To the south of the Gasteiner Klamm, through which the Gasteiner Ache surges tumultuously down between almost vertical rock walls, lies Dorfgastein (836m/2,743ft), on the lowest "step" of the valley. (The road bypasses the gorge in a tunnel). This is a quiet little summer and winter sports resort (pop. 1,400) with an open-air swimming pool
heated by solar energy (32 deg C/90 deg F). The 14th C. parish church has been partly remodeled in Baroque style. There is a chair lift to the Brandelalm (1,500m/4,920ft).