The Glemmtal ("Glemm Valley") in the Austrian state of Salzburg is the valley of the roughly 30 km long upper reaches of the River Saalach . It belongs to the northern Pinzgau region and separates the Kitzbühel Alps in an east-west direction. Its main settlement is the village of Saalbach in Zell am See district.
7-869: The Saalbach flows through the upper 10 km of the valley , whose largest headstream, the Schwarzenbach , rises at about 1800 m above sea level between the Geißstein , the Tristkogel and the Spieleckkogel mountains. After uniting with several streams and the white waters of the Voglalpgraben it flows as the Saalbach through the Hinterglemm (Hinterglemm valley) , from where several summer and winter routes head north leading to
14-742: The Saalach Valley Ridgeway ( Saalachtaler Höhenweg ) and south to the Pinzgau Ridgeway ( Pinzgauer Höhenweg ). Near the confluence of the Schwarzachengraben lie several scattered settlements and, on the southern valley floor is the Karl Renner Haus belonging to the Friends of Nature . Several kilometres downstream the valley broadens and one enters the well-known Saalbach-Hinterglemm ski region and
21-558: The 2,048 m high Schlaberstatt crossing to the north. The Geißstein may also be climbed in winter as part of a ski tour using the southwestern route from the Bürgl Hut. According to legend , gold was supposed to have once been mined on the Geißstein and Venetians or Venediger - a German term for foreign mineral prospectors - were supposed to have been here. In addition, festivals were supposed to have been celebrated On
28-713: The Saalach swings north the valley broadens to several kilometres to form the Saalfelden Basin around the town of Saalfelden . 47°23′N 12°38′E / 47.383°N 12.633°E / 47.383; 12.633 Gei%C3%9Fstein The Geißstein , sometimes also called the Gaisstein , is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps with a height of 2,366 m (AA) that straddles
35-656: The border between the federal Austrian states of Tyrol and Salzburg The Geißstein lies about seven kilometres southeast of Jochberg . To the east of it is the Vogelalmgraben , a right-hand side valley of the Glemmtal . To the southeast is the Mühltal , a left-hand valley of the Upper Pinzgau ( Oberpinzgau ). This is the site of the 1,699 m high Bürgl Hut , one of the most important bases for climbing
42-485: The mountain. A signposted trail runs from the hut along the southern arête to the summit. Alternatively the Geißstein can be approached from the 2,035 m high Sintersbach wind-gap ( Sintersbachscharte ) to the southwest over the relatively gently sloping, grassy southwest side of the mountain. Another signed trail runs through the much steeper southeastern flank which is accessible from the Vogelalmgraben or from
49-636: The village of Saalbach , from where the Saalbach is called the "Saalach" and the valley the "Lower Glemm Valley" or Vorderglemmtal . Here the Spielbergbach joins from the north and several summer mountain trails begin here too including the one to the Schattberg . Now the valley runs for 15 km relatively straight and due east. The valley ends near Viehhofen , north of the Zeller See ,
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