After accident in Klamm – “100 % security can never exist”

The rustic cash register at the entrance of the Beergeseer Gorge was well attended during the “Krone” visit in the early morning. The nearby parking lot 1 was full of shortly after 9 a.m. “But we are now with a shuttle service provider shortly before the end,” says Gerhard Jantscher, chairman of the Mixnitz Alpine Association.

Joy also comes with the controller when they look at the stream of visitors since the opening on 1 May. Which of course is also due to the fantastic weather. “We can really be extremely satisfied with the first few days,” Jantscher reveals. A good 40,000 visitors are expected in the first full damp season since the Rock Fall Tragedy in July 2020 with nine injuries and three fatalities. “And we also need the visitors to be able to represent the operation economically.”

Still not completed
For a proud 1.9 million euros, the excursion destination, well -known far beyond the styric national borders, has been renovated in recent years – its lion’s share had to deal with the lion’s share. “And the work is still not complete,” Jantscher explains. “In the winter we flew away again. And even now, employees are still busy exchanging bridges and ladders.”

110 of the 168 ladders were exchanged until the reopening last fall – 70 tons of pine wood was installed for this and for new bridges. Ten steel networks were anchored as Rockfall protection. “We really built everything that was possible,” explains the Mixnitzer. Everything of course in coordination and with the support of the owner Mayr-Melnhof.

The approximately one and a half hours and a tour of 1.5 km through the Beergeseer Gorge to the “Good Shepherd” Alpine Inn, in which almost 400 meters height must be overcome, is now also identified as a black tour – to raise awareness among visitors. “But everyone must be clear that there is simply not 100 percent security.”