Lake Moels (german: Mölssee) is a lake of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It can be found at the upper part of the

Wattental The Wattental is a southern side valley of the Inn valley. The valley, through which the Wattenbach stream flows, is incised deeply into the quartz-phyllite rock of the Tux Prealps. The two dispersed settlements of Wattenberg and Vögelsberg ( ...

valley at a height of 2,240 metres. With an area of , it is one larger lakes in the area. The lake can be reached by following the road beginning in

Wattens Wattens is a market town of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is chiefly known as home of the Swarovski crystal glass company. Geography Wattens is located in the Lower Inn Valley of North Tyrol, about east of Innsbr ...

. Then above the Moels Alp the lake may be gained by walking up a pretty steep trail heading for the Moels col (). The mountain lake lies within a military training area, so it can be only visited at certain particular times. Water temperature:

Water quality

The crystal-clear, clean, mountain lake water has a very high drinking water quality and is a habitat for fish such as

carp Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...

and

trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salmoni ...

. The lake is very cold and, even in midsummer, temperatures of are rarely reached.

Inflow and outflow

The

Mölsbach Lake Moels (german: Mölssee) is a lake of Tyrol, Austria. It can be found at the upper part of the Wattental valley at a height of 2,240 metres. With an area of , it is one larger lakes in the area. The lake can be reached by following the road ...

is the natural outflow and drains the lake.

References

Moels Tux Alps {{Tyrol-geo-stub