Alplersee
| Alplersee | ||
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| Alplersee with a wooden stick in the background | ||
| Geographical location | Canton of Uri , Switzerland | |
| Drain | underground | |
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| Coordinates | 692 540 / 198989 | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1506 m above sea level M. | |
| length | 225 m | |
| width | 150 m | |
The Alplersee (also called Alplensee ) is an almost circular mountain lake and lies at 1506 m above sea level. M. on the northern slope of the Rophaien in the Swiss municipality of Sisikon , Canton Uri . In summer the crystal clear water warms up to bathing temperature.
hikes
The lake can be reached from the Uri village of Sisikon , either on foot over the Butzen or Stock Alps or from Riemenstalden via Chäppeliberg ( postbus travel possible to there ) and from there on the forest path to Rinderalp Alplen. From the Alplersee you can reach the Rophaien in about one and a half hours , a summit with a view of the Urirotstock chain and the Lake Uri, which lies deep below .
Specialty
The lake has no overground drainage. Where its water flows to is still unknown today. It is located in the catchment area of the Riemenstaldnerbach .
Legend from Alplen
“Once a boy went from Alplen on the northern slope of the mountain range over the Alpler Tor to Bürglen in the Achenberge, almost a day's journey, z'Stubeten. When he returned the girl gave him two beautiful apples and said he would have to eat them himself and not give them to anyone. He carried these to Alplen and kept them, and now the boy had to visit the girl three evenings in a row until he was dead tired and sorry for it. Finally he threw the apples into a 'pintner'. As soon as the pig had eaten these apples, it stormed away and over the mountains and galloped to that girl's house in the Achenberg mountains and even climbed the wall of the house to the girl's room. "