Falbesoner See (2.575 m)

When making your way from the “Neue Regensburger Hütte” and heading in the direction of the “Dresdner Hütte”, the “Stubaier Höhenweg” trail takes you in the direction of Falbesoner See Lake. This moraine lake rests at 2,850 m above sea level and is dammed up by the moraine on the left-hand side of the “Hochmoos” glacier. The glacier’s melted snow and ice initially feeds the lake itself, then flows onward into the “Hohe Moos” (“high bogs”). Incidentally, it is still possible here to make out the cloudy glacier water as it continues its meandering flow. The basin in which the flood moor lies is significantly older than the lake itself. Its origin dates back to the last ice age when it was released by the glaciers. It was there that a lake initially formed, which then silted up over several millennia before transforming itself into a moor. Today, there is only a little remaining peat. In early summer, the wetlands are covered by dense white cotton grass – something definitely worth seeing for yourself. The traces left behind by the glaciers at every turn, with moraine walls and beautifully smooth-cut rock slabs, have come to characterise this high-altitude habitat.

Stubai mountain lakes: Falbesoner See

Route Length
13.1 km
Route Time Total
08:20 h
altitude meters uphill
1479 hm
altitude meters downhill
1479 hm
highest point
2577 hm
Difficulty
Hard
Trip to by car:
The tour starts at Waldcafe in Falbeson. There are numerous free parking spaces and a bus stop (‘Neustift Falbeson’) right next to Waldcafe.
Starting point:
parking space Waldcafe (Falbeson, 1.220 m)
End Point:
parking space Waldcafe (Falbeson, 1.220 m)
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