Rifflsee 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 is the largest lake in the

Ötztal Alps The Ötztal Alps ( it, Alpi Venoste, german: Ötztaler Alpen) are a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps, in the State of Tyrol in western Austria and the Province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. Geography The Ötztal Alps are arrayed at ...

. The mountain lake is located in the Kaunergrat west of the

Pitztal The Pitztal is an alpine valley located in Tyrol, Austria. The Pitztal is a southern side valley of the Upper Inntal, and runs between the valleys Ötztal (to the east) and Kaunertal (to the west). The Pitze river runs the length of the valley an ...

and is a typical

moraine A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice shee ...

reservoir. The lake fills an extensive valley, the glacier-turbid water looks greenish. It is framed in the north and west by rugged peaks of the Kaunergrat, particularly striking are Seekogel and

Rostizkogel The Rostizkogel is a mountain in the Kaunergrat group of the Ötztal Alps, closely related to the Watzespitze The Watzespitze or Waze (3,533m) is the highest mountain in the Kaunergrat group of the Ötztal Alps. It is located in Tyrol, Austria. ...

. In sunny and warm weather, a considerable amount of melt water is supplied by the Seekarles, Loch, and Rifflferner. An

alpine club hut Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...

called the Rifflseehütte is located nearby.

Images

File:Rifflsee 01.jpg File:Rifflsee 03.jpg File:Pitztal and Rifflsee from Mittagskogel 01.jpg,

and Rifflsee from

Mittagskogel The Mittagskogel (German) or Kepa (Slovenian) has an elevation of aA, Federal Agency of Metrology and Surveying, Austria, Map 1:50000 and is thus the third highest mountain in the Karawanks range, after Hochstuhl/Stol and the Vertratscha/ Vrta ...

File:Rifflsee, Seekogel and Watzespitze 03.jpg, Rifflsee, Seekogel and

Watzespitze The Watzespitze or Waze (3,533m) is the highest mountain in the Kaunergrat group of the Ötztal Alps. It is located in Tyrol, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of ...

Lakes of Tyrol (state)

References

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