Pongau

The Pongau, the middle Salzach valley, extends southward from the gap between the Hagengebirge in the west and the broad limestone massif of the Tennengebirge in the east to join the Gasteiner Tal. The scenery varies between green expanses of open valley and narrow canyons in which the rock faces on either side draw close together. Some tributary streams form deeply slashed gorges, such as the Gasteiner Klamm and the Liechtensteinklamm. To the southwest the Pongau merges into the Pinzgau.