This is an amazing lookout over the lake and surrounding Austrian Alps. The views were breathtaking!

You could not only see the lake, Hallstatt and Obertraun, but into the alps in every direction.

We saw a glacier, that has unfortunately lost 1/2 it’s size in the last 150 years.

You could see sinkholes where the snow run-off and rain seeped into the limestone mountain. These also helped form the caves that the water created inside the mountain.

After coming down off the lookout, we headed to the snow caves next.

Wikipedia Info:

5 Fingers is a free viewing platform in the Dachstein Mountains of Upper Austria, on Mount Krippenstein. It was named “5 Fingers” by virtue of its hand-like shape.

The individual fingers, which are approximately 4 m (13 ft) long fingers, are built over a precipice of about 400 m (1,300 ft) depth.

The viewing platform is less than a 20-minute walk from the Krippenstein Station of the Dachstein cable car line.

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