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Sigmund Thun Gorge

The guide was updated: 2022-10-03

A history-charged natural spectacle is the Sigmund Thun Gorge in Kaprun. Going down to a depth of 32 metres, the Kaprun Ache carved out its 320-metre-long path through the Sigmund Thun Gorge and created distinctive smooth surfaces and deep holes. Moss-covered wood and cragged rocks with symbols and dates, which wood-cutters carved into the stone many years ago, transport visitors back into an earlier time

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Address: Krafthausstraße 20, 5710 Kaprun
Opening hours: 18.5-15.10. daily 8.30 am - 5 pm, 07.07-31.08. daily 8.30am - 7 pm
Tickets: Adults: € 5.50 Children (6-15years): € 3.90 Family ticket (2 adults, 1 child): € 12.50 | *free use with the Zell am See-Kaprun Summer Card
Website: www.klammkaprun.at
Phone: +43 681 849 247 37
Email: klamm@kaprun.at

Our travel guides are free to read and explore online. If you want to get your own copy, the full travel guide for this destination is available to you offline* to bring along anywhere or print for your trip.

*this will be downloaded as a PDF.

Price

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Zell am See-Kaprun Summer Card

Zell am See-Kaprun Summer Card

The Zell am See-Kaprun summer card offers guests guaranteed adventure: you can use it to visit up to 40 attractions, including countless excursion destinations, places of interest and museums in the region and throughout the Salzburg region. These include lidos, indoor pools, mountain railways and highlights such as the Sigmund Thun gorge, Kaprun high mountain reservoirs, Krimml waterfalls or Großglockner High Alpine Road. Countless new evening bus lines, which are included in the bonus programme, offer even more service quality and make it easier for you to visit the numerous events and attractions. Guests can get the Zell am See-Kaprun summer card, which is valid from 15th May to 15th October, from 230 participating accommodation providers. As well as the attractions included it also offers preferential conditions with bonus partners.

Kaprun High Mountain Reservoirs

Kaprun High Mountain Reservoirs

The Mooserboden and Wasserfallboden high mountain reservoirs in Kaprun, which lie between the commanding cliffs of the Upper Tauern at a height of 2,000 metres, can be reached with Europe’s largest open slant lift. During a guided tour of the dam wall on the 107-metre-high and almost 500-metre-long “Mooser-Sperre” visitors can discover how clean electricity can be generated from 160 million cubic metres of water. The "Electricity Adventure World“provides insights into the fascinating world of eternal ice and explains the interplay between the glacier, power plant construction and electricity generation.

Kitzsteinhorn:Top of Salzburg - Gipfelwelt 3000

Kitzsteinhorn:Top of Salzburg - Gipfelwelt 3000

The Kitzsteinhorn summit station is situated 3.029m above sea level. It is the highest point comfortably accessible for everyone in the county of Salzburg.On Salzburg’s highest and most spectacular panoramic platform, visitors have a breathtaking view to the valley of Kaprun. The Gipfelwelt 3000 allows you to savour the entire fascination, energy and grandeur of high alpine nature. In the CINEMA 3.000, the highest cinema in the Alps, a movie of the nature is shown on a panoramic screen. Here visitors can marvel at the beautiful impressions of Kitzsteinhorn throughout the seasons. The magical-mystical path of the 360-meter-long NATIONAL PARI GALLERY gives some extraordinary insight and views to the Hohe Tauern National Park. All year-round Austria’s oldest national park can be explored in organized excursions with NATIONAL PARK RANGERS that are familiar with the region On Kitzsteinhorn Glacier you can refresh yourself in summertime at the ICE ARNEA with slippery slides or relax at the snow beach.

Sigmund Thun Gorge

Sigmund Thun Gorge

A history-charged natural spectacle is the Sigmund Thun Gorge in Kaprun. Going down to a depth of 32 metres, the Kaprun Ache carved out its 320-metre-long path through the Sigmund Thun Gorge and created distinctive smooth surfaces and deep holes. Moss-covered wood and cragged rocks with symbols and dates, which wood-cutters carved into the stone many years ago, transport visitors back into an earlier time

Großglockner High Alpine Road

Großglockner High Alpine Road

One thing is very clear on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road: "the journey is the reward". It is not about arriving at the top, it's about experiencing the pass road with all its views, places for a stop, display boards and information points. Various huts and restaurants along the road are waiting for your visit. At the Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Höhe you have a unique view, which is dominated by the Grossglockner and the Pasterze, Austria's largest glacier. The hiking trails into the Gamsgrube amidst the special conservation area of the High Tauern National Park affords unique views and sightings of rare alpine animals, such as the majestic ibex and marmots.

Yoga on the mountain

Yoga on the mountain

Yoga on the mountain – the most relaxed way to start the day. Yoga fans, as well as beginners, meet in fresh mountain air, below the summit of the Schmitten, with a panoramic view of more than 30 peaks above 3,000 m. After a comfortable ride up the mountain in the Porsche Design cable car there is a short walk up to the practice spot. The experienced yoga trainer, Monia Rautner, introduces her guests to her yoga system in an expert manner. The participants can enjoy a yoga breakfast in the Schmitten Café afterwards.

Golf club Zell am See-Kaprun

Golf club Zell am See-Kaprun

The 36 most beautiful greens are between glacier, mountain & lake The Zell am See-Kaprun Golf Club consists of two equally good 18-hole courses. Their names are "Kitzsteinhorn" and "Schmittenhöhe". Golfers will find flat terrain, natural biotopes, ponds surrounded by reeds and fairways full of variety in park-like grounds in the shadow of the region's two famous mountains. The stunning natural scenery of the Hohe Tauern and the Pinzgau Grass Hills add further flair.

Discgolf course

Discgolf course

Frisbee + Golf = Discgolf Just like with golf, you make your play from a starting zone. Instead of a golf ball, a frisbee disc glides through the air; instead of a hole, it lands in a catch-basket. The objective is to "sink" your frisbee with as few tosses as possible. So much for the distinctions. Both sports require patience, concentration and steadiness, those are the sporting virtues they have in common. 18-hole downhill course You tee off at 1,850 meters altitude at the mountain terminal of the Sonnkogelbahn. Then you work your way hole by hole down to the Sonnenalm at 1,400 meters.

Art on the mountain

Art on the mountain

Merging landscapes with the pleasures of art, that is something which was genuinely achieved on the Schmittenhöhe in Zell am See in the so-called "Gallery on the Ski-Slope - Art on the Mountain". Creatively designed works of art can be admired in the middle of the beautiful mountain landscape of Schmitten by natural and cultural enthusiasts in summer. During the course of five symposiums, artists created more than 30 over-dimensional objects and sculputers, which are placed near to the hiking trails.

Boat trips

Boat trips

The panorama-cruise with the MS Schmittenhöhe promises pure relaxation shilst enjoying fabulous views to the surrounding mountain panorama from Lake Zell. Lake crossings are from Zell am See to Thumersbach possible.

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