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title: 'Day 23: Salzburg -> Werfen'
author: nadim.salloum
type: post
date: 2021-08-29T18:30:42+00:00
categories:
  - Velotour Sommer 2021

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What a day! With my new friend I met the evening before we planned to go to the „Eisriesenwelt“ in Werfen, the biggest ice cave in the world. I cycled there in the morning while he took the train and we met there. Before we got to see the cave we still had a bit of a way in front of us, as the cave is high up in the mountain. First we had to take a shuttle bus up, then walk up 20 min, take a gondola and then walk up another 20 min. We went high up into the fog and were finally at the entrance of the cave. Through the cave is a guided tour that takes about 70 min, all the while walking up and then down 700 steps. In the entrance I could already feel the cold, but once we got inside it was about 0 degrees. My clothes still a bit wet from my sweat started to cool down, and after a while inside it did really start to feel cold, even if I had multiple layers on. The cave was amazing and very impressive, huge ice structures and walls were inside, and the size of it was unbelievable. we got handed lanterns and all of the lights inside the cave were by those or by some other small temporary lights, it really added to the mystic feeling of the cave. This also meant that it was a bit hard to get great pictures inside, but the pictures reallt can’t show the scale of it all.By the end of it I was also glad to get out again, so I could feel my fingers again. The fog had even lifted a bit and we could see some mountains. <figure class="wp-block-image size-large">

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="473" height="1024" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5-473x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-247" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5-473x1024.png 473w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5-139x300.png 139w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5-768x1663.png 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5-709x1536.png 709w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5-946x2048.png 946w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/43EA6906-B8CF-44D8-B0EE-6F70941353A5.png 1125w" sizes="(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px" /> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8CF53808-12ED-4147-B0C8-0D89824E56CA-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-248" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8CF53808-12ED-4147-B0C8-0D89824E56CA-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8CF53808-12ED-4147-B0C8-0D89824E56CA-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8CF53808-12ED-4147-B0C8-0D89824E56CA-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8CF53808-12ED-4147-B0C8-0D89824E56CA.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>on the way</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2A195BFD-589E-4CE2-B0B0-75BF47C550C0-768x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-249" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2A195BFD-589E-4CE2-B0B0-75BF47C550C0-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2A195BFD-589E-4CE2-B0B0-75BF47C550C0-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2A195BFD-589E-4CE2-B0B0-75BF47C550C0-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2A195BFD-589E-4CE2-B0B0-75BF47C550C0-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2A195BFD-589E-4CE2-B0B0-75BF47C550C0-scaled.jpeg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption>Schloss Hohenwerf, the castle in Werfen</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="958" height="1280" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A553D4E6-B25D-45FC-A97D-24F349AAA193-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-251" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A553D4E6-B25D-45FC-A97D-24F349AAA193-edited.jpeg 958w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A553D4E6-B25D-45FC-A97D-24F349AAA193-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A553D4E6-B25D-45FC-A97D-24F349AAA193-edited-766x1024.jpeg 766w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/A553D4E6-B25D-45FC-A97D-24F349AAA193-edited-768x1026.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px" /><figcaption>the way up</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="766" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FF438FF0-5F6F-42D3-A6B0-2F0710CD61C0-1024x766.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-252" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FF438FF0-5F6F-42D3-A6B0-2F0710CD61C0-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FF438FF0-5F6F-42D3-A6B0-2F0710CD61C0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FF438FF0-5F6F-42D3-A6B0-2F0710CD61C0-768x575.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FF438FF0-5F6F-42D3-A6B0-2F0710CD61C0.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/338B7326-3DFD-4B00-9446-8A46AC41CAB1-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-253" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/338B7326-3DFD-4B00-9446-8A46AC41CAB1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/338B7326-3DFD-4B00-9446-8A46AC41CAB1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/338B7326-3DFD-4B00-9446-8A46AC41CAB1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/338B7326-3DFD-4B00-9446-8A46AC41CAB1.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/0274066F-AE5E-4E39-8ECB-037C07B74961-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-267" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/0274066F-AE5E-4E39-8ECB-037C07B74961-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/0274066F-AE5E-4E39-8ECB-037C07B74961-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/0274066F-AE5E-4E39-8ECB-037C07B74961-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/0274066F-AE5E-4E39-8ECB-037C07B74961.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>looking up at the cave entrance</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D0C75D11-15C4-4EFA-B3F3-D8DB1A07C7BE-768x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-254" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D0C75D11-15C4-4EFA-B3F3-D8DB1A07C7BE-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D0C75D11-15C4-4EFA-B3F3-D8DB1A07C7BE-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D0C75D11-15C4-4EFA-B3F3-D8DB1A07C7BE-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D0C75D11-15C4-4EFA-B3F3-D8DB1A07C7BE-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/D0C75D11-15C4-4EFA-B3F3-D8DB1A07C7BE-scaled.jpeg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption>looking out the tunnel</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C60D87CD-0006-4B20-84F1-64838582EB63-1024x768.