A waterfall without a whole day
Most of the region's falls need half a day; this needs half an hour.
Wolfgang Eder — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eweht — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eweht — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eweht — CC BY-SA 4.0
Late spring and early summer, May into early July, when snowmelt feeds it. In a dry late summer it can shrink to a thread. After a day of heavy rain it runs strong at any point in the season.
Yes, the path is short and not strenuous. But the rocks near the water are always slippery and the gorge edge is close, so hold small children and stay on the marked path. Do not climb into the stream bed for a photograph.
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A waterfall at the edge of the town of Bischofshofen south of Salzburg, dropping into a narrow rock gorge within the UNESCO Global Geopark Erz der Alpen. What distinguishes it is how easily it is reached: a short path from the edge of town gets you to the foot of the fall in ten to twenty minutes on foot, with no serious climbing and no equipment. That is rare — most waterfalls in the region need half a day. The geopark it sits in explains why the waterfall exists at all: the area was a copper and nickel mining centre for centuries, and the tilted rock layers exposed on either side of the gorge are what made the mining possible and what steers the water today. Panels along the path set this out. Practical points: entry is free and the path is open throughout the season. The flow is strongest in late spring and early summer with the snowmelt, and can weaken considerably in a dry late summer. The rocks near the water are slippery — stay on the marked path.
Most of the region's falls need half a day; this needs half an hour.
Exposed tilted rock layers explain a mining history that ran for centuries.
Stay on the marked path and do not go into the stream bed however close it looks.
Bischofshofen, Pongau valley