The back and forward lakes Stubensee (lit. ''Lake Stuben'' in German;
[Not to be confused with a lake of the same name (or sometimes spelled as ''Lago di Stua'') located in ]Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park
The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (in Italian: ''Parco nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi'') is a national park in the province of Belluno, Veneto, in the northern Italy.
Established in 1988, the national park is included in the section "Pale d ...
.) are located 2,423 m above sea level in the back part of the
Pflersch valley, which is a left side valley of the
Eisacktal
Eisack Valley ( ; ) is a district (; ) in South Tyrol, Italy. It comprises the middle part of the valley of the Eisack, from Franzensfeste in the north to Waidbruck in the south.
Overview
The valley of the Eisack river stretches from Brenner Pass ...
. Similar to the
Grünsee, one has to go by car until Ochsenalm (an
alpine pasture
Alpine transhumance is transhumance as practiced in the Alps, that is, a seasonal droving of grazing livestock between the valleys in winter and the high mountain pastures in summer (German language, German ' from the term for "seasonal mount ...
) and then travel northwards high up route 6 until the lakes are reached after about four kilometers. At the forward lake, there is a snack station called Magdeburger Hütte (German for ''Magdeburg alpine refuge''), which is named after the city in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
.
Both lakes have a very good water quality (A grade). As typical mountain lakes, the water remains refreshingly chilly even on hot summer days at max. 12 °C. While the back lake is only supplied by rain or melting snow, the forward one is supplied and drained by the Hochtalbach (A grade quality / rapid). The creek has a length of about 1.65 kilometers and belongs to the source rivers of the ''Fernerbach''. Both merge near the Ochsenalm. Both lakes give also a protected, untouched living space to
trout
Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the ...
s and
carp
The term carp (: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. While carp are prized game fish, quarries and a ...
s.
References
Lakes of South Tyrol
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