St. Johann im Pongau
St.Johann im Pongau - Lichtensteinklamm -

A city with many different faces

The Lichtensteinklamm

The Lichtensteinklamm is one of the most beautiful and deepest wild water canyons in the Alps. This unique natural phenomenon is always worth to be visited. Daily opened from the beginning on May to the end of October.

1875 a few members of the alp-association explored the Lichtensteinklamm. With a generous donation from prince Johannes II from Lichtenstein the expedition could be finished and so the name was found. For the hiking tour to the Lichtensteinklamm are warm clothes (depends of the season) and good footwear recommendable.

Jogging and Nordic walking

Movement in the mountains belongs to the most popular and most beautiful summer activities. Important is the experience in the nature and the effect for body and soul.

In the summer of 2006 St. Johann built a fitness-parcour with 7 running- and Nordic walking trails along the Salzach. Starting point is at the power station Plankenau with a fitness parcour for strengthening and stretching. On he different stops were assigned the degree of difficulty, the length and consistence of the trails.

St. Johann - the Nordic walking paradise

Starting point A: Power station Plankenau

  • Distance 1 fitness circle:
    This plane gravel trail is 2 km long and is perfect to warm up for the fitness-parcour (stretching and strengthening).
  • Distance 2 Klammcircle:
    A demanding trail with a few ascents is 8,4 km long and navigate you through the forest and asphalt and gravel trails.
  • Distance 3 Plankenau circle:
    This trail connects St. Johann and Schwarzach and is along the Salzach.
  • Distance 4 Untermarkt:
    The connection between the two starting points.
  

Starting point B: at the professional school

  • Distance 4 Untermarkt:
    The connection between the two starting points.
  • Distance power point trail:
    This trail is 4,8 km long and is for jogging and Nordic walking. It conducts along the Salzach.
  • Distance 6 long bridge:
    Along the Salzach to a marked point and turn around back to the starting point. It is 8,2 km long.
  • Distance 7 Hahnbaum circle:
    This Nordic walking trail is 5,8 km long and goes over gravel and asphalt roads to the Hahnbaum and back.