Salzachöfen - Pass Lueg

The Tauern Bike Path leads along the main highway which passes right by the gorge.

During the Early, Middle and Late Stone Ages, and even the Bronze Age, in other words, a period of some 11,000 yrs. (12,000 B.C. - 750 B.C.), encampments of fishers and hunters existed on the banks of the Salzach. At that time, the riverbed of the Salzach lay 70 m higher than it does today, since the water has been cutting ever deeper into the gorge.

A path with stairways provides pedestrians with ready access to this over 90 meters-deep gorge. It has been a popular natural attraction since the beginning of the 19th century.

Offering extreme white-water (flowing as fast as 30 km/h), it is popular with canoeists, though some have actually lost their lives here. The first canoeist to successfully navigate the gorge was Adolf Aderle in 1931.

The Salzach can reach a water depth of up to 60 m at the narrowest points of the gorge.

At the Lueg pass, barely 200 m from the gorge, Salzburg freedom fighters led by Josef Struber briefly resisted the Franco-Bavarian troops in 1809. However, the Archbishopric of Salzburg was ultimately taken by Napoleon’s troops.

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