Schauinsland hill climb map

by Sidney van den Boogaard

Twelve kilometres of corners, from the Horben turn-off to the pass by the cable-car top station at around 1200 m: Schauinsland was described as the longest and most winding hill climb in Germany. The road began life as a timber route and still twists relentlessly up through the Black Forest above Freiburg. As a round of the European championship it drew vast crowds; in the 1960s up to 60,000 people packed the Holzschlägermatte bend alone. Competitive racing has long since stopped, and since around 2000 only classic cars on regularity runs have used the road. For the fan who knows the Black Forest by its corners.

This work is part of the Hill Climbs collection: the most famous mountain races, from historic classics to courses where drivers still race the clock every year. Each course is drawn from the real road, with the elevation profile coloured per kilometre and, along the bottom, the length, the height gain, start and finish and the years it was raced.

The road is drawn from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the profile from Copernicus elevation data. A great gift for any motorsport fan, for the garage, the study or above the desk.