the sometimes extreme and erosion-prone hillsides made agriculture difficult, low yields and virtually non-mechanized. so already sat early in the 1930s, the structural transformation a, which after the second world war strengthened continued - away from agriculture and towards tourism. the snow-sure location of the black forest allows almost year-round tourist season. 1960 was the first ski lift put into operation today (2006) there are six lifts, including two floodlit and four with snowmaking facilities.