Canyon Giessenbach (mittlerer) in Oberbayern v3-a4-III 3.7/5*

Country: Deutschland / Germany

Region: Oberbayern / Upper Bavaria

Subregion: Landkreis Rosenheim

Town: Kiefersfelden

v3 a4 III

1h50

10min

1h10

30min

680m

645m

35m

16m

2x20m

Car optional

Rating:

★★★★★

3.7 (6)

Info:

★★★

3 (2)

Belay:

★★★

2.4 (5)

Summary: machine translated ➜

Gorge hike with smaller rappels and a "key passage".

Parts

Name

Difficulty

Approach

Tour

Return

Giessenbach (oberer)

v4 a3 III

2h

3h

1h

Giessenbach (mittlerer)

v3 a4 III

10min

1h10

30min

Giessenbach (unterer)

v1 a2 II

30min

1h

10min

Summary: machine translated ➜

Gorge hike with smaller rappels and a "key passage".

Access: machine translated ➜

On the Inntal freeway A 93 direction Kiefersfelden/Kufstein. Exit Kiefersfelden, after a good 1.2 km turn left at the T-junction (direction town center and Kufstein) and after 450 m on Rosenheimer Straße turn right at the next traffic light into Thierseestraße. Now drive 3.1 kilometers (from the traffic lights) - narrow-gauge tracks alternately accompany the road - until a road branches off to the right up to Breitenau. Here we go up to the right, past the farmhouses on the left, the tarred road becomes a dirt road, on the left below is the Schopperalm and we stop at a fork in the road, 2.7 km from the fork in the road. At the fork we see yellow signposts ("Rechenau" or Hintere Gießenbachklamm"). Here we park the vehicle.

Approach (10 min): machine translated ➜

An indistinct track leads down through the forest in a westerly direction to the wide gravel bed and the slide brake at the beginning of the gorge.

Tour (1 h 10): machine translated ➜

Entering below the slide brake, after a few slides, you soon come to the key section of this gorge. First you rappel twice, each time a few meters into whirling pools, and then on the next rappel you have to try to rappel under the surge, crouched flat against the rock, and not be pushed into the corner ("Gscheier Loch").

Return (30 min): machine translated ➜

After the gorge has opened, turn left onto a forest road. This would bring us to the Schopper Alm, but we cross at the latest on the open meadow area pathless or on unclear tracks up to the forest road. Here to the left a few hundred meters to the car.\nAlternatively, below the Schopper Alm a continuation of the tour in the Vordere Giießenbachklamm is possible.

Coordinates:

Canyon Start

47.6232°, 12.124° ↓

Canyon End

47.6211°, 12.1251° ↓

Literatures:

Map

Topographische Karte 8338, Bayrischzell, 1/25 000

Canyoning Book

Canyoning in Bayern und Tirol (2. Auflage)

Werner Baumgarten

2013

Canyoning Book

Canyoning in Bayern und Tirol

Werner Baumgarten

2010

Canyoning Book

DCV 20 Jahre

Deutscher Canyoning Verein

2015

Booklet mit 13 Canyon-Beschreibungen

Canyoning Book

Canyoning Bergsport im Wasser

Alfons Zaunhuber

Pollner

1996

20 Tourenbeschreibungen (Europa), Ausrüstung, Technik

Cwiki Canyon Info

Canyoning Wiki Link Mittlere Giessenbachklamm https://canyon.carto.net/cwiki/bin/view/Canyons/MittlereGiessenbachklammCanyon.html

Descente Canyon Info

https://www.descente-canyon.com/canyoning/canyon/21755

Ropewiki Canyon Info

http://ropewiki.com/Giessenbachklamm

Gallery

(08.07.2012) https://goo.gl/photos/bojgF1pB9mULXC876

Gallery

(30.06.2015) https://goo.gl/photos/e9Zq9TZp8Ct85UzV8

Video

(08.07.2012) http://youtu.be/gb0KOjim9C8

Video

(30.06.2015) https://youtu.be/Ci5csNrOs5o

Video

(23.03.2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqCrHFsHeCc

Video

(11.2020, Montie) https://youtu.be/UzZ5wdfQd9c?si=Ayo2BJ-cu4iwNDZF

13.04.2025 Moosi ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔ machine translated ➜

I can only agree with Elias. Then made the lower one afterwards :)

23.03.2025 Elias Eberl ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 Normal Completed ✔ machine translated ➜

All stands in order, water already surprisingly "warm". At the "Gscheier Loch" there is the possibility of attaching an intermediate stand or deflection. Chain anchor on the right.