B500 · Germany

Black Forest High Road

The B500 along the crest of the northern Black Forest, from Baden-Baden past Bühlerhöhe and the Mummelsee to Ruhestein. The whole high road runs about 60 km on to Freudenstadt.

StartFinishHairpin

31.3 kmLength

109Pace-note calls

1Hairpin

9Tight corners (1–2)

↑940 ↓210Climb and drop, m

≈1,040 mHighest point

Counts are from Turini’s pace-note engine on this route. Heights come from terrain data and can differ from signposted figures by a few tens of metres.

Where is the Black Forest High Road?

The Black Forest High Road is in Germany, on the B500. Also known as Schwarzwaldhochstraße. The route on this page: Baden-Baden to Ruhestein, 31.3 km.

Why the Black Forest High Road is famous

Above Bühlerhöhe it runs along the ridge at 800 to 1,000 m, past hotels and viewpoints such as Plättig, Sand, Hundseck, Unterstmatt and the Mummelsee.

Black Forest High Road corners

Over 31.3 km Turini calls 1 hairpins, 1 square corner and 95 corners graded 1 to 6, plus 1 crest and 4 dips. That is 109 calls in all, one every 287 metres on average. Grade 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight (how to read pace notes).

HP1

323

419

521

623

Black Forest High Road elevation profile

From 186 m at the start to 909 m at the finish, with a highest point of about 1,040 m. Red marks are the hairpins.

1,100 m100 m

0 km15.7 km31.3 km

Black Forest High Road pace notes, first few km

The first 25 calls, exactly as Turini reads them, with the distance from the start.

65 mRight 2

110 mLeft 1 long

255 mLeft 5

335 mRight 4

425 mSquare right

635 mLeft 4 long

795 mRight 6

1.10 kmLights

1.19 kmDip

1.20 kmRight 4 tightens over crest

1.41 kmLeft 3 in dip

1.50 kmLeft 3 long

1.60 kmLights

1.66 kmRight 3

1.79 kmLeft 5

1.90 kmRight 6

2.00 kmRight 2 long

2.19 kmBridge

2.35 kmLeft 4

2.45 kmRight 6

2.54 kmRight 4 long

2.70 kmLeft 3

2.79 kmLeft 3

2.92 kmRight 3

3.02 kmLeft 3

That takes you to 3.02 km. 84 more calls follow over the remaining 28.2 km.

Before you drive the Black Forest High Road

Open all year. In winter it serves the ski areas along the ridge and can have snow and ice.

It is a main road with traffic to the hotels and ski areas, and parking at the Mummelsee fills up on summer weekends.

How to drive the Black Forest High Road with Turini

Set the route before you leave and Turini saves its notes on the phone, so it works with the screen off and no signal. On the road it reads each call about 4.5 seconds before the corner, timed to your speed, and you never touch the phone. It also works through Android Auto. If pace notes are new to you, start in Simple mode (Easy, Medium, Hard) and switch to the 1–6 scale once it feels natural.

Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.

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Sources: Wikipedia: Black Forest High Road, Wikipedia (de): Schwarzwaldhochstraße.

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