The Stuiben waterfall near Umhausen is the highest one in Tyrol. The Horlach creek, which originates in the Niederthai, plunges over 150 meters in two cascades.
The Swiss Pine forest of Obergurgl is a genuine rarity: Imagine an uninterrupted 20 ha (50 acres) area that stretches from 1950 m to 2100 m above sea level and largely consists of pines 300 years or older.