Dabaklamm Dorfertal
Dabaklamm Dorfertal

Daba Gorge and Dorfer Valley

The Daba Gorge and the Dorfer Valley are located near Kals am Grossglockner in the High Tauern National Park.

The Daba Gorge and the Dorfer Valley can be reached from Burg, a district of Kals am Grossglockner. For a long time, the Dorfer Valley was comprised in the project of a huge artificial lake, which would have inundated the entire valley. When the project failed, two charming excursion destinations remained: the valley and the wild romantic Daba Gorge at its entrance.

The narrow Daba Gorge (Dabaklamm) affascinates with the rushing water and the panoramic pulpit which consists of steel grid stairs that give you the impression to hover over the deep. The trail that takes you across the gorge is easily walkable, but often slippery due to the wet ground.

The National Park Educational Trail with the so called "listening trees" takes you then into the Dorfer Valley (Dorfer Tal). Information panels make you familiar with the history of this "Valley of Alpine Pastures" with its Swiss pine forests and alpine meadows. Interesting destinations are the Berger Mountain Hut (1 hour, 1,637 m a.s.l.), the Kalser Tauernhaus (1.5 hours, 1,754 m a.s.l.) and the Taurer-Rudolfshütte (4-5 hours, 2,315 m a.s.l.), and Lake Dorfer, a natural jewel at 1,935 m a.s.l.

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Opening times

  • Wed 22 Mar closed
  • Thu 23 Mar closed
  • Fri 24 Mar closed
  • Sat 25 Mar closed
  • Sun 26 Mar closed
  • Mon 27 Mar closed
  • Tue 28 Mar closed

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Spring 2023 (05/27/2023 - 06/11/2023)

  • Mon 09:00 - 17:00
  • Tue 09:00 - 17:00
  • Wed 09:00 - 17:00
  • Thu 09:00 - 17:00
  • Fri 09:00 - 17:00
  • Sat 09:00 - 17:00
  • Sun 09:00 - 17:00

Whit Monday 2023 (05/29/2023) 09:00 - 17:00

Corpus Christi 2023 (06/08/2023) 09:00 - 17:00

Summer 2023 (06/12/2023 - 09/10/2023)

  • Mon 09:00 - 18:00
  • Tue 09:00 - 18:00
  • Wed 09:00 - 18:00
  • Thu 09:00 - 18:00
  • Fri 09:00 - 18:00
  • Sat 09:00 - 18:00
  • Sun 09:00 - 18:00

Feast of the Assumption 2023 (08/15/2023) 09:00 - 18:00

Autumn 2023 (09/11/2023 - 10/15/2023)

  • Mon 09:00 - 17:00
  • Tue 09:00 - 17:00
  • Wed 09:00 - 17:00
  • Thu 09:00 - 17:00
  • Fri 09:00 - 17:00
  • Sat 09:00 - 17:00
  • Sun 09:00 - 17:00

Admission

Daba Gorge and National Park Educational Trail freely accessible

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The opening of the Daba Gorge depends on the weather conditions, short-term changes or closures possible after rainfalls. Winter closure every year from mid-October to the end of May.

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