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Gleirsch Gorge

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Bezirk Innsbruck-Land

Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau

Scharnitz

Gleirsch Gorge

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Gleirsch Gorge

Recommended by 755 hikers out of 767

This Highlight goes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Karwendel

This segment may be dangerous

Parts of this Highlight comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

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Location: Scharnitz, Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau, Bezirk Innsbruck-Land, Tyrol, Austria

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1. Round tour to the Gleirschklamm gorge from Scharnitz - Karwendel Nature Park

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2. View of the Gleirschbach Gorge – Gleirsch Gorge loop from Scharnitz

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03:56

270m

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3. Gleirsch Gorge – View of the Gleirschbach Gorge loop from Scharnitz

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05:46

710m

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Hexe-marian 🧙

August 2, 2020

Great gorge, the water is super clear, ice cold and with a beautiful color!
A very narrow path leads through the gorge and it is sometimes difficult to avoid oncoming traffic!
Absolutely worth seeing, but here too, sturdy shoes and a head for heights are an advantage!

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Isi-Sicilia

January 28, 2022

The gorge used to be used for timber drifting. It was a very difficult task to transport the logs through the narrow gorge into the valley. In early summer, the meltwater was dammed at the beginning of the Gleirschklamm at the so-called “Klausen”, the logs were lowered into the water and after the necessary water level was reached, the Klausentor was opened in one fell swoop. The trunks shot with a powerful rush of water through the gorge out of the valley of the Isar towards Scharnitz. The logs often became wedged in the gorge and had to be painstakingly repositioned by the experienced men, the so-called drifters.
Today only the information boards remind us of this dangerous work, in which many men were injured and died.

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Hexe-marian 🧙

February 7, 2021

Gentle at the beginning, wild later!
Ice cold water

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Distance 1.10 km

Uphill 110 m

Downhill 50 m

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Location: Scharnitz, Region Seefeld – Tirols Hochplateau, Bezirk Innsbruck-Land, Tyrol, Austria

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1. Round tour to the Gleirschklamm gorge from Scharnitz - Karwendel Nature Park

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