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Kauner Tal Attractions

The Kauner Tal is a lateral valley, 28km/17mi long, on the right bank of the upper Inn, traversed by the Faggenbach. There is a road (maximum gradient 14%, 1 in 7) up the valley from Prutz, open to ordinary traffic as far as the Gepatsch reservoir.
Weissseespitze
From the Gepatschhaus (1,928m/6,326ft; accommodation) the Weissseespitze (3,526m/11,596ft), on the Italian frontier, can be climbed (with guide).
Berneck and Grimstein
From Prutz the road continues past the village of Kauns and up the valley, passing the ruins of the 13th C. Burg Berneck above the road on the left, and soon afterwards Grimstein, with the church of Mariä Himmelfahrt (the Assumption of Our Lady).
Feichten and Weissseeferner
8km/5mi beyond the village of Feichten (1,289m/4,230ft) the dam of the Gepatsch reservoir is reached. From here there is a toll road 15km/9mi long to the summer ski resort at Weissseeferner (lifts).
Address
Feichten Tourist Office
A-6524 Feichten
Austria
Gepatsch Reservoir
The Gepatsch reservoir (dam 630m/670yds long and 130m/430ft high) is 6km/4mi long and has a capacity of 140million cubic meters/30,795million gallons. A narrow road 8.5km/5mi long skirts the lake to the Gepatsch-Alm (2,000m/6,560ft) at the head of the valley.
The Gepatsch reservoir was built in 1961.
Ladis and Obladis
3km/2mi and 10km/6mi respectively west of Prutz, on a terrace above the Inn, lie the spas and winter sports resorts of Ladis (1,190m/3,904ft) and Obladis (1,386m/4,547ft), both with sulfurous mineral springs. Ladis is known for its old rural houses (15th-16th C.) with painted facades.
Address
Ladis-Obladis Tourist Office
A-6531 Ladis-Obladis
Austria
Panoramic Glacier Road
The road up the valley from Prutz continues along the Kauner Tal Panoramic Glacier Road up to a height of 2,750m/9,025ft (Glacier Restaurant). A chairlift takes visitors up to 3,010m/9,880ft; a further 25minutes' climb brings them to a spot near the Karlespitze (3,160m/10,371ft) from where Austria, Italy and Switzerland can be seen (The "Three Country View").
Prutz, Austria
The little summer resort of Prutz (866m/2,841ft; pop. 1,300) lies at the mouth of the Kauner valley on the upper Inn. It has some quaintly-built old forts and the parish church (remodeled in Gothic style c. 1520 and in Baroque in the 17th C.) has a St Anthony chapel of 1676. A hydro-electric station in the village uses water which is piped down under pressure from the Gepatsch reservoir through a tunnel 14.8km/9mi long.
Address
Prutz-Faggen-Fendels Tourist Office
A-6522 Prutz
Austria
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