Liechtensteinklamm

Liechtenstein Gorge, or Liechtensteinklamm

Despite its name, this gorge is not located in the country of Liechtenstein, but in Austria.  It is about an hour from Salzburg.  This is a spectacular gorge hike!  In May of 2024 I went on a European road trip with my son and his family to 9 European countries, including Austria.  On our way through Austria we hiked the Liechtenstein Gorge.  

One thing that I really love about Europe is that nature is so important to them that they create ways to bring people closer to it, to be able to see and enjoy the beauty of nature.  It seems that in the United States too often we make nature inaccessible to about 99% of the population.  But in Europe they install bridges, walkways, cable cars, lifts, tunnels, stairs, etc., to make beautiful nature accessible to almost everyone.  Without the walkways installed on one side of this gorge, I would never have been able to enjoy its beauty!  We hiked along a wooden walkway, across bridges, and both down & up a spiral staircase which resembles a helix.  All the way we enjoyed the beauty of the river below and the stunning canyon, multiple waterfalls, and especially the Liechtenstein Waterfall at the end.  

Learn more about it at this website:

Liechtensteinklamm 

The gorge opens at 9 am and closes at 6 pm.  The admission is 15 euro.  There is a parking lot on site and also a playground.  The hike is under a mile each way and takes approximately an hour and a half to complete.

From the parking lot there is a short walk to the beginning of the gorge hike

Children can look for these ghosts along their hike

Safety signs at the beginning of the hike, in multiple  languages

These wooden walkways line the entire gorge

The beautiful river down below- the GroBarler Ache mountain stream

You can choose to walk through tunnels or stay out on the walkways at certain points in the hike

This is the Helix, spiral staircase made of steel

Beautiful water down below

The Liechtenstein Waterfall

They have a picture-taking spot beautifully framing the waterfall

Going back up the staircase

The playground near the parking lot

This is at the beginning of the trail near the parking lot.  It says "not drinking water."