Such a beautiful mountain so close to Freiburg city. Even I am living in Freiburg and went there countless times, but I cannot get bored of it. If you like hiking, snowshoeing, mountainbiking, cross-country skiing, running or just love enjoying the landscape - the Schauinsland is a great place to go! You can take the cablecar but also walk or bike uphill.
We took a tram from the Altstadt in Freiburg to this cable car up a mountain. Tram/bus ride took only 30 minutes. It was a nice escape from the city. The cable car ride took about 15 minutes. At the top there were lots of hiking trails (many kms - you can choose short or long it is all marked) through woods and meadows. Also a restaurant with good food and reasonably priced. There is also a look-out.
Its long ride to the top (around 15min) and you get to see nice view (if the weather happens to be nice). Good place for hiking and downhill biking but nothing that special. Probably would be more spectacular during the wintertimes.
Nice place for all family located nesr frieburg. You can take cable car and walk around in beautiful nature
Tried going up this mountain but the gondola was closed due to heavy winds. But a local told us we can drive up. Which was great. The drive itself was quite nice. At the top there was winter activities but we weren't prepared for it but just enjoyed the scenery. I think there are better views on route B500 but still worth if you are staying in the area.
The views on the way up and from the top are amazing. It's well worth the trip up. We had a walk around some of the trails too which offered even more stunning views out towards the Alps. Although a bit of a climb, the view from the tower is also worth the effort. The kids enjoyed the little play park up the top too.
Amazing and wonderful place. Unique adventure for the whole family. The mountain with snow is unbelievable.
After seeing publicity for this attraction at every tram stop I checked it out and made the trip out of Freiburg by tram and bus only to find the cable car shut - and was advised there was no point returning the following day (15/5 and 16/5). I'd seen reference to spring maintenance on their website, and had checked the German pages to see this was listed for March, so I don't know the reason for this sudden closure.
Fahrt war ausgezeichnet und dank des schlechten Wetters auch wenig los. Die Aussicht ist grandios und die Fahrt auch ausreichend lang und obwohl Kinder bis 6 Jahren kostenlos fahren, ist die Berg- & Talfahrt mit 12 € pro Person trotzdem zu teuer!
Getting up with the cable car and have a nice hike on the Schauinsland (if you translate it literally: look-the-countryside).