Turquoise water
Below glaciers.
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The Silvretta Reservoir is a reservoir in the Silvretta Alps of Vorarlberg, western Austria, just below the Bielerhöhe pass at 2,030 metres, about 23 km southeast of Schruns in a straight line. It covers about 1.3 square kilometres. It is the highest reservoir of the regional power company and, with the Vermunt Reservoir, feeds a pumped-storage power plant. The border between Tyrol and Vorarlberg runs across its eastern dam. The Ill River rises at nearby glaciers, flows through the Ochsental and empties into the reservoir. Work on the dams began in 1938, the reservoir was first filled in 1951, and the dams were renewed between 2009 and 2012. Clear turquoise water stretches between towering mountains capped with snow and glaciers, the Lobspitzen peaks highest among them, and a walkway runs along the long dam above the water. Green alpine pastures and rocks ring the lake. Visitors stroll across the dam and around the lake on a loop path, and many mountain trails to huts and glaciers start here. The Silvretta high-alpine road that reaches it is open only in summer, as snow closes it the rest of the year.
Below glaciers.
A walkway above.
To huts.
Bielerhöhe, Silvretta Alps, Vorarlberg, Austria
In summer only.
Yes, on a loop path.