Jaap van 't Veen's photos with the keyword: ijspegel

The river Breitach has cut a deep canyon into the rocks of the Bavarian Alps, almost on the border between Austria and Germany, just south of Oberstdorf. The most interesting part of the gorge is a couple of hundred meters long. On some places the steep walls are more than 100 meters high, where only very few spots ever get the sunlight. There is a path along the river, which on the narrowest places has been cut into the steep wall of the canyon. During a hike in the winter we were really surprised by the beauty of this ‘winter wonderland’ with snow, glittering icicles, ice curtains and frozen waterfalls.