Lake Neves – View of Neves Reservoir loop from Lappach - Lappago
Lake Neves – View of Neves Reservoir loop from Lappach - Lappago
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Lake Neves – View of Neves Reservoir loop from Lappach - Lappago
06:33
18.4km
990m
Hiking
Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 24, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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4.36 km
Parking at Lake Neves
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4.53 km
Neves-Stausee - Lago di Neves
Lake
5.34 km
Lake Neves
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5.49 km
View of Lago di Neves
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6.30 km
View of Neves Reservoir
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well-known mountain peaks such as the Hohe Weisszint (3.371 m), the Großer Möseler (3.479) and the Thurnerkamp (3.418 m) tower north of the Neves Reservoir majestically into the sky. At the foot of the rock giants runs the famous Neves High Trail, which offers a wonderful view of the lake and the glaciers.
The area around the Neves reservoir is ideal for hikers and mountaineers. To Eisbruggjochhütte, which is also called Edelrauthütte, you can reach from here in about 2 hours, to Chemnitzerhütte in 1.5. For the Weißzint you have to count about 5 hours, on the Möseler there are 6 and the Thurnerkamp a bit longer, the latter is the most challenging of the three mountains in terms of climbing.
Source: suedtirol.com/natur/seen/neves-stausee
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7.12 km
View of Lago di Neves
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8.64 km
Nevesjoch - Passo di Neves
Mountain Pass
9.63 km
Artificial Lake
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14.1 km
Lago di Neves
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Neves Lake is in fact the result of an ambitious hydraulic engineering work that dates back to the 1960s. The main objective was to regulate the flow of water for hydroelectric and irrigation purposes. The area was strategically chosen for its topography: a narrow and deep valley, surrounded by imposing mountains.
Today it holds two records:
- Neves Lake is the northernmost artificial basin in Italy;
- with its 95 meters of height, the dome dam is the highest in South Tyrol.
The reservoir has a storage capacity of more than 15,000,000 m3, equivalent to 5,000 Olympic swimming pools. From here, the water is conveyed through a 5 km long pressure tunnel dug into the mountain. The route ends with a steep penstock that conveys the water at high speed into the power plant, located further downstream, in the Lappago di Sotto area. In front of the power plant is the transformer station, thanks to which the energy produced is raised to 132 kV so it can be fed into the national high voltage electricity grid.
HOW TO GET THERE
Once you reach Lappago, a hamlet of Selva dei Molini, continue to the toll booth of the narrow road that leads to the lake in just under 2 km (open only in the summer; after 4 hours the daily rate is €12). There are numerous parking options near the dam, as well as along the eastern shore.
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14.3 km
View from the Dam of Lago di Neves
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18.4 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.78 km
5.66 km
4.75 km
791 m
460 m
Surfaces
8.51 km
3.67 km
3.11 km
1.31 km
1.15 km
462 m
175 m
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