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The cut
876 metres, to scale.
A slice through Trögerner Klamm where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.
Standing on the floor, to scale: Great Pyramid · 139 m · Empire State · 443 m
Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is. This is a narrow canyon: the published depth, where there is one, is the better figure.
876m
Depth
measured on the 30 m relief model
7.1km
Rim to rim
measured on the 30 m relief model
34°
Steepest wall
average over 300 m, from the relief
659m
Floor altitude
Rim to floor
8 °C warmer at the bottom.
In July the afternoon reaches 26 °C on the floor, against 17 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are from May to June and in September. The rim freezes at night from October to April. The wettest months are from August to September: in a narrow canyon a flash flood arrives without warning, even from rain upstream.
- 2°-6°Jan
- 4°-5°Feb
- 8°0°Mar
- 14°6°Apr
- 19°11°May
- 23°15°Jun
- 26°17°Jul
- 25°17°Aug
- 19°11°Sep
- 14°6°Oct
- 8°0°Nov
- 3°-5°Dec
Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.
Valley in the Karawanks in Carinthia
Trögerner Klamm is a slot canyon in Austria, cut by the Trögernbach river. The relief model measures 876 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 1,244 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 7.1 km wide where the cut was taken.
Getting there.
- Zgornje Jezerskonearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,060 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 7.8 km from the floor
- Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at KLU airport (Klagenfurt am Wörthersee)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
- From May to June and in Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)
Plan the visit
Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.
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From the sky.
The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 16 × 16 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around the canyon.
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 18marked hiking routes within 4 kmEisenwurzenweg 08, Wanderweg 603A, Karawankenwanderweg and 15 more
- 1named waterfalls within 4 kmPotok Wasserfall
- 6car parks within 3 km
- 3information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
- 2campsites within 8 kmCvet Gora, Camping, Glamping, Camping Šenkova domačija
- 21hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmEisenkappler Hütte / Kapelska koča, Podobnik, Terklbauer and 18 more
- 1restaurants and cafés within 4 km
- via ferrata routes within 4 km
- climbing crags within 3 km
- footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
- rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
- swimming spots within 3 km
- caves within 3 km
- bus stops within 2 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Zgornje Jezersko7.1 km in a straight line
- Gallizien10 km in a straight line
- Sankt Margareten im Rosental11 km in a straight line
- Ferlach17 km in a straight line
- Tržič18 km in a straight line
- Preddvor18 km in a straight line
- Ebenthal20 km in a straight line
- Bistrica pri Tržiču20 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Trögerner Klamm.
The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.
Cascadyas1 waterfalls nearbyComing soon
Peakyas86 mountains within 15 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmComing soonFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Month by month
The weather, at the floor and at the rim.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon · floor | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Afternoon · rim | -6 | -5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | -5 |
| Night · rim | -14 | -13 | -9 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | -3 | -7 | -12 |
| Rain (mm) | 45 | 56 | 61 | 71 | 100 | 110 | 114 | 125 | 124 | 94 | 91 | 67 |
| Rainy days | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Sun hours/day | 2.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Afternoon · floor | Afternoon · rim | Night · rim | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | -6 | -14 | 45 | 2.9 |
| Feb | 4 | -5 | -13 | 56 | 4.1 |
| Mar | 8 | 0 | -9 | 61 | 5.3 |
| Apr | 14 | 6 | -5 | 71 | 6.1 |
| May | 19 | 11 | 0 | 100 | 6.9 |
| Jun | 23 | 15 | 4 | 110 | 7.9 |
| Jul | 26 | 17 | 6 | 114 | 8.4 |
| Aug | 25 | 17 | 6 | 125 | 7.5 |
| Sep | 19 | 11 | 1 | 124 | 5.6 |
| Oct | 14 | 6 | -3 | 94 | 4.4 |
| Nov | 8 | 0 | -7 | 91 | 2.4 |
| Dec | 3 | -5 | -12 | 67 | 2.3 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (659 m) and the rim (1,903 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Seen from the trail.
Recent years
Wet years, dry years.
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 33% | 67% | 143% | 43% | 93% | 157% | 153% | 154% | 111% | 214% | 37% | 317% |
| 2021 | 274% | 134% | 50% | 96% | 250% | 45% | 119% | 109% | 56% | 75% | 162% | 126% |
| 2022 | 94% | 74% | 46% | 121% | 92% | 82% | 92% | 81% | 208% | 72% | 108% | 194% |
| 2023 | 274% | 40% | 137% | 136% | 172% | 137% | 250% | 207% | 53% | 240% | 154% | 213% |
| 2024 | 208% | 165% | 223% | 136% | 201% | 136% | 142% | 62% | 207% | 219% | 49% | 49% |
| 2025 | 211% | 84% | 229% | 112% | 122% | 54% | 160% | 69% | 120% | 111% | 116% | 33% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Compare with the neighbours.
Trögerner Klamm
Austria
- 876 mDepth
- 7.1 kmRim to rim
- —Length
- 34°Steepest wall
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length | Wikidata (Q2457158) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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