The Triberg Waterfalls, more than 160 metres of water among the fir trees.

What they are and what you see

The River Gutach drops 163 metres in seven falls through a ravine of fir trees and granite rocks, right beside the village of Triberg. The town presents them as the highest waterfalls in Germany, and it is the easiest visit in the central Black Forest: a path with bridges and platforms climbs alongside the water, and from below you see the main fall a few minutes from the entrance.

There are three signposted routes around the site, the Naturweg, the Kulturweg and the Kaskadenweg, with panels about the animals, plants and history of the place. A new walkway leads to a platform where you can feel the spray of the water. Along the paths you will see many squirrels, used to people.

Opening times and seasons

The site is open every day of the year, rain or snow. The town distinguishes two seasons:

• Winter 2026/27: from 2 November 2026 until approximately April 2027. You can only climb from the main entrance to the lower main fall, a stretch that is cleared of snow and treated with salt. The paths above are closed.
• Summer 2027: from approximately April until 7 November 2027, with all the paths open.

At night the falls are lit until about 22:00, and in winter from dusk. In a storm, snow that brings down trees or freezing rain, the site may close for a few hours.

Tickets and prices

The ticket is called the Triberg-Card and, besides the falls, includes the Schwarzwaldmuseum (cuckoo clocks, costumes and trades of the region), Triberg-Fantasy and Triberg-Land, a large model railway.

With the Black Forest guest card you pay 50 cents less. Children under 6 and anyone with the Triberg guest card (if you sleep in the village) go in free. There is a combined ticket with the VR-Arena, a virtual rope course: €20 in winter and €22 in summer per adult. You can buy at the main ticket office or in the town's online shop.

How to get there and where to park

The main entrance is at Hauptstraße 85, in the centre of Triberg, on foot from anywhere in the village. There are five entrances in all; the one at the Asklepios clinic, at Ludwigstraße 1, can be used to enter or leave, but has no parking. By car, use the signposted car parks in the village.

Without a car, Triberg has a station on the Schwarzwaldbahn line, between Offenburg and Konstanz. On the same line, changing at Hausach, you reach the Vogtsbauernhof museum in Gutach: you can combine the two visits in one day.

The climb, step by step

From the main entrance, a paved, gently sloping path reaches the first platform, opposite the main fall, in 10 to 15 minutes. It is the stretch you can do with a wheelchair or pushchair. From the clinic entrance the path to that platform is flat.

Higher up, towards the high bridges, the paving continues but the slope is very steep. If you climb to the top and come back through the forest, allow an hour and a half at an easy pace; with a visit to the Schwarzwaldmuseum, half a day.

With children and with a dog

It is a good plan with small children: the first stretch is short and the squirrels keep them entertained. With a pushchair, stay in the lower part. Dogs may enter on a lead. In winter the walkways and bridges can be icy: wear shoes with a good sole and hold little ones' hands firmly.