Krimml Waterfalls — Attraction in Krimml

The Waterfalls are simply amazing. The entrance is for a fee, and the parking is for a fee, unless you buy a combo ticket with the "Water Worlds" museum.

You start at the bottom of the lowest part. It takes about 15 minutes of easy walk to reach it and it is impressive. At this point, you should know that in order to see the other parts you need to climb. You climb up, and every now and then, there is "an exit" to a viewing point (and each one is amazing).The climb is pretty steep, on a path that is suitable for strollers, and is difficult, although bearable and without aan actual flat surface up to view point number 8 (Schonangerl). In point 8, you will find some flat area, and some hut with a kiosk. In that point you can also come close to the water / sit on the rocks and enjoy the view. Kids will enjoy finding interesting rocks, or just throwing them to the river. From this point on the climbing become very very steep. Imagine high difficulty ski slopes, only you need to climb them. It is doable, but is pretty intensive.

When you reach point number 11, the top, you come again to a flat surface. You can continue hiking from here.

Going uphill, which is about 4km, took about 3 hours with stops, and a lunch break in point number 8, with 3 kids (5 is the smallest), when 2 of them were whining how difficult this is.

Going back is pretty much downhill on the same path (another 4km). It roughly takes 1 hour and 15 minutes (with minimal stops) and puts a lot of pressure on your knees. So if you have sensitivity or some issues with them, you should consider not going uphill at all.

There are other ways to reach point number 8. I saw some taxi busses(?) and as some other hiking trails that come to that point as well, but I don't know where they start.

If you reach point 8, it might be enough if you are with kids. You can see most of the upper waterfall from that point, and considering the difficulty reaching the points above, this might be an overkill with kids, if they don't cooperate, or if you are already tired.

I've added their photos, if you need to consider whether to reach...

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The Krimml Waterfalls (German: Krimmler Wasserfälle), with a total height of 380 metres (1,247 feet), are the highest waterfall in Austria. The falls are on the Krimmler Ache river and are located near the village of Krimml in the High Tauern National Park in Salzburg state. Krimmler Waterfalls is a tiered waterfall. The waterfall begins at the top of the Krimmler Ache valley, and plunges downward in three stages. The upper stage has a drop of 140 metres, the middle of 100 metres, and the lowest a drop of 140 metres. The highest point of the waterfall is 1,470 metres above sea level. The Krimmler Ache is a glacial stream whose flow varies greatly with season. Its volumetric flow in June and July is 20,000 m3/h (about 5.28 million gallons per hour), while in February it is only 500 m3/h (about 0.13 million gallons per hour). The greatest measured flow was on 25 August 1987, when it was 600,000 m3/h, or almost 160 million gallons per hour. After the falls, the river joins the Salzach, which flows to the Inn, then into the River Danube and finally to the Black Sea. To ensure that tourists could see more of the waterfall without difficulty, Ignaz von Kürsinger, from Mittersill, created a path to the upper part of the waterfall. In 1879, the Austrian Alpine Club improved the road to provide a more panoramic view. About 400,000 people visit the falls annually. The misty spray of the waterfall creates ideal growth condition for hundreds of mosses, lichens and ferns. The surroundings are the habitat for 62...