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View of Lago Quaira (Arzkarsee)

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View of Lago Quaira (Arzkarsee)

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View of Lago Quaira (Arzkarsee)

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Location: Ulten - Ultimo, South Tyrol, Italy

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1. Kuppelwieser Alm to Arzkarsee (via Trail 11A)

8.69km

04:07

690m

Alpine trail through South Tyrol's high country to turquoise Arzkarsee reservoir with friendly goats.

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2. Mutegg Summit Cross – Mutegg Summit loop from St. Nikolaus - San Nicolò

10.3km

04:02

680m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Kuppelwieser Alm – Lago di Quaira (Arzkarsee) loop from Kuppelwies - Pracupola

11.7km

04:30

700m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Olli "ROTE HOSE"😄

April 17, 2017

The Arzkarsee (also Arzkar reservoir, sometimes also Arzker reservoir, Italian Lago Quaira) is a reservoir above the Ulten Valley northwest of St. Nicholas in South Tyrol. It lies at an altitude of 2250 m, making it the highest reservoir in the Ultental area after Grünsee.

Its gravity dam is 85 meters high and has a crown length of 464.8 meters. Their total volume is 610,000 m³. The 3,257 m high peak of the Hasenöhrl rises about 2.5 kilometers west of the lake. Its glacier area with Hasenöhrlferner and Kuppelwiesferner supplies the water for the lake. Its water area covers around 30 hectares[1] with a storage capacity of 12.6 million cubic meters.

Lake Arzkar was built between 1965 and 1966 as the last of the reservoirs for the hydroelectric power plants in the Ulten Valley. From there, a pressure tunnel leads to the Kuppelwieser Alm power plant, 358 meters below. 13 cubic meters of water per second generate an output of 42 megawatts in the turbine there.

The system also works as a pumped storage plant, in which water can be pumped up from the Weißbrunnsee into the Arzkarsee using a high-performance pump during low-consumption times, up to 8.5 m³/s.

The Arzkarsee dam can be crossed on the top of the wall.[2]
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Elevation 2,100 m

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Location: Ulten - Ultimo, South Tyrol, Italy

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View of Lago Quaira (Arzkarsee)

1. Kuppelwieser Alm to Arzkarsee (via Trail 11A)

2. Mutegg Summit Cross – Mutegg Summit loop from St. Nikolaus - San Nicolò

3. Kuppelwieser Alm – Lago di Quaira (Arzkarsee) loop from Kuppelwies - Pracupola

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