Thursday. HURRAH! The road to Kaprun has been opened, and we can go to the alpine lake. Our joy was short-lived: having arrived in Kaprun, it turned out that a gondola was taking us to the mountain, but it was no longer possible to climb higher, to the lake, because of the prolonged rain - they were not allowed to. Let's go see the Sigmund-Thun Klamm Gorge. We, in fact, had a different gorge in the plan. We did not know about Sigmund-Thun. But it was a great success, because we were able to compare two very interesting gorges, but they are different.
14.000 years ago, during the Late Ice Age, the Kaprun valley was covered by a powerful glacier. The gorge was formed as a result of the sliding of a glacier, which sharpened hard rocks from limestone, mica and slate. The glacier melted, leaving a deep crevice through which the Ache River flows into the valley, originating in Lake Klamm (gorge, canyon). It rushes in such a stormy stream that a small hydroelectric power station was even built at the foot of the cliff.
At the end of the 19th century, the locals decided to make the gorge accessible. For this, wooden walkways were installed, and in 1893 it was opened to tourists and received the name Sigmund-Thun in honor of the president of the state of Salzburg. In 1934 the gorge was declared a natural monument. And in 1938, it was closed and the wooden walkways were dismantled, because the authorities decided to use the Akhe River, which flows through the gorge, with a greater benefit: to generate electricity. But in August 1992, it was reopened to visitors. And you can look into the observation hall of the power plant - it is next to the entrance.
In July and August, every Monday at 20.30 there is a single guided tour through the gorge under the motto "Fairy night of water" with torches.
Visitors become participants in a romantic and impressive adventure; enjoy the acoustics of the waterfalls; discover powerful cliffs that appear in the light of torches and learn about the history of the gorge and about 340 m of wooden structure of the bridges. Naturally, in the dark everything is perceived differently. For visitors to this natural formation, the magical interaction of Fire, Water and Earth is an unforgettable sight.
The tour ends with a campfire and baked potatoes.
And in winter, ice climbers train in the Sigmund-Tun gorge. The upper part of the gorge is considered to be one of the best places in Austria to practice vertical ice climbing.
14.000 years ago, during the Late Ice Age, the Kaprun valley was covered by a powerful glacier. The gorge was formed as a result of the sliding of a glacier, which sharpened hard rocks from limestone, mica and slate. The glacier melted, leaving a deep crevice through which the Ache River flows into the valley, originating in Lake Klamm (gorge, canyon). It rushes in such a stormy stream that a small hydroelectric power station was even built at the foot of the cliff.
At the end of the 19th century, the locals decided to make the gorge accessible. For this, wooden walkways were installed, and in 1893 it was opened to tourists and received the name Sigmund-Thun in honor of the president of the state of Salzburg. In 1934 the gorge was declared a natural monument. And in 1938, it was closed and the wooden walkways were dismantled, because the authorities decided to use the Akhe River, which flows through the gorge, with a greater benefit: to generate electricity. But in August 1992, it was reopened to visitors. And you can look into the observation hall of the power plant - it is next to the entrance.
In July and August, every Monday at 20.30 there is a single guided tour through the gorge under the motto "Fairy night of water" with torches.
Visitors become participants in a romantic and impressive adventure; enjoy the acoustics of the waterfalls; discover powerful cliffs that appear in the light of torches and learn about the history of the gorge and about 340 m of wooden structure of the bridges. Naturally, in the dark everything is perceived differently. For visitors to this natural formation, the magical interaction of Fire, Water and Earth is an unforgettable sight.
The tour ends with a campfire and baked potatoes.
And in winter, ice climbers train in the Sigmund-Tun gorge. The upper part of the gorge is considered to be one of the best places in Austria to practice vertical ice climbing.
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