weekend in Staufen im Breisgau

The castle ruin seen from our hotel room.

The view from the castle ruin where we made a picknick. The mountains in the background are the Vosges.

Crack in a wall in the historical center. Staufen has major problems because it is rising every day - until now it has risen 30 cms. The rising happens because of a drilling operation that was conducted to provide geothermal energy; the drilling brought water to an anhydrite layer that is expanding because of the contact with the water.

Wetterbuchen

I have posted pictures of these wind-shaped trees on the Schauinsland mountain before. They were taken in the summer - now you can see one of the trees in the winter, covered in snow.

- 15° C

Despite the freezing cold (-15 ° C) I went skiing again this morning.
The "80 km" sign is part of the "Fernskiwanderweg Schonach-Belchen", a 100-km-tour through the Black Forest which is marked by the orange symbol (to be seen in the picture, too). I have never done all of the 100 kms - just parts of it.
That's the only picture I took - it was too cold to stop more...