Austria AREA 47 - Tirol · CC BY-SA 4.0
The cut
1,624 metres, to scale.
A slice through Imster Schlucht 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: Eiffel Tower · 330 m · Burj Khalifa · 828 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.
1,624m
Depth
measured on the 30 m relief model
8.7km
Rim to rim
measured on the 30 m relief model
43°
Steepest wall
average over 300 m, from the relief
689m
Floor altitude
Rim to floor
12 °C warmer at the bottom.
In July the afternoon reaches 25 °C on the floor, against 13 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are in September. The rim freezes at night from October to May. The wettest months are from June to August.
- 4°-8°Jan
- 4°-7°Feb
- 8°-4°Mar
- 14°2°Apr
- 19°7°May
- 23°11°Jun
- 25°13°Jul
- 24°12°Aug
- 20°8°Sep
- 16°4°Oct
- 10°-2°Nov
- 5°-7°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.
Ravine in Tyrol
Imster Schlucht is a canyon in Austria, cut by the Inn river. The relief model measures 1,624 m from the floor to the lower rim. Rim to rim it is 8.7 km wide where the cut was taken.
Getting there.
- Karresnearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 2,450 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 1.0 km from the floor
- Innsbruck Airport (INN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at INN airport (Innsbruck)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
- In Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)
Plan the visit
Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.
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The river
The Inn runs highest from April to August.
The Inn carries about 116 m³/s on average here. It runs highest from April to August, fed by melting snow. It is lowest from January to February.
- 15 m³/sJan
- 15 m³/sFeb
- 139 m³/sMar
- 260 m³/sApr
- 304 m³/sMay
- 327 m³/sJun
- 308 m³/sJul
- 321 m³/sAug
- 220 m³/sSep
- 145 m³/sOct
- 94 m³/sNov
- 54 m³/sDec
From about 15 m³/s in the lowest month to 327 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 4,126 km².
Follow the Inn from source to mouth on Riveryas
Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.
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), 19 × 19 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around the canyon.
- 17viewpoints within 5 kmErdpyramiden, Wetterkreuz, Aussichtsterrasse and 14 more
- 9marked hiking routes within 4 kmWanderweg 911 - Geigenkammhöhenweg, Jakobsweg Tirol, Starkenberger Panoramaweg and 6 more
- 3via ferrata routes within 4 kmSteinwand Klettersteig Rechte Variante, Steinwand Klettersteig Hauptroute, Steinwand Klettersteig Linke Variante
- 3climbing crags within 3 kmSteinwand Klettersteig, Versteckt, Rote Wand
- 8footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 kmBenni Raich Brücke and 7 more
- 1rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 kmMalchbach
- 78car parks within 3 km
- 34information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
- 26bus stops within 2 km
- 3campsites within 8 kmCampingpark FiNK, Mountain Camp, Aktiv Camping Imst
- 187hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmLarcher Alm, Galflun Alm, Puitalm and 184 more
- 50restaurants and cafés within 4 km
- swimming spots within 3 km
- named waterfalls within 4 km
- caves within 3 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
- Karres0.5 km in a straight line
- Arzl im Pitztal1.4 km in a straight line
- Karrösten1.6 km in a straight line
- Roppen2.9 km in a straight line
- Imst4.6 km in a straight line
- Ötztal-Bahnhof5.8 km in a straight line
- Tarrenz5.9 km in a straight line
- Wenns6.3 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Imster Schlucht.
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.
Peakyas79 mountains within 15 kmFigures 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 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
| Afternoon · rim | -8 | -7 | -4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | -2 | -7 |
| Night · rim | -17 | -17 | -13 | -8 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -5 | -10 | -15 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 50 | 67 | 75 | 126 | 152 | 151 | 167 | 106 | 85 | 72 | 65 |
| Rainy days | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Sun hours/day | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 41 | 47 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| Afternoon · floor | Afternoon · rim | Night · rim | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | -8 | -17 | 64 | 3.3 |
| Feb | 4 | -7 | -17 | 50 | 4.6 |
| Mar | 8 | -4 | -13 | 67 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 14 | 2 | -8 | 75 | 6.0 |
| May | 19 | 7 | -3 | 126 | 6.0 |
| Jun | 23 | 11 | 1 | 152 | 7.0 |
| Jul | 25 | 13 | 3 | 151 | 7.3 |
| Aug | 24 | 12 | 2 | 167 | 6.8 |
| Sep | 20 | 8 | -1 | 106 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 16 | 4 | -5 | 85 | 4.6 |
| Nov | 10 | -2 | -10 | 72 | 3.1 |
| Dec | 5 | -7 | -15 | 65 | 2.8 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (689 m) and the rim (2,512 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 | 51% | 179% | 96% | 76% | 76% | 140% | 100% | 139% | 115% | 156% | 27% | 150% |
| 2021 | 176% | 71% | 91% | 62% | 106% | 74% | 143% | 116% | 79% | 49% | 141% | 103% |
| 2022 | 52% | 150% | 15% | 95% | 93% | 106% | 96% | 77% | 150% | 116% | 88% | 85% |
| 2023 | 54% | 58% | 126% | 161% | 210% | 120% | 129% | 135% | 66% | 126% | 220% | 225% |
| 2024 | 98% | 126% | 149% | 110% | 136% | 135% | 111% | 70% | 154% | 128% | 45% | 89% |
| 2025 | 107% | 35% | 98% | 63% | 119% | 80% | 153% | 85% | 114% | 74% | 91% | 31% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Compare with the neighbours.
Imster Schlucht
Austria
- 1,624 mDepth
- 8.7 kmRim to rim
- —Length
- 43°Steepest wall
Arzler Pitzeklamm
Austria · 1 km
- 1,639 mDepth
- 9.2 kmRim to rim
- 1.0 kmLength
- 41°Steepest wall
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length | Wikidata (Q1435885) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| River flow and basin | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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