Winter in Sasbachwalden

Winter has two levels here. The valley often stays mild, with vines silvered by frost, clear air and lights glowing in half-timbered houses. The snow lives higher up, on the Hornisgrinde and along the Schwarzwaldhochstraße, less than twenty minutes from our door.

Up above, you can make the most of whatever winter brings: snowshoeing along the edge of the national park, a winter walk to the Mummelsee, a few turns on the Schwarzwaldhochstraße’s small ski lifts. These are the quiet winter days for which the northern Black Forest was made.

And then the return: by four, the light over the valley turns blue; by half past four, you are back. The sauna is warm, and tea is waiting in your kitchen, or perhaps something stronger from the village. Opinions differ in Sasbachwalden on which local spirit is right after a day in the snow. We have our own view, and you will hear it on your first evening by the fire.