Hikes you can walk yourself.

I’m Tea and I hike between the Black Forest, the Vosges and the Alps. Here you’ll find my hikes to follow – with photos, a tour guide and the packing list that fits the distance and the weather.

Tea in a face mask on a rock high above turquoise Lake Oeschinen

Lake Oeschinen, Bernese Oberland

Routes to follow

Every hike has a guide: where it starts, what to expect, which packing list fits – and the Komoot link to follow or the location.

All hikes

Packing lists that fit the hike.

Pick distance, temperature and weather and the list adapts. Then send it to your WhatsApp group – everyone copies it and ticks it off – or save it as a PDF.

WhatsApp PDF

Build your packing list

Reels, briefly explained.

The clips from Instagram – with the details that don’t fit into 30 seconds.

19 hours of Kaiserstuhl

From the night in Endingen through sunrise to soup in the afternoon – once around the Kaiserstuhl.

  • 54 km
  • Start 10:49 pm
  • Hiking trail

Above the clouds

Fog on the rock, snow in May and a sunset over a sea of clouds. The next morning it was all gone.

  • May 2026
  • Mountain trail
  • Sure-footedness needed

Back to being a kid

Mountain lakes and rock faces just across the border – and the feeling of simply setting off.

  • May 2026
  • Southern Vosges
  • Hiking trail

Stories from the trail.

The longer version, in German: how a hike felt, with photos you won’t see on Instagram.

All stories
Tea in a face mask on the shore of Lake Oeschinen

The person behind hikingtea is Tea.

Tea is my nickname. I’m from Kenzingen and head out on my days off – mostly right on my doorstep, sometimes overnight and sometimes at minus seven degrees.