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Spronser lakes – Route from Vellau/Velloi

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  • Spronser lakes – Route from Vellau/Velloi
    Spronser lakes – Route from Vellau/Velloi
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Map / Spronser lakes – Route from Vellau/Velloi

Wanderung zu den faszinierenden hochalpinen Spronser Seen, der schönste Bergseengruppe in Südtirol, mit 10 Seen im Herzen des Naturparks Texelgruppe! 

difficult
Distance 12.7 km
5:40 h
1,576 m
1,577 m
2,479 m
1,512 m

The Spronser lakes are found at the center of the Texel Group Nature Park, one of the largest high mountain lake districts in the entire Alps. They are fed with melted snow water and are a real highlight of the Texel Group Nature Park. Their clear waters reflect the surrounding landscape and they are a popular place with walkers and hikers. The ten little lakes, which lie at an altitude of between 2,117 mt. and 2,589 mt., are the highest mountain lakes in South Tyrol.
The lakes include the Kasersee 2,117 mt., the Pfitschersee 2,126 mt., the small Mückensee 2,330 mt., the Grünsee 2.338 mt., the Langsee 2,377 mt., the Schiefersee 2,501 mt., the Kesselsee 2,512 mt., the Schwarzsee 2,589 mt. and the two Milchseen at 2,540 mt.

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Highest point
2,479 m
Lowest point
1,512 m
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Safety information

A head for heights and surefootedness required!

Start

Coordinates:
DD
46.705780, 11.111020
DMS
46°42'20.8"N 11°06'39.7"E
UTM
32T 661368 5174633
w3w 
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Turn-by-turn directions

Tour Start
Leiter Alm mountain pasture
Tour End
Leiter Alm mountain pasture

Starting from the Leiter Alm mountain pasture (1522 m a.s.l.), walk along the Merano High Mountain trail no. 24 to the Hochganghaus refuge (1839 m a.s.l.), branching off to the right, a steep ascent leads along trail no. 7 to the Hochgangscharte wind gap (2441 m a.s.l.) (only for those who are free from giddiness!), branching off to the left from the wind gap, walk along above the Langsee lake (2 km) to the Grünsee lake, from there you descend on path no. 6 into the Spronsertal valley to the Oberkaser Alm mountain pasture (2131 m a.s.l.). Then turn right onto trail no. 22 past the Mückenlacke and Pfitscherlacke lakes, and then climb moderately to the Taufenscharte wind gap (Karjoch) (2230 m a.s.l.). Now follows a steep, winding descent to the Leiter Alm mountain pasture.

Public transport

Timetable search: https://www.suedtirolmobil.info/en/

By road

Parking
At the Vellau Skilift or at the Lagundo chairlift Valley Station

Public Transport
Bus 213 to Lagundo until the chairlift bus stop, then up to Vellau by chairlift.
With Bus 235 from Merano to Lagundo up to the Vellau chairlift.

Parking

Car park chairlift Algund/Lagundo - Vellau/Velloi
Car park basket lift Vellau/Velloi

Coordinates

DD
46.705780, 11.111020
DMS
46°42'20.8"N 11°06'39.7"E
UTM
32T 661368 5174633
w3w 
///scared.mystify.kegs
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Difficulty
difficult
Distance
12.7 km
Duration
5:40 h
Ascent
1,576 m
Descent
1,577 m
Highest point
2,479 m
Lowest point
1,512 m

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