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-255" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C60D87CD-0006-4B20-84F1-64838582EB63-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C60D87CD-0006-4B20-84F1-64838582EB63-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C60D87CD-0006-4B20-84F1-64838582EB63-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C60D87CD-0006-4B20-84F1-64838582EB63-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/C60D87CD-0006-4B20-84F1-64838582EB63-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>inside the cave</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B95E31DE-0E15-4DDB-A9C8-7A7ED1219967-1024x768.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-256" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B95E31DE-0E15-4DDB-A9C8-7A7ED1219967-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B95E31DE-0E15-4DDB-A9C8-7A7ED1219967-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B95E31DE-0E15-4DDB-A9C8-7A7ED1219967-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B95E31DE-0E15-4DDB-A9C8-7A7ED1219967-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B95E31DE-0E15-4DDB-A9C8-7A7ED1219967-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="462" height="1024" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/63DA7E0B-B957-4140-AAC7-6586BB1B07C4-462x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-257" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/63DA7E0B-B957-4140-AAC7-6586BB1B07C4-462x1024.jpeg 462w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/63DA7E0B-B957-4140-AAC7-6586BB1B07C4-135x300.jpeg 135w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/63DA7E0B-B957-4140-AAC7-6586BB1B07C4-694x1536.jpeg 694w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/63DA7E0B-B957-4140-AAC7-6586BB1B07C4.jpeg 722w" sizes="(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="461" height="1024" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/53E46CF7-24BA-47AE-AC17-4FADC92E9B72-461x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-258" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/53E46CF7-24BA-47AE-AC17-4FADC92E9B72-461x1024.jpeg 461w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/53E46CF7-24BA-47AE-AC17-4FADC92E9B72-135x300.jpeg 135w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/53E46CF7-24BA-47AE-AC17-4FADC92E9B72-691x1536.jpeg 691w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/53E46CF7-24BA-47AE-AC17-4FADC92E9B72.jpeg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6B9C298B-B4E3-41A1-AA10-008E6DEA8D26-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-259" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6B9C298B-B4E3-41A1-AA10-008E6DEA8D26-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6B9C298B-B4E3-41A1-AA10-008E6DEA8D26-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6B9C298B-B4E3-41A1-AA10-008E6DEA8D26-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6B9C298B-B4E3-41A1-AA10-008E6DEA8D26.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>looking down in the valley, where I will cycle</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/755672F1-49F5-4CD2-BB83-6823C633455B-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-260" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/755672F1-49F5-4CD2-BB83-6823C633455B-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/755672F1-49F5-4CD2-BB83-6823C633455B-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/755672F1-49F5-4CD2-BB83-6823C633455B-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/755672F1-49F5-4CD2-BB83-6823C633455B.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>the path down again</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B8D631C1-E5D6-47AC-989E-8AA19282B7F6-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-261" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B8D631C1-E5D6-47AC-989E-8AA19282B7F6-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B8D631C1-E5D6-47AC-989E-8AA19282B7F6-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B8D631C1-E5D6-47AC-989E-8AA19282B7F6-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/B8D631C1-E5D6-47AC-989E-8AA19282B7F6.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E7F5B630-36EF-42B1-AD5E-37D1E0A2DE39-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-264" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E7F5B630-36EF-42B1-AD5E-37D1E0A2DE39-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E7F5B630-36EF-42B1-AD5E-37D1E0A2DE39-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E7F5B630-36EF-42B1-AD5E-37D1E0A2DE39-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E7F5B630-36EF-42B1-AD5E-37D1E0A2DE39.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/7B6AF82D-98E8-4FD0-80BE-F0CB3BF0B889-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-262" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/7B6AF82D-98E8-4FD0-80BE-F0CB3BF0B889-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/7B6AF82D-98E8-4FD0-80BE-F0CB3BF0B889-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/7B6AF82D-98E8-4FD0-80BE-F0CB3BF0B889-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/7B6AF82D-98E8-4FD0-80BE-F0CB3BF0B889.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>the cave is somewhere up there</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2DB7193E-834E-4D2C-8BD4-E5FA5C6324AF-1024x682.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-265" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2DB7193E-834E-4D2C-8BD4-E5FA5C6324AF-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2DB7193E-834E-4D2C-8BD4-E5FA5C6324AF-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2DB7193E-834E-4D2C-8BD4-E5FA5C6324AF-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2DB7193E-834E-4D2C-8BD4-E5FA5C6324AF.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="766" src="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1B83E250-C332-496C-9920-B43B0F093D0E-1024x766.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-263" srcset="https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1B83E250-C332-496C-9920-B43B0F093D0E-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1B83E250-C332-496C-9920-B43B0F093D0E-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1B83E250-C332-496C-9920-B43B0F093D0E-768x575.jpeg 768w, https://salloum.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1B83E250-C332-496C-9920-B43B0F093D0E.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>I‘ve set up my tent not far from there</figcaption></figure>