, the view sweeps down to Bad Peterstal and the surrounding hills. Beech trees and chestnuts accompany the path back to the starting point at Bad Peterstal station.

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Author

Maria Winter

Update: January 02, 2023

Difficulty

difficult

Technique

Stamina

Experience

Landscape

Highest point

Alexanderschanze, 969 m

Lowest point

train station Bad Peterstal, 381 m

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Track types

Asphalt

2.2 km

Dirt road

17.1 km

Forested/wild trail

6.7 km

Path

7 km

Road

0.2 km

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Rest stops

Bakery Schmiederer
Natur- und Sporthotel Zuflucht
Renchtalhütte

Start

train station Bad Peterstal (384 m)

Coordinates:

48.428585, 8.202131

DMS

48°25'42.9"N 8°12'07.7"E

UTM

32U 440977 5364244

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Destination

train station Bad Peterstal

Note

all notes on protected areas

Public transport

Public-transport-friendly

Stage 1: From Offenburg (ICE and IC stop) or Appenweier you can reach Bad Peterstal-Griesbach with the Ortenau S-Bahn.

Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB): Bad Peterstal station

Southwest bus: Bad Peterstal station

Stage 2: From Offenburg (ICE and IC stop) or Appenweier you can reach Bad Peterstal-Griesbach with the Ortenau S-Bahn.

Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB): Bad Griesbach train station bus

Southwest bus: Bad Griesbach train station, then change to the 118 national park bus from the train station Bad Griesbach to the Alexanderschanze

Getting there

Stage 1:

A5 motorway, Appenweier exit, B28 via Oberkirch and Oppenau to Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, Bad Peterstal town entrance, the train station is on the left-hand side

A81 motorway, Horb exit, B28 via Freudenstadt to Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, Bad Peterstal town exit, Bad Peterstal train station is on the right-hand side

Stage 2:

A5 motorway, Appenweier exit, B28 via Oberkirch and Oppenau to Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, continue on B28 to Alexanderschanze, the parking lot is on the right-hand side near the windmill

A81 motorway , Horb exit, B28 via Freudenstadt to Alexanderschanze, the car park is on the left-hand side near the windmill

Parking

Stage 1:

Parking is available directly at the train station in Bad Peterstal (free, unlimited in time)

Stage 2:

Parking is available directly at the Alexanderschanze hiking car park (free, unlimited in time)

Coordinates

48.428585, 8.202131

DMS

48°25'42.9"N 8°12'07.7"E

UTM

32U 440977 5364244

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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

Book recommendation by the author

Hiking brochure Black Forest hiking symphony available at the Tourist Information Bad Peterstal

Author’s map recommendations

Hiking map Bad Peterstal-Griesbach Scale 1:25,000

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Sturdy shoes required, hiking poles are helpful.

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Status

Open

Difficulty

difficult

Distance

33.3 km

Duration

10:30 h

Ascent

1,008 m

Descent

1,008 m

Highest point

969 m

Lowest point

381 m

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