NatureOutdoor
Salzachklamm Golling
Golling · Tennengau - Dachstein West
52 minRoute
Unlimited free
Unlimited free
SourceOfficial SalzburgerLand Card brochure 2025/26 — “Freier Eintritt sooft Sie wollen”
The Salzachklamm near Golling lies a few steps from the Pass Lueg and is more than 80 metres deep. The flowing water has carved large potholes into the rock faces, and in the section called the Dom the walls seem to close above you. The gorge is accessible daily from May to October.
- The starting point lies right by the Pass Lueg
From the nearby Pass Lueg it is only a few steps to the wildly romantic gorge Salzachöfen. The breakthrough between the Tennengebirge and the Hagengebirge, cut into Dachsteinkalk, is more than 80 metres deep. The rock faces hold numerous large potholes, formed by the swirling water. In the section called the Dom the rock faces seem to close completely. The gorge is accessible daily from May to October.
What visitors say
The Salzachöfen is a gorge up to 90 metres deep where the Salzach squeezes through a passage a few metres wide; a stepped path with handrails runs alongside it. Visitors mention above all the so-called Dom, where you squeeze between the rocks to a stone viewpoint above the churning water, and the fact that it is noticeably quieter there than in better-known Austrian gorges. The route is narrow and in places slippery and dark, so it is not suitable for pushchairs, for people who are unsteady on their feet or for anyone in flip-flops. Allow about an hour for the walk.
- · Sturdy walking shoes are needed; the steps and rocks are often damp and slippery.
- · Take a torch for the dark passages at the Dom.
- · Free parking is available at the hotel on the Pass Lueg.
SourceSummarised from public experiences, 2026-08-15.
Opening hours
- 01/05 to 31/10, daily
What is above was read out of the sentence below by hand; the source itself gave no schedule. Around the start and the end of the season it may be a week out.
“Mai bis Oktober täglich.”
SourceBrochure 2025/26
Contact
- Address
- Obergäu 82 / 5440 Golling
- office@golling.info