Partnach Gorge

My Dad and Aunt went to a local concentration camp so the kids and I decided to hike up Partnach Gorge. 

The Partnach River, a lusty mountain stream, has cut a 262 ft deep crevasse into pure rock, creating one of the most beautiful gorges in the alpine region. Therefore the Partnach Gorge is about 2.305 feet / 800 metres in length and its walls rise to 263 feet / 80 metres. It was declared a natural monument in 1912. 

(taken from a handy tourist site)

It was pouring down rain that day, so we grabbed our jackets and umbrellas and headed up. We decided to take a carriage up to the start of the hike since it was about two miles. Once there we still had another roughly two mile hike till we even got to the official entrance of the gorge. 

The water was this strange icy color and rushing faster than I've ever seen. We were all amazed at the view, walking through tunnels and caverns, seeing waterfalls and beautiful  rock creations.

Not too far in William said he was cold so I pulled the extra socks out of the bag to cover their hands and we headed back down.

Fortunately it stopped raining by the time we got back to the entrance because all of the carriages and gondolas has stopped running so we were hoofing it back to the car. 

William found a slug on the way down and decided to bring it back to Nick as a pet (only after I vetoed the desire to bring a dead squirrel back instead).

By the time we made it even half way he has 3-4 in his hands so being the awesome mom that I am, I found something in my bag for him to carry them in and we took them back to the hotel with us.