Sigmund Thun klamm wasserfälle

Sigmund Thun klamm wasserfälle are a series of waterfalls near Kaprun in the region Salzburg, Austria.

There are several small (but powerful) drops in the main river but the highest drop comes from a tributary. The water falls down and the path is protected with a wooden roof creating a marvelous spot for great pictures. At the end of the gorge an artificial waterfall drops down. In this particular case I like the white wall of water because it creates a perfect background for great pictures!

From the car park (there are many of them) at the “Kraftwerk Informationszentrum” it is a short walk to entrance of the Sigmund Thun klamm (admission in 2024 €7,00 but free with the Zell am See card). We parked our car at a small car park P1 (gps 47.259153, 12.740219). After the entrance you almost directly will enjoy the beauty of this gorge, walking on wooden stairs, along several small drops and waterfalls. The biggest waterfall has a single drop of approximately 20 meter. 

The gorge isn’t very big but it looks like one of the nicer gorges I have seen in Austria. A roundtrip took us 40 minutes and is very easy.

In the early ice age, about 14,000 years ago, the Kaprun valley was covered by a huge Glacier. The glacier worked its way down through hard lime and slate rocks. Thousands of years later when the glacier was gone, it left behind a gorge with a length of 320 meter (32 meter deep).

Since 1938 the Sigmund Thun klamm is a monument and in the early nineties the gorge was opened (again) for public.

If you have time left (and also if you haven’t) you have to visit the high mountain reservoir lakes and the Mooser dam at Kaprun. Just follow the main road (Kesselfallstrasse) further up until the road ends at a big parking building. You have to park your car here (for free). A little further there is a ticket office where you can a ticket for a bus and the inclined lift. It is hard to describe how beautiful it is here, so I suggest you have to visit the place yourself. The views are amazing and there is even a small waterfall.

If you want to visit other waterfalls in the area, I suggest you take the Grossglocknerstrasse with many waterfalls. My favorites are: Gossnitzfall and Jungfernsprung.