The Glacier Garden hiking trail of Hallstatt is part of the so called "Area of the 19th Century Romantics" and is also known as the Gletscher Garten Echerntal Theme hiking trail which follows the Friedrich Simony path in discovering the misteries of Dachstein Salzkammergut glaciers. The trail is very famous probably due to the Waldbach river waterfalls, the Gletscher Garten (relics of the Last Ice Age) and also to the Hirlatz Caves (the longest cave system from Austria - approx. 95 km).
Friedrich Simony began in 1840 with researches on the Dachstein plateau and began exploring the geomorphology and the eight glaciers of the Dachstein Mountains. Simony is also known as the "father of alpine climbing".
The Echerntal hiking trail is a very easy one, it starts from Lahn - Hallstatt (Styria, Austria) and proposes 10 points of interest from Simony's Echerntal route.
Friedrich Simony began in 1840 with researches on the Dachstein plateau and began exploring the geomorphology and the eight glaciers of the Dachstein Mountains. Simony is also known as the "father of alpine climbing".
The Echerntal hiking trail is a very easy one, it starts from Lahn - Hallstatt (Styria, Austria) and proposes 10 points of interest from Simony's Echerntal route.
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Gletscher Garten Echerntal Theme route:
01. the Babylon Hut - the Echerntal Theme start point;
02. the Runes - important geologic stones;
03. the Waldbach river;
04. the timber grille;
05. Echerntal Village;
06. the Owls hole;
07. the Waldbach Waterfall;
08. the Glacier Garden - relics of the last Ice Age;
09. the entry to the Hirlatz Caves system;
10. the Simony memorial;
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Next, images, July 2012:
Gletscher Garten Echerntal Theme route:
01. the Babylon Hut - the Echerntal Theme start point;
02. the Runes - important geologic stones;
03. the Waldbach river;
04. the timber grille;
05. Echerntal Village;
06. the Owls hole;
07. the Waldbach Waterfall;
08. the Glacier Garden - relics of the last Ice Age;
09. the entry to the Hirlatz Caves system;
10. the Simony memorial;
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Next, images, July 2012:
1. The Babylon Hut point
Echerntal Theme map at Babylon Hut
The Path to the Runes
2. The Runes
3. Waldbach River point
Waldbach River
The Path to the timber grille
4. Timber grille point
Waldbach River
Timber grille
5 Echerntal Village point
Echerntal Village
View to the mountains near Echerntal
(mountain to the right also contains the Salt mine of Hallstatt)
6. The Owls Hole point
The Owls Hole
Path crosspoint at the Waldbach Waterfall
Waldbach River at the waterfall path crosspoint
7. Waldbach Waterfall
Small waterfall on path
Waldbach River at the waterfall crosspoint
The Path to Gletscher Garten
The bridge at the waterfall crosspoint
The Path to Gletscher Garten
The tunnel on the road above the Gletscher Garten
View to Echerntal (leftside) and Lahn-Hallstatt and Hallstattersee (frontside)
8. The Gletscher Garten point
View to Echerntal from Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten path
The Gletscher Garten path
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten
The Gletscher Garten path
9. The entry to the Hirlatz Caves system
Small waterfall on the path
10. The Simony memorial
